Stuart Golland
Biography
Stuart Golland (born 3 August 1945 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire – died 11 September 2003 in Leeds) was an English actor best known for playing George Ward in the ITV drama series Heartbeat. Golland worked as a plasterer and bar manager in his native Sheffield and the Isle of Man before becoming interested in acting whilst managing a pub opposite the Crucible Theatre. He attended the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff before acting in a number of theatre companies, including at the Royal National Theatre. In 1981 he also appeared in the Ken Loach film Looks and Smiles. Golland went on to become a familiar face on British television, landing parts in All Creatures Great and Small (1979), Emmerdale (1987), The New Statesman (1989), The Darling Buds of May (1992), In Suspicious Circumstances (1992) and Rumpole of the Bailey (1992) before landing the role of George Ward, the proprietor of Heartbeat's Aidensfield Arms pub in 1992. Golland was a fixture of the show until 1996 when the character left to live with his sister and the bar was taken over by Gina Ward. Golland appeared in Stay Lucky in 1993 during his run on Heartbeat and after leaving the Aidensfield-set show he returned to his roots in the theatre. He toured his self-written play Scrap in Canada and also regularly performed his tribute to W.C. Fields in theatres.[2] His final television appearance came in Coronation Street, playing the character of Ernie Wagstaff.
Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles
Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes • as Policeman
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes • as Mike McTaggert
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as George Ward
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Moverley
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Mr. Tonks
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Farmer
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Mr. Duckworth
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Walter Hattersley
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 - 1989, 16 episodes • as Reggie - Merchant
Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new life up north in Yorkshire. Helping widowed, self-sufficient businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (Jan Francis) when her car breaks down on the motorway, Thomas reluctantly accepts an offer of a lift to Leeds. Over the coming months, the two become involved in a series of misadventures that soon find them being drawn closer together.
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as Mr. Wright
Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two weeks gets his check from the dole. There are no jobs. His best mate Alan joins the army to fix tanks and is sent to Belfast to quell Catholics. At a disco, Mick meets Karen, who works at a shoe shop and lives with her recently-separated mum. She offers emotional stability and a route to adulthood while Alan pitches the army. What will become of Mick?