Robert Gillespie

Harold Goodwin (1917-2004): "But What Good Will the Truth Do?"

Mike Grady (1946- ): The Beater and the GameHome and Away (2)

Deborah Grant (1947- ): A Fixed Address 

John Grieve (Jim Hull) (1924-2003): all Series 4 except Divide And Conquer and Case For the Defence (5)

Patricia Haines (1932-1977): "'And a Very Fine Fiddle Has He'" 

Georgina Hale (1943-2024): "You're Not Cinderella, Are You?"; "But What Good Will the Truth Do?" (2)

Cheryl Hall (1950- ): Mrs. Podmore's Cat

John Hallam (1941-2006): How About It, Frank?

Billy Hamon (Barry Osborne) (1948- ): Paid in FullCase For the Defence (2)

Gerald Harper (1929- ): "I Went To Borrow a Pencil - And Look What I Found"

Robert Hartley (1915-1998): Fit of Conscience


Jan Harvey (1947- ): The Fatted Calf


Vivien Heilbron (1944- ): The Trouble with Jenny

Pat Heywood (1931- ): Horse and Carriage

Geoff Hinsliff (1937- ): "If This Is Lucky, I'd Rather Be Jonah"

Bernard Holley (1940-2021): A Family Affair

Julian Holloway (1944- ): Unlucky For Some

Donald Houston (1923-1991): The Trouble With Jenny

Karl Howman (1952- ): They All Sound Simple At First

Richard Hurndall (1910-1984): The Golden Boy; How About a Cup Of Tea? (2)

Peter Jeffrey (1929-99): "You Have To Draw the Line Somewhere"

Ken Jones (1930- ): Divide And Conquer

Caroline Blakiston in 

Nobody Kills Santa Claus

John Junkin (1930-2006): "You're Not Cinderella, Are You?"

Diane Keen (1946- ): They All Sound Simple at First

Roy Dotrice

Lesley Anne Down (1954- ): Shades of White 

Carol Drinkwater (1948- ): The Beater and the Game

Leon Eagles (1932-1997): The Bankrupt

Glynn Edwards (1931-2018): "Dig You Later"; Who Wants To Be Told Bad News? (2)


Avril Elgar (1932-2021): I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool

Sheila Fearn (1940- ): "If This Is Lucky, I'd Rather Be Jonah"

Lewis Fiander (1938-2016): No Orchids for Marker

Barry Foster (1931-2002): A Mug Named Frank

Dudley Foster (1925-1973): "I Went To Borrow a Pencil And Look What I Found"; "It Had To Be a Mouse"; Mrs. Podmore's Cat (3)


Julia Foster (1943- ): "Dig You Later"

Edward Fox (1937- ): "If This Is Lucky, I'd Rather Be Jonah"

Derek Francis (1923-1984): "But the Joneses Never Get Letters"

Raymond Francis (1911-1987): The Windsor Royal

Gretchen Franklin (1911-2005): "A Harsh World For Zealots"

William Franklyn (1925-2006): "You're Not Cinderella. Are You?"

Michael Gambon (1940- ): "Have Mud, Will Throw"

Robert Gillespie (1933- ): Fit of Conscience

Jean Kent (1921-2013): Mrs. Podmore's Cat


Annette Kerr (1920-2013):  "I Went To Borrow a Pencil And Look What I Found"

Esmond Knight (1906-1987): Many a Slip


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Here listed are some of the notable actors who appeared in Public Eye over the years. It is certainly not a list of the best performances - many of the best came from relatively unknown figures. In some instances these actors played key roles, in others they were bit-parts, maybe a sign of future stardom. Those actors who played the same character in more than one episode are also included, with the name of the character in brackets.


Trevor Adams (1946- 2000): Many a Slip


Betty Alberge (1922-1991): Who Wants To Be Told Bad News?

Sheila Allen (1932-2011): Shades of White

Paul Angelis (1943- ): "Strictly Private And Confidential"

Alun Armstrong (1946- ): The Fatted Calf


Robin Askwith (1950- ): How About a Cup of Tea?


Rosalind Ayres (1946- ): How About a Cup of Tea?


Nina Baden-Semper (1945- ): "But the Joneses Never Get Letters"; You Can Keep the Medal" (2)

Robin Bailey (1919-1999): "Tell Me About the Crab"

Colin Baker (1943- ): The Man Who Didn't Eat Sweets

Trevor Bannister (1934-2011): "Cross That Palm When We Come To It" 

Peter Barkworth (1929-2006): Nobody Kills Santa Claus

Roy Barraclough (1935-2017): Horse and Carriage


Brian Blessed (1937- ): Egg and Cress Sandwiches

James Bolam (1938- ): I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool

Peter Bowles (1936-2022): "A Harsh World For Zealots"; They All Sound Simple at First (2)


Brian Blessed (1937- ): Egg and Cress Sandwiches

Ray Brooks (1939- ): "You Should Hear Me Eat Soup"; "There's No Future In Monkey Business" (2)

Alan Browning (1926-1979): "Dig You Later"

Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020): John VII. Verse 24

Avis Bunnage (1923-1990): "My Life, That's a Marriage"

Peter Butterworth (1919-1979): "A Harsh World For Zealots"

Judy Buxton (1950- ): Nobody Wants To Know

John Carson (1927-2016): "'And a Very Fine Fiddle Has He'"; "All the Black Dresses She Wants" (2)

Brenda Cavendish (Nell Holdsworth) (1947- ): 
A Mug Named Frank;
Well - There Was This Girl, You See...
I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool
And When You've Paid the Bill, You're None the Wiser
Transatlantic Cousins
John VII, Verse 24
Mrs. Podmore's Cat (7)

Peter Cellier (1928- ) (George Enright): Divide And ConquerPaid In Full (2)


Peter Childs (Ron Gash) (1939-1989):
How About a Cup of Tea?
How About It, Frank?
They All Sound Simple At First
The Fall Guy
What's To Become Of Us?
Take No For an Answer (6)


Brian Coburn (1936-1989): "There's No Future In Monkey Business"


John Collin (1928-1987): "All For a Couple of Ponies"; "Twenty Pound Of Heart And Muscle"; Shades of White (3)

George A. Cooper (1925-2018): "Twenty Pound Of Heart And Muscle"; "Strictly Private And Confidential"; John VII. Verse 24 (3)

Deirdre Costello: Nobody Wants To Know

Graham Crowden (1922-2010): "You Should Hear Me Eat Soup"

Michael Culver (1938-2024): Many a Slip

Ann Curthoys (1942- ): Many a Slip

Jennifer Daniel (1939-2017): A Mug Named FrankUnlucky For Some (2)

Bill Dean (1921-2000): It's a Woman's Privilege

Pauline Delany (Helen Mortimer from Series 4 onwards) (1925-.2007):
"My Life, That's a Marriage"
Don't Forget You're Mine
all Series 4 except Case For the Defence
A Mug Named Frank
It's a Woman's Privilege
How About a Cup Of Tea? (11)

Basil Dignam (1905-1979): "All the Black Dresses She Wants"

Veronica Doran (1948- ): They All Sound Simple At First

Roy Dotrice (1923-2017): Don't Forget You're Mine

Roy Barraclough and Tony Melody

in Horse and Carriage

Ray Barrett (1927-2009): The Bankrupt

Michael Barrington (1925-1988): "It's Learning about the Lies That Hurts"

Michael Bates (1920-1978): Horse and Carriage

Stephanie Beacham (1947- ): My Life's My Own

Ivan Beavis (1926-1997): Ward Of CourtThe Windsor Royal (2)


James Beck (1929-1973): "No, No, Nothing Like That"; "But What Good Will the Truth Do?" (2) 


Diana Beevers (Angie Gordon) (1944- ): Don't Forget You're Mine; "But They Always Come Back For Tea" (2)

Derek Benfield (1926-2009): "I Could Set It To Music"

Christopher Benjamin (1934- ): "There's No Future In Monkey Business"

Stewart Bevan (Joe Martins) (1948-2022): Nobody Wants To KnowHow About It, Frank? (2)

Norman Bird (1924-2005): Lifer

Caroline Blakiston (1933- ): Nobody Kills Santa Claus ; "Mercury In an Off-White Mac" (2)  

Ken Jones as a conned cafe owner

in Divide and Conquer

Diane Keen as Nina Anders, 

deserted by her husband and 

family in

They All Sound Simple at First

Public Eye - Frank Marker Investigates