Roger Lloyd-Pack

Roger Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 15 January 2014) was a British actor. He is best known for the role of Trigger in Only Fools and Horses from 1981 to 2003 and Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley from 1994 to 2007. He later starred as Tom in The Old Guys with Clive Swift. He is also well known for playing Barty Crouch, Sr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and for his appearances in Doctor Who as John Lumic in the episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". He was sometimes credited without the hyphen in his surname. He died in 2014 from pancreatic cancer.

Roger Lloyd-Pack
Lloyd-Pack in 2013
Born	8 February 1944 Islington, London, England
Died	15 January 2014 (aged 69) Kentish Town, London, England
Resting place	Highgate Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–2014
Spouse(s)	Sheila Ball ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1972)​ Jehane Markham ​ ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	4, including Emily Lloyd
Parent(s)	Charles Lloyd-Pack (father)
Relatives	David Markham (father-in-law)

Early life

Lloyd-Pack was born in Islington, London, the son of Ulrike Elisabeth (née Pulay, 1921–2000), an Austrian Jewish refugee who worked as a travel agent,[1] and Charles Lloyd-Pack (1902–1983), who was also an actor.[2] He attended Bedales School near Petersfield in Hampshire, where he achieved A Level passes in English, French and Latin.[3] He subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he worked with actors including Kenneth Cranham and Richard Wilson.[4]

Career

Roger Lloyd-Pack began his acting career at Northampton's Royal Theatre, which he revisited when he appeared in the tour of BlueOrange. On British television he was best known for portraying "Trigger" in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses.[5] He was also known for his role in The Vicar of Dibley as Owen Newitt, and to international audiences his greatest fame was as Barty Crouch, Sr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In addition, he had a semi-regular role during the 1990s as the plumber Jake "The Klingon" Klinger, Ben Porter's arch-rival, in the sitcom 2 point 4 children.

In 2005, he appeared in the second series of ITV's Doc Martin as a farmer who held a grudge against Doctor Ellingham for what he believed was the malpractice-related death of his wife. In 2006, he played John Lumic and provided the voice of the Cyber-Controller in two episodes of Doctor Who, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel", opposite David Tennant, who had played his son in the same Harry Potter film.[6] Lloyd-Pack's final TV appearance was in Law & Order: UK as Alex Greene.

Personal life

Lloyd-Pack was married twice: first to Sheila Ball, from whom he was divorced in 1972, and secondly to the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham (the daughter of David Markham), whom he married in 2000.[7] He had one daughter, actress Emily Lloyd, and three sons. He lived most latterly in Kentish Town, North London,[8] but also had a home near Fakenham in Norfolk.[9]

Lloyd-Pack supported Tottenham Hotspur.[10] He voiced the pre-match build-up montage video shown ahead of all Tottenham Hotspur's home matches which is still played today.

In June 2008, he appeared as a guest on the BBC's The Politics Show, arguing the case for better-integrated public transport (specifically railways).[11] He was an honorary patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.[12]

Lloyd-Pack supported the Labour Party and campaigned for Ken Livingstone in the 2012 London mayoral election.[13] However, in 2013, he signed a letter in The Guardian stating he had withdrawn his support from the Labour Party, in favour of a new party of the left.[14]

In a 2008 interview, when asked what profession he would have chosen aside from acting, Lloyd-Pack said: "Psychiatrist or a psychoanalyst or something in the psycho world because I’ve always been interested in that... or I might have been a photographer... I also would have loved to have been a musician."[15] In that same interview, he listed his favourite directors as Peter Gill, Harold Pinter, Richard Eyre, Thea Sharrock, and Tina Packer, and also listed actor Paul Scofield as both a favourite and influence.[15]

In January 2012, he and fellow actor Sarah Parish supported a campaign to raise £1million for The Bridge School in Islington.[16]

Death

Lloyd-Pack died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Kentish Town aged 69 on 15 January 2014.[17][18][19] His funeral was held at the church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.[20] It was attended by Sir David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, John Challis and Sue Holderness.[21] Nigel Havers, Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Alison Steadman, Kathy Burke and Joely Richardson paid tribute to him.[22] His body was buried at Highgate Cemetery.[23] In March that year, the Sport Relief special of Only Fools and Horses was dedicated to the memory of both Lloyd-Pack and John Sullivan. Similarly the final episode of the lockdown edition of The Vicar of Dibley ended with a tribute just before the closing credits reading, "In loving memory of Liz, John, Emma and Roger", paying tribute to him and also three other late Dibley cast members (Liz Smith, John Bluthal and Emma Chambers).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	The Magus	Young Maurice Conchis
1968	Secret Ceremony	Cleaner	Uncredited
1969	Hamlet	Reynaldo
1970	Figures in a Landscape	Soldier
1971	The Go Between	Charles
1971	Fright	Constable
1971	Fiddler On The Roof	Russian Orthodox Sexton
1974	Confessions of a Sex Maniac	Henry Milligan
1975	The Naked Civil Servant	Bermondsey Liz
1979	Meetings with Remarkable Men	Pavlov
1979	Cuba	Nunez
1980	Bloody Kids	Hospital Doctor
1984	1984	Waiter
1987	Prick Up Your Ears	Actor 2
1989	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Geoff
1990	Wilt	Dr. Pittman
1991	American Friends	Dr. Butler
1991	The Object of Beauty	Frankie
1993	The Trial	Stairman
1993	U.F.O.	Solo
1994	Princess Caraboo	Magistrate Haythorne
1994	Interview with the Vampire	Piano Teacher
1995	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Fred
1996	Hollow Reed	Hannah's Lawyer
1997	Preaching to the Perverted	Mr. Cutts Watson
2004	Vanity Fair	Francis Sharp
2003	Margery and Gladys	D I Woolley
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Barty Crouch, Sr.
2006	The Living and the Dead	Donald Brocklebank
2010	Made in Dagenham	George
2011	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Mendel
2011	In Love with Alma Cogan	Norman
2013	Twelfth Night	Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Crime Buster
1970	The Roads to Freedom	Bobby
1972	Spyder's Web	Albert	12 episodes
1972	Jason King	Radio Operator
1972	The Protectors	Paparazzo	Uncredited 1 episode
1973	Special Branch	Paul	1 episode
1973	The Protectors	Russi	1 episode
1974	Within These Walls	Dr Osmonde	1 episode
1974	Crown Court	Dr Patrick Attwater	1 episode
1975	Churchill's People	Thug	1 episode
1975	Play for Today	Sidney Bagley	1 episode
1975	Softly, Softly: Taskforce	Martin Webb	1 episode
1976	Dixon of Dock Green	Ron Fielding	1 episode
1976	Survivors	Wally	2 episodes
1977	The Professionals	Ramos the terrorist	Episode: "Long Shot"
1978	Life of Shakespeare	Jack Heminge	6 episodes
1981	Chronicle	Chambers	1 episode
1981	Private Schulz	Melvin	1 episode
1981–2003	Only Fools and Horses	Trigger	39 episodes
1985	Moving	Jimmy Ryan	6 episodes
1985–1993	Screen Two	Selser David Power Derek	3 episodes
1987	Inspector Morse	Donald Martin	1 episode
1990	Mr. Bean	Waiter	Episode: "The Return of Mr. Bean"
1990	Byker Grove	Beckett	5 episodes
1990	Zorro	Carrillo	1 episode
1991	The Chief		2 episodes
1991	Selling Hitler	David Irving	2 episodes
1991	The Bill	Arnie	1 episode
1991	Stay Lucky	Eddie Vernon	1 episode
1991	The Gravy Train Goes East	Ferenc Plitplov	4 episodes
1991	Boon	Ray Watts	1 episode
1992	Archer's Goon	Quentin Sykes
1992	Screen One	Gordon
1993	Lovejoy	Smallman-Smith	1 episode
1993–1995	Health and Efficiency	Rex Regis	12 episodes
1993–1996	2point4 Children	Jake Klinger	3 episodes
1994	Dandelion Dead	Phillips	2 episodes
1994–2013	The Vicar of Dibley	Owen Newitt	25 episodes
1996–1997	Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's...	Various Characters
1996	Murder Most Horrid	Frank Foster	1 episode
1996	Heartbeat	Reggie Rawlins	Episode: "Catch Us If You Can"
1997	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Anderson	2 episodes
1997	Noel's House Party	Builder
1997–1998	Knight School	Sir Baldwin De'Ath	2 episodes
1999	Kavanagh QC	Alex Watkins	1 episode
1999	Oliver Twist	Mr Sowerberry	2 episodes
2001	Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes	Dr. Ibbotson
2002	Born and Bred	Norman Pendleton	1 episode
2002	The Bill	Mick Mortimer	7 episodes
2002	Dalziel and Pascoe	Bishop Halliwell	1 episode
2004	Where the Heart Is	Don Nicholls	1 episode
2005	Doc Martin	Phil Pratt	1 episode
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Inspector Caux	Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train"
2006	Doctor Who	John Lumic	Episodes: "Rise of the Cybermen", "The Age of Steel"
2008	New Tricks	Danny Jones	1 episode
2009	The Catherine Tate Show	Ghost of Christmas Future	Episode: "Nan's Christmas Carol"
2009–2010	The Old Guys	Tom Finnan	12 episodes
2010	Arena	Various Characters	Episode: "Harold Pinter: A Celebration"
2010	Survivors	Billy Stringer	2 episodes
2011	Hustle	Clive Ban	Episode: "Clearance From A Deal"
2012	The Borgias	Friar
2012	Inspector George Gently	Hector Blackstone
2014	Law & Order: UK	Alex Greene	Episode: "I Predict a Riot", (final appearance)

Stage

• Wild Honey (1984) by Anton Chekhov, playing the part of Osip[24]
• Kafka's Dick by Alan Bennett – He played Kafka
• Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall
• 'Art'
• Dick Whittington – a family pantomime by Mark Ravenhill at the Barbican Centre
• One for the Road
• Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber – He played Ash, alongside Malcolm Sinclair and Stephen Wight.
• The Last Laugh – by Kōki Mitani (English version of Warai no Daigaku). He played The Censor, Japan, 2007.
• The Trojan Women (2012) - Caroline Bird's adaptation of the tragedy by Euripides at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London – He played Poseidon.
• Richard III (2012) by William Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre, South Bank, London – He played Duke of Buckingham.
• Twelfth Night (2013) by William Shakespeare – He played Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

References

1. "Roger Lloyd Pack obituary", The Guardian, 16 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014
2. "Roger Lloyd Pack Biography". filmreference.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
3. Sale, Jonathan (19 February 2009). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Roger Lloyd Pack, actor". The Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
4. Haverson, Neil (11 April 2011). "Trigger happy in Norfolk". letstalk24.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
5. Butt, Riazat (4 September 2006). "People". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
6. "Doctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen". BBC. 13 May 2006.
7. "Trigger gets hitched". The Herald. 29 April 2000. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
8. "One Week With John Gulliver – Big name on the flotilla causes very few ripples". Camden New Journal. June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
9. Only Fools and Horses stars attend the funeral of Roger Lloyd Pack Eastern Daily Press, 13 February 2014
10. "Trigger earns his Spurs". metro.co.uk. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
11. "Roger Lloyd pack on trains". news.bbc.co.uk. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
12. "Scene & Heard – mentoring project that partners the inner-city children of Somers Town, London, with volunteer theatre professionals to write and perform plays". Sceneandheard.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
13. "London Mayoral Election: All the latest news live". LondonlovesBusiness.com. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
14. "Left Unity ready to offer an alternative". The Guardian. 12 August 2013.
15. Paddock, Terri (7 January 2008). "20 Questions With ... Roger Lloyd Pack". whatsonstage.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
16. Butter, Susannah (20 January 2012). "Stars Sarah Parish and Roger Lloyd Pack support Bridge School campaign". islingtontribune.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
17. "Roger Lloyd-Pack, star of Only Fools and Horses, dies aged 69". BBC News. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
18. "Roger Lloyd-Pack, Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, dies". The Guardian. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
19. "Only Fools and Horses actor Roger Lloyd-Pack famous for "Trigger" character dies". Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
20. Myers, Russell (14 February 2014). "Roger Lloyd-Pack funeral: Trigger actor laid to rest - with coffin brought to packed-out service in pink hearse". Daily Mirror. MGN Limited. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
21. Tahir, Tariq (13 February 2014). "Stars say farewell, Trigger: Only Fools colleagues lead mourners at 'magnificent funeral for wonderful fellow'". Metro. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
22. "Stars attend Roger Lloyd Pack funeral". BBC News. BBC. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
23. Resting Places
24. Michael Frayn: Plays Two, Methuen, 1991

External links

• Roger Lloyd-Pack at IMDb
• BBC biography
• BBC interview about appearing in Doctor Who

• Roger Lloyd Pack Archive at V&A