Tony Scannell

Scannell's debut on The Bill was on 23 October 1984, in an episode called "A Friend in Need". Initially, he was signed for two episodes,^[2] but stayed until 1993 and returned for two episodes in 2000. He also appeared in the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs as Eddie Harris from 1997 to 1999.

His father, Tom Scannell, was a professional goalkeeper and played once for the Republic of Ireland against Luxembourg in 1954.

In 2002, Tony Scannell was forced to declare himself bankrupt, owing the Inland Revenue over £42,000.^[3]

He was a Freemason.^[4]

Scannell died on 26 May 2020 aged 74 from natural causes.^[5][1]

• Enemy at the Door (1978, TV series) – 1st Sailor in Bar / Gefreiter
• The Playbirds (1978) – Man at depot (uncredited)
• All the Fun of the Fair (1979) – Frank
• The Professionals (1979, TV series) – Man 1
• Armchair Thriller (1980, TV series) – Connally
• Flash Gordon (1980) – Ming's Officer
• Cribb (1981, TV series) – Millar
• Strangers (1981, TV series) – John McCleod
• The Gentle Touch (1981, TV series) – Andy Golding
• Blue Money (1982, TV movie) – Ninian
• The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) – Brigand (re-edited versions) (voice)
• Family Affairs (1997, TV series) – Eddie Harris
• The Things You Do for Love (1998, TV movie) – Tony Booth
• The Bill (1984–1993, 2000, TV series) – D.S. Ted Roach
• Point of View (2004, TV movie) – Stanley
• Monkey Trousers (2005, TV series) – Police Officer
• Waking the Dead (2007, TV series) – Papa McDonagh
• Evil Never Dies (2014) – Harry Payne
• Bendy Caravans and Everlasting Pens: A Portrait of Evered Wigg (2015) – Evered Wigg (voice)
• With Love From... Suffolk (2016) – Bill
• The House in the Clouds (2020, short) – Salesman (final film role)