Simon Molloy
Biography
Simon's first job was as a journalist on the 'Bridgwater Mercury'. He left the newspaper to go to drama school. He began his acting career at Derby Playhouse in 1972 and it has included hundreds of roles in theatre, film, TV and radio. His TV debut was as a conman, Jim Potts, in 'Coronation Street', trying to sell a dodgy shower to Ena Sharples. (She wasn't fooled.) But much of his TV career has been spent on the other side of the law as policemen - including Sir Robert Peel (in a drama documentary) and D.I. Shiner in 'Heartbeat' from 1997-2005. He's older now, playing judges. 'The Innocent', 'Heart', 'Emmerdale', 'Wire in the Blood', 'Poirot', 'Eastenders'...
Known For & Full Filmography22 Titles
Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes • as District Judge
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Inspector
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as DI Shiner
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as House Owner
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as 1st TV Newsreader
Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • as Roseberry-Sykes
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as Bob Lyons
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006. The show began with a multi-lateral focus on a variety of different types of relationships explored; however, from the third series onward, the primary focus was on a complex love triangle between Tanya Turner, Amber Gates and Conrad Gates.
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Mr. Corkland
Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Prison Governor
Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries, some famous and some obscure, exploring cases with elements of miscarriage of justice, unsolved mysteries, and unusual circumstances, often spanning different historical periods.
Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Leo Scarman
The Grand is an ITV television drama series created and written by Russell T Davies and starring Rebecca Callard, Tim Healy, Susan Hampshire, Paul Warriner, and Mark McGann. Following WWI, the Bannerman family re-opens the Grand Hotel after a lengthy closure and a costly re-furbishing. The hotel has been in the family for a long time, and John Bannerman and his wife Sarah desperately want to make a go. Their son Stephen has returned from the wars without any physical harm but still suffers from the mental anguish of seeing so many of his comrades-in-arms falling on the battlefield. When they learn that their accountant has squandered what little money they had left, they must turn to John's brother Marcus, a successful businessman who has eschewed any interest in the hotel over the years but now seems ready to plunge into the business with both feet.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as DS McKay
Bulman is a 1985–87 police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith. Produced by Granada Television for ITV, it is the second and final spin-off from The XYY Man (1976–78), and following Strangers (1978–82). Don Henderson reprises his iconic role as former DCI George Bulman, ostensibly retired from and repairing old clocks but active as a private investigator, with Lucy McGinty as his assistant. The duo are frequently drawn into the clandestine world of the secret service through the machinations of security chief Bill Dugdale or Bulman's former superior Jack Lambie.
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Banker
In a busy London corporate law firm, Cooper-Fozard, Stephen Bradley and his team work fast and furious to form mergers, takeovers and buyouts for a range of clients. But it's never as clear and clinical. When colleagues work hard, they often play hard too; and working closely sometimes brings people together after hours. Soon you develop a taste for a good deal, and you can sense a suspicious one at forty paces. And above all, though you don't have to like the people you work with, you learn that you do need to trust them.
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as Piotr Maliszewski
British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Male Panellist
The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Judge
A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Detective Sergeant Trasker
In the village of Danedyke St Mary the Reverend Septimus Treloar, a former Chief Inspector, investigates mysterious goings on linked to his church.
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as DI Shiner
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Additional Cast
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.
Movie - 1998, 2h 15m • as Hospital Consultant
Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in the 50s that ended in heartbreak, and what eventually happened to the pair years later.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Mr. Arkwright
A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Eddie
Kevin is a daydreamer obsessed with the rock and roll lifestyle of 50s America. Unfortunately for Kevin, he lives in 70s Stockport. Will his ambition to become a DJ like his American idols come to fruition?