Actor

Ray Ashcroft

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Movies: 6Series: 14

TMDB ID: 1229176

IMDb ID: nm0038785

Known for: Acting

Born: June 28, 1952

Age: 73

Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2023

Years active: 52

Average TMDB rating: 6.88

Wikidata: Q7297146

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Biography

Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and Ronnie Marsden on Emmerdale from March to December 2003. In the late 1970s Ashcroft was the frontman of The Push, a Sheffield band. He started acting in repertory theatre before working in television and film productions. He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV film Birth of the Beatles (1979),and he has also appeared in various television productions including Coronation Street. Ashcroft played DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000 before portraying Ronnie Madsen in Emmerdale (2003). In 2018, he portrayed Tom Jackson, a Yorkshire miner, in the play On Behalf of The People. In 2021, he played the lead role of Horace in the short film Mr Wong's Lullaby.

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