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Patrick
Mower
A
profile of the actor Patrick Mower Patrick
Mower is one of the UK's most prolific television actors; he has made more than
500 TV appearances. Patrick is currently appearing in Yorkshire Television's
Emmerdale as Rodney Blackstock, a character he has played since 2000.
After he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic (RADA), Patrick
was chosen to star in the musical House of Cards at the Phoenix Theatre.
He went on to star in other West End plays, including, Caesar and Cleopatra,
John Daniel Borkman (both at the Duchess Theatre), Twelfth Night at
the Royal Court Theatre, A Boston Story (the Duchess Theatre), St. Joan
(the Old Vic), Night and Day (The Phoenix Theatre), Country Girl
(the Apollo Theatre) and Seven Year Itch at the Albery Theatre. Patrick
also ran his own theatre in Soho; The Act Inn, producing and directing plays and
as a member of the Theatre of Comedy. He starred in two plays at the Criterion
Theatre: Wife Begins At Forty and Run For your Wife. Patrick has
also starred in plays in the regions, including the creation of the title role
of Don Juan at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Florindo in the
musical adaptation of The Servant of Two Masters (Cambridge Arts Theatre)
and no less than seven George Bernard Shaw plays, including Jack Tanner
in Man and Superman. Patrick
Mower's other stage work includes: Rodger's and Hart's The
Girlfriend, The Small Hours
by Francis Durbridge, Robin Hawdon's Revenge and Edward Taylor's Murder
by Misadventure. He has also appeared at the Theatre Royal in Love Letters
and Signalman. Patrick has also toured the UK with Lady Chatterly's
Lover, Crazy for Love and Bing, Bong.
Patrick
Mower's television work includes five of his own series, these are: Haunted,
Front Page Story, Callan, Special Branch and Target.
His Guest Starring roles are extensive and include: Dixon of Dock Green,
Public Eye, The Professionals, Bergerac, The Sweeney,
Minder, The Grimlies, Tales of the Unexpected and Hammer
House of Horror. Patrick also made the childrens television series There's
a Viking in my Bed, in this series he plays the dual role of Mr Thripp
and his twin Gerald. Patrick also worked on the first episode of the ITV
series C15: The New Professionals, in South Africa.
Patrick
Mower on left in Target
Patrick
Mower's film credits include: The Devil Rides Out (1968), Black Beauty
(1971), The Smashing Bird I Used To Know (1969), Bloodsuckers (1969,
aka Incence For The Damned), The Devil's Advocate (1977), Catch
Me A Spy (1971), Carry On England (1976), Cry Of The Banshee (1970),
Escape From El Diablo (1983), One Away (1976), Monella (1988),
Asylum (2000). Patrick
is a patron of the Variety
Club and SPARKS
(Sport Aiding Medical Research For Kids), he plays golf, cricket and tennis for
fun and for charity.
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