Rob Spendlove
Birthday: Born in 1953-05-01 in London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Detective Inspector Hook
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars....
Taggart
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Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers....
A Touch of Frost
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Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch....
Heartbeat
Character: Joseph Littlewood
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines....
Lovejoy
Character: DI Shand
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries....
Backup
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Drama about the working lives of policemen and women in an Operational Support Unit....
The Last Detective
Character: DI Aspinall
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans....
Casualty
Character: Supt. Pete Collier
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Casualty
Character: Rick Westbrook
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Heartbeat
Character: Terry Machin
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines....
A Taste for Death
Character: Ivor Garrod
Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has ba...
Soldier Soldier
Character: CSM Michael Stubbs
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers....
Soldier Soldier
Character: Lt Michael Stubbs
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers....
Murder in Mind
Character: Richard Croft
Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer....
Movie Credits
Dangerous Liaisons
Character: Aspinall
When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try to discover a link between the mans death and the horrific videotape....
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
Character: Coles
A dramatized speculation of what happened in November 1983 when Micky McAvoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they discovered they'd stumbled across a large stash of gold. But getting the gold away without getting caught is only the beginning of their troubles. Realizing the riches the gold represents is difficult, and honor among thieves may only be a myth....
In the Name of the Father
Character: Detective
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence....
Rachel's Dream
Character: Ridley McCloud
Fantasy drama Rachel's Dream was set sometime in the future when the world is besieged by technology, young Rachel discovers that through a large bank of video screens in her sister's apartment, her wishes can come true when she brings to life the image on an anti-pollution poster. This new friend helps her to make up her mind about her own future....
Backbeat
Character: Arthur Ballard
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr....
Tai-Pan
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The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market....
Tricia
Character: Ray Aspinall
Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, the disappearance of a pensioner and a routine house burglary....
Christine
Character: Ray Aspinall
Dangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while drunk in a locked room....
The Long Bank Holiday
Character: Ray Aspinall
A spate of computer thefts from government offices, a possible suicide under the wheels of a high-speed train, an absconded lifer on the loose, and a grisly trove of human bones in a garden all conspire to keep Davies on the job during a long Easter weekend....
The Last Detective
Character: DI Aspinall
A disrespected but decent British detective unravels a cold case about a missing seventeen year old girl while trying to deal with the breakup of his marriage....
Benefit to Mankind
Character: DI Aspinall
With a history of depression, a bloodstream full of booze, and a high-pressure job in medical research, Henry Winton seems like an open-and-shut suicide case after his body turns up in the canal. But the more Davies looks at SwanMed, the less he likes--particularly when Winton's pretty young coworker goes missing....
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
Character: DI Aspinall
Brought to the station after nicking some sweets, a waifish Eastern European girl refuses to give even her name. What starts out as a simple case of shoplifting turns into apparent murder, however, after Davies finds the girl's mother strangled. The trail leads to some surprising suspects from a video matchmaking service....
Friends Reunited
Character: DI Aspinall
Two decades after they graduate, dark secrets, jealousies, and long-buried issues of resentment arise with a group of former classmates....
Towpaths of Glory
Character: DI Aspinall
A decorated war hero with a history of domestic violence is found in a garbage pile shot in the head....
Three Steps to Hendon
Character: DI Aspinall
The lead singer of a defunct 70s rock band is found murdered with a whisky bottle stuffed down his throat...
Willesden Confidential
Character: DI Aspinall
Dangerous Davies investigates the death of Geoff Fallon, a stock car driver who was killed during a race at the local stadium when his car exploded due to a leaky fuel line. There seemed to be a considerable animosity with his brother, also a stock car driver, but it turns that Fallon was convicted of killing a child with his car some years previously and the dead child's older brother was working at the stadium on the night in question. When a second person is killed, Davies determines that the...
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
Character: DI Aspinall
On the same day a notorious crime kingpin Jimmy Vincent is released from prison, there is a daring armored car diamond heist of diamonds using his m.o....
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Character: DI Aspinall
The funny side of a veteran nightclub comedy team with a long list of females conquests is poisoned during a live performance....
The Man from Montevideo
Character: DI Aspinall
DC Davies investigates the murder of a limousine driver who is found in his limo, his neck was slashed with a broken bottle. The investigation focuses on his previous evening's customers but it appears the driver also had secrets. He'd been living in Uruguay until a few months before and apparently had undergone extensive plastic surgery. The case takes a decisive turn when the victim is identified as a former London cabbie who disappeared after a passenger left a case with 2 million pounds in h...
The Dead Peasants Society
Character: DI Aspinall
A semi-secret fraternal organization modeled loosely on the Masons apparently appears to be running a life insurance scam....