Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke, 7 March 1940, London) is an English film, stage and television character actor.
He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was known as Richard Brooke. He has led a versatile career in film, stage and television in a wide range of roles. He is best known for his role in the British film Carry On at Your Convenience (1971).
Personal life
He is married to the American actress Elizabeth Quinn.
He is Chairman of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (UK) (CaAPA) (formerly the Catholic Stage Guild).
Film credits
The Bofors Gun (1968) ... Rowe
Carry On Loving (1970) ... Bertram Muffet
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) ... Lewis Boggs
Butley (1974) ... Joey Keyston
Galileo (1975) ... Fulganzio
Watership Down (1978) (voice) ... Dandelion
Dangerous Beauty (1998) ... Zealot
Television credits
Out of the Unknown ('Stranger in the Family', episode) (1965)...Boy
Z Cars (1965) ... Jim Blackitt
The Flower of Gloster (1967) ... Richard Doherty
The Good and Faithful Servant (1967) The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968) ... Shelley Longfellow Morgan (1 episode) 'Tennyson' (1968) Public Eye ... Frank (2 episodes, 1968–1969) – "Mercury in an Off-White Mac" (1968), "Divide and Conquer" (1969) The Wednesday Play (1969) (1 episode: 'The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel' (1969) ... Fowler Thirty-Minute Theatre (1970) (1 episode: 'The Tidewatchers' Vile Bodies (1970) ... Adam Thriller (1973) 1 episode: 'File It Under Fear' ... George Bailey Professional Foul (1977) ... Chetwyn Renoir, My Father (1978) ... Auguste Renoir Two's Company ... Richard (1 episode ("The Silence"), 1979) The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog (1983) (TV). Boon "The Fall and Rise of the Bowman Empire" (1989) ... Cecil Bowman Spatz (1992) ... Horace Flint ( 1 episode, 1992) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997) TV series ... Mr Fitzpatrick Midsomer Murders (1 episode) (2005) ... Trevor Machin ... "Bantling Boy" Heartbeat 1 episode) (2005)... Ringer Redknapp ... "Rustlers & Hustlers" The Afternoon Play ... Harry ... 1 episode ... "Molly" (2006) Dalziel and Pascoe ... Aiden Scarman ... 4 episodes ... "Demons on Our Shoulders" & "Project Aphrodite" (2007) Casualty ... Eddie Morris ... 1 episode ... "When Love Came to Town" (2008) New Tricks ... Will Carter ... 1 episode ... "Loyalties and Royalties" (2008) Red Dwarf: Back to Earth ... The Creator ... 1 episode ... "Part Three" (2009) Red Dwarf X ... Hogey the Roguey ... 1 episode ... "The Beginning" (2012)
Theatre credits
Dirty Linen (1976); Almost Free Theatre
Brimstone and Treacle (1979); Open Space Theatre
Amadeus (1981); Her Majesty's Theatre, London
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1984); Barbican Theatre, London
The Magistrate (2000); Royal Exchange, Manchester
Educating Rita (2002; UK tour) 1605 (2005); Chichester Festival Theatre King Lear (2005); Chichester Festival Theatre Titus Andronicus (2006; as Marcus Andronicus); Shakespeare's Globe The Last Confession (2007); Chichester Festival Theatre/Theatre Royal, Haymarket Twelfth Night (2008; as Malvolio); Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park The Story of Vasco (2009; as Caesar); Orange Tree Theatre Haunting Julia (2011; as Joe Lukin); Riverside Studios, Hammersmith The Last Confession (2014; World tour) The Importance of Being Earnest (2015);(Vaudeville Theatre)