Paul Bown

Paul Bown
Bown in "Mr. Bean" (1990)
Born	(1957-10-11) 11 October 1957 Fenton, Staffordshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Jane Jamieson
Children	4

Paul Bown (born 11 October 1957) is an English actor.

Acting career

Bown is best known for playing a leading role in the Granada Television sitcom Watching (1987–1993) and Casualty in 2000 more recently as Philip Reid in BBC's Holby City.

He starred as an AA Patrolman in the television series by the BBC, The Last Salute at the end of the 1990s. Bown also appeared in November 2007, in acclaimed British drama Britz. He appeared in the first episode of Mr. Bean as "The Student". He was in an episode of New Tricks on 25 August 2008.

In 2009, he appeared briefly as Mike Bamber, chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, in the Brian Clough bio pic The Damned United. In the 2010 Christmas Special of My Family, he played the grandfather of a young girl who Ben meets whilst filling in for Father Christmas. Bown appeared in an advert for Toffee Crisp in the 1980s. Paul played Vladimir Ivanov in Heartbeat in 1994 and John Boaden in 2005.

In 2016, he appeared in the television series by the BBC, Father Brown as Mordaunt Jackson in "The Sins of the Father" episode. In 2017, he appeared in the television series by ITV, Endeavour as Rev Mervyn Golightly.

In 2019, Bown appeared in episode 4 of the ITV drama A Confession, alongside Martin Freeman and Joe Absolom. Bown played the ex-cellmate of serial killer Christopher Halliwell.

In 2019 he appeared in Coronation Street as the brother of Roy Cropper, while in 2020 he appeared as Michael Connors in series 2 of the ITV drama Bancroft.

In 2022 he appeared in Death in Paradise as UK chess champion Maurice Holburne.

Personal life

Bown is married and has four children.

Filmography

Film

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Morons from Outer Space	Julian Tope
	Underworld	Nygaad
	The Assam Garden	Water Board Man
1995	Butterfly Kiss	Gary
1996	Jude	Uncle Jim
2001	Young Blades	Bassous
2009	The Damned United	Mike Bamber
2013	The Arbiter	2013
2016	The Carer	Head Examiner
2017	The Hippopotamus	Roddy	Credited as Paul Brown
2018	Peterloo	Mill Owner

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Still Life	Orderly	TV movie
1987	Up Line	Victor Technology	Miniseries
1987 –1988	Screen Two	Prynne - The Journalists / Police Constable	2 episodes
1987 –1993	Watching	Malcolm Stoneway	56 episodes
1990	Mr. Bean	The Exam Student	Episode 1: "Mr. Bean"
1991	Time Riders	Captain	Miniseries 2 episodes
1993	Last of the Summer Wine	Space Watcher	Christmas special: "Welcome to Earth"
1994 –1997	Pirates	Roger Bones	24 episodes
1994	Heartbeat	Vladimir Ivanov	Series 4, Episode 9: "Red Herring"
1997 –2006	The Bill	Tony Dean	Series 13, Episode 22: "Just Looking"
1998	Peak Practice	James "Mac" Macarty	Credited as Paul Brown Series 6, Episode 9: "Glass Houses"
1998 –1999	The Last Salute	Harry Thorpe	12 episodes
2000	Badger	First Investigator	Series 2, Episode 1: "Troubled Waters"
2000 –2015	Casualty	Col Morrison / Ed Connors	2 episodes
2000 –2017	Doctors	Christian Glover / Paul Chandley / Graeme Goodson / William Ribble / Neil Langley / Frank James	6 episodes
2001	Out of the Ashes	Ben	TV movie
	My Uncle Silas	Charlie White	Credited as Paul Brown Series 1, Episode 1: "The Wedding/Queenie White"
2001 –2002	Merseybeat	Dr. Al Blake	18 episodes
2002 –2003	Born and Bred	Don McClure	2 episodes
2003	Murder Investigation Team	Gary Sutcliffe	Credited as Paul Brown Series 1, Episode 6: "Models and Millionaires"
2003 –2011	Holby City	Julian Wells / Philip Reid / Karl Massey	3 episodes
2004	The Courtroom	George Bowes	Episode 37: "The Postman"
2005	Heartbeat	John Boaden	Series 15, Episode 8: "The Good Samaritan"
	Planespotting	Ralph	TV movie
	Diamond Geezer	Guv'nor	Episode 1: Pilot
2006	The Bill	Trevor Wright	Series 22, Episode 39: "Desperation and Jelousy"
2006 –2007	The Green Green Grass	Colin Cakeworthy	2 episodes
2007	The History of Mr. Polly	Teacher	TV movie
	Britz	Phipps	TV movie
2008	New Tricks	Rod Erskine	Series 5, Episode 8: "Mad Dogs"
	Caught in a Trap	Mr. Thornton	TV movie
2009	Missing	Tom Laird	Series 1, Episode 3: "Repeat Offender"
2010	Law & Order: UK	John Stirman	Series 2, Episode 5: "Survivor"
	My Family	Frank	Christmas special: "Mary Christmas"
2011	Gates	Mr. Fielding	Episode 1: "The First Day"
	Rosamunde Pilcher		Episode: "In der Mitte eines Lebens"
2014	Harriet's Army	Harbourmaster	Miniseries Episode 3: "Casualties of War"
2016	Father Brown	Mordaunt Jackson	Series 4, Episode 9: "The Sins of the Father"
	Hetty Feather	Collins	2 episodes
	Exodus: Our Journey to Europe	Narrator	3 episodes
2017	Endeavour	Rev. Mervyn Golightly	Series 4, Episode 2: "Canticle"
	Hollyoaks	Judge Francis Hume	3 episodes
2019	A Confession	Roy Sandlake	Miniseries Episode 4
	Coronation Street	Richard Lucas	13 episodes
2020	Bancroft	Michael Connors	2 episodes
	Belgravia	Jacob Astley	Miniseries 2 episodes
2022	Death in Paradise	Maurice Holburne	Series 11, Episode 8: "Death of a Pawn"
	The Walk-In	Renshaw's Solictor	Miniseries 2 episodes
2023	Sister Boniface Mysteries	Quentin Waterford	Series 2, Episode 5: "St George's Defence"
	Vera	Glynn Allen	Series 12, Episode 1: "Against the Tide"

External links

• Paul Bown at IMDb