Ray Ashcroft

Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and Ronnie Marsden on Emmerdale from March to December 2003. In the late 1970s Ashcroft was the frontman of The Push, a Sheffield band. He started acting in repertory theatre before working in television and film productions. He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV film Birth of the Beatles (1979),and he has also appeared in various television productions including Coronation Street. Ashcroft played DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000 before portraying Ronnie Madsen in Emmerdale (2003). In 2018, he portrayed Tom Jackson, a Yorkshire miner, in the play On Behalf of The People. In 2021, he played the lead role of Horace in the short film Mr Wong's Lullaby.

Known For: Acting

Born: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK, 1952-06-28

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Birth of The Beatles	Ringo Starr	67
2	1990	Shoot to Kill	Constable Frederick Robinsin	0
3	1990	Night Voice	Caller	0
4	1994	Criminal	DC Harris	0
5	2019	New Mars	Apollo 1	73
6	2021	I Remember When We Danced	Husband	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Emmerdale		42
2	1977	The Professionals	Turner	74
3	1978	All Creatures Great and Small	Bowling	77
4	1984	The Bill		67
5	1991	Prime Suspect	Tony's Teacher	77
6	1992	Heartbeat	Jim Swaby	71
7	1992	Heartbeat	Jim Wainwright	71
8	1992	Heartbeat	Richard Smith	71
9	1996	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Steve Lennox	72
10	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe		64
11	2003	The Royal	Sid	76
12	2008	Survivors	Don	71
13	2013	Truckers	Bob	60
14	2023	The Long Shadow	Mr. Neale	76

Ray Ashcroft

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