Tony Rohr

Rohr played Grandad in The Lakes and Solomon Featherstone in Middlemarch. He also appeared in The Bill, The Long Good Friday, McVicar, Softly, Softly, Crown Court, The Sweeney, Casualty, Lovejoy, I Hired a Contract Killer, Cracker, The Vet, Father Ted, Waking the Dead, Hustle and Inspector George Gently (in the memorable role of "China").

He played the railway station master in the 2010 film Leap Year. He also played the IRA Brigade Commander in Yorkshire TV's Harry's Game. He later played Anthony, the estranged father of the title character, Derek, in the series of the same name written and directed by Ricky Gervais.

Rohr had a daughter, Louise, with actress Pauline Collins.^[2] Collins gave baby Louise up for adoption in 1964. They were reunited 22 years later.^[2] Collins' book, Letter To Louise, documents these events.^[3]

Rohr died from prostate cancer on 29 October 2023, at the age of 84.^[4][5]