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Roger Lloyd-Pack
Lloyd-Pack in 2011
Born
Roger Anthony Pack[1]

(1944-02-08)8 February 1944
Islington, London, England
Died16 January 2014 (aged 69)[2]
Kentish Town, London, England
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1960–2014
Spouses
Sheila Ball
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(m. 1967; div. 1972)​
Jehane Markham
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(m. 2000)​
Children4, including Emily Lloyd
ParentCharles Lloyd-Pack (father)
RelativesDavid Markham (father-in-law)

Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 16 January 2014) was an English actor. He is best known for playing 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 the role of 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.

Early life

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Lloyd-Pack was born in 1944 in Islington, London, the son of actor Charles Lloyd-Pack (1902–1983) and Ulrike Elisabeth (née Pulay, 1921–2000), an Austrian Jewish refugee who worked as a travel agent.[3][4] His uncle was George Pulay, one of the secret listeners to German POW in Trent Park during World War II.[5] He attended Bedales School near Petersfield in Hampshire, where he achieved A Level passes in English, French and Latin.[6] He subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 1965 with an Acting (RADA Diploma).[7]

Career

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Lloyd-Pack began his acting career at Northampton's Royal Theatre, making his stage debut in the Thomas Dekker play The Shoemaker's Holiday.[3]

He featured on an episode of The Professionals (Long Shot 1978) as a terrorist hitman.

Only Fools and Horses

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On British television, he was best known for portraying "Trigger", Del Boy's slow-witted “Village idiot” friend in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, from 1981 to 2003.[8]

Lloyd-Pack was cast by pure chance: an Only Fools and Horses executive producer, Ray Butt, hired him to portray the character Trigger after seeing him in a stage play, and had only attended that play to observe potential Del Boy actor Billy Murray.[9]

Later career

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He was also known for his role in The Vicar of Dibley as Owen Newitt and to international audiences for his performance 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 2point4 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.[10] Lloyd-Pack's final TV appearance was in Law & Order: UK as Alex Greene.

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] and, in January 2012, he and fellow actor Sarah Parish supported a campaign to raise £1million for The Bridge School in Islington.[12]

In 2012, he portrayed the Duke of Buckingham in the play Richard III,[13] and in 2013, portrayed Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, both plays by William Shakespeare, both at the Apollo Theatre, London.[13]

Personal life

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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 (daughter of David Markham), whom he married in 2000.[14] He had a daughter, actress Emily Lloyd and three sons. He later lived in Kentish Town, North London,[15] and also had a home near Fakenham in Norfolk.[16]

Lloyd-Pack was a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur.[17]

He was an honorary patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.[18]

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."[19] In that same interview, he listed his favourite directors as Peter Gill, Harold Pinter, Richard Eyre, Thea Sharrock and Tina Packer, and listed actor Paul Scofield as both a favourite and influence.[19]

Political views

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Lloyd-Pack supported the Labour Party and campaigned for Ken Livingstone in the 2012 London mayoral election.[20] 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, Left Unity.[21]

Death and tributes

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Grave of Roger Lloyd Pack in Highgate Cemetery

Lloyd-Pack died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Kentish Town, aged 69, on 16 January 2014.[22][2][23][24][25] His funeral was held at the church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.[26] It was attended by Sir David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, John Challis and Sue Holderness.[27] He was buried at Highgate Cemetery East.[28]

Nigel Havers, Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Alison Steadman, Kathy Burke and Joely Richardson paid tribute to him.[29]

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 three other late Dibley cast members (Liz Smith, John Bluthal and Emma Chambers). The third episode of series 8 of Law & Order: UK, which Lloyd-Pack appeared in, aired two months after his death and similarly ended with a tribute title card.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1968 The Magus Young Conchis
1968 Secret Ceremony Cleaner Uncredited
1969 The Virgin Soldiers Bandmaster Uncredited
1969 Hamlet Reynaldo
1970 Figures in a Landscape Soldier
1971 The Go-Between Charles
1971 Fright Constable
1971 Fiddler On The Roof Sexton
1974 Confessions of a Sex Maniac Henry Milligan aka The Man Who Couldn't Get Enough
1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men Pavlov
1979 Cuba Nunez
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 Van Gogh's Ear Michael Ash Short film
1997 Preaching to the Perverted Mr. Cutts Watson
1998 The Avengers Professor Uncredited
2004 Vanity Fair Francis Sharp
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 (The Globe on Screen)

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1967 The Prisoner Villager Episode: "It's Your Funeral", uncredited
1968 Virgin of the Secret Service Cuthbert Blake Episode: "Entente Cordiale"
1968 Crime Buster Laboratory Analyst Episode: "The Third Thief"
1970 The Roads to Freedom Bobby Episode: #1.2
1972 Jason King Radio Operator Episode: "A Kiss for a Beautiful Killer"
1972 Spyder's Web Albert Mason 11 episodes
1973 Special Branch Paul Episode: "Red Herring"
1972–1973 The Protectors Paparazzo

Russi

2 episodes
1974 Within These Walls Dr. Osmonde Episode: "The Group"
1974 Crown Court Dr. Patrick Attwater Episode: "The Alb of St. Honoratus: Part 1"
1975 Churchill's People Thug Episode: "The Fine Art of Bubble Blowing"
1975 Play for Today Sidney Bagley Episode: "Brassneck"
1975 Softly, Softly: Taskforce Martin Webb Episode: "Homicide"
1975 The Naked Civil Servant Bermondsey Liz Television film
1976 Dixon of Dock Green Ron Fielding Episode: "Everybody's Business"
1976 Survivors Wally 2 episodes
1977 The Professionals Ramos the terrorist Episode: "Long Shot"
1978 Will Shakespeare Jack Heminge 6 episodes
1979 BBC Television Shakespeare 2nd Gentleman Episode: "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight"
1980 Bloody Kids Hospital Doctor Television film
1980 Turtle's Progress Corsican Episode: #2.2
1981 Chronicle Chambers Episode: "The Crime of Captain Colthurst"
1981 Private Schulz Melvin Episode: #1.6
1983 Video Stars Bus Enthusiast Television film
1983 Bouncing Back Unknown Television film
1984 Miracles Take Longer Terry Noble 2 episodes
1984 I Thought You'd Gone PC Balmforth Episode: #1.7
1985 Moving Jimmy Ryan 6 episodes
1985 Summer Season Victor Episode: "One for the Road"
1986 Comrade Dad Black market stallholder Episode: "Londongrad 1999"
1986 The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest Lt. Chmielewski Television film
1987 Inspector Morse Donald Martin Episode: "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn"
1987 The Finding Fowles Television film
1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers Rosmer Episode: "Henrik Isben"
1988 Room at the Bottom Stranger Episode: "Withcraft"
1988 Bad Boyes Boggs Episode: "The Holiday"
1989 Theatre Night Glendenning Episode: "The Contractor"
1989 The Stone Age Herb Television film
1989 Made in Spain Den Television film
1990 Mr. Bean Waiter Episode: "The Return of Mr. Bean"
1990 Byker Grove Beckett 5 episodes
1990 Zorro Carrillo Episode: "The Marked Man"
1991 The Chief Kenneth Rudyard 2 episodes
1991 Selling Hitler David Irving 2 episodes
1991 Stay Lucky Eddie Vernon Episode: "The Food of Love"
1991 The Gravy Train Goes East Ferenc Plitplov 4 episodes
1991 Boon Ray Watts Episode: "Cab Rank Cowboys"
1992 Archer's Goon Quentin Sykes 6 episodes
1992 Screen One Gordon Episode: "Trust Me"
1992 Party Time Fred Television film
1993 Anna Lee: Headcase Desk clerk Television film
1985–1993 Screen Two Selser
David Power
Derek 		3 episodes
1993 Lovejoy Smallman-Smith Episode: "Who Is the Fairest of Them All?"
1994 Citizen Locke Captain Television film
1994 Dandelion Dead Phillips 2 episodes
1993–1995 Inside Victor Lewis-Smith Policeman 8 episodes
1993–1995 Health and Efficiency Rex Regis 12 episodes
1995 Blood and Peaches Tour guide Television film
1995 The Perfect Match Tom Television film
1996 Murder Most Horrid Frank Foster Episode: "Confess"
1996 Zig and Zag's Dirty Deeds Clutch Episode: "This Party Sucks"
1996 Heartbeat Reggie Rawlins Episode: "Catch Us If You Can"
1993–1996 2point4 Children Jake Klinger 3 episodes
1997 The Missing Postman Ken Thompson Television film
1997 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Anderson 2 episodes
1997 Noel's House Party Builder Episode: #7.9
1996–1997 Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's... Police constable

Sergeant

2 episodes
1998 The Vanishing Man Marvin Episode: "Nothing Up My Sleeve"
1997–1998 Knight School Sir Baldwin De'Ath 2 episodes
1999 Kavanagh QC Alex Watkins Episode: "Time of Need"
1999 Oliver Twist Mr Sowerberry 2 episodes
2000 Longitude Capt. Man Television film, uncredited
2000 Fish Jim Lumsden Episode: "Dancing with the Devil"
2001 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes Dr. Ibbotson Episode: "The Photographer's Chair"
2002 Born and Bred Norman Pendleton Episode: "The Best Man"
2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Bishop Halliwell Episode: "Sins of the Fathers"
1991–2002 The Bill Mick Mortimer

Arnie

7 episodes
2003 Margery & Gladys D.I. Woolley Television film
1981–2003 Only Fools and Horses Trigger 39 episodes
2004 Where the Heart Is Don Nicholls Episode: "Bowl of Cherries"
2005 Doc Martin Phil Pratt Episode: "Always on my Mind"
2005 Agatha Christie's Poirot Inspector Caux Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train"
2006 Doctor Who John Lumic 2 episodes
2006 What We Did on Our Holiday Jim Taylor Television film
2007 The History of My Polly Mr. Johnson Television film
2008 New Tricks Danny Jones Episode: "Loyalties and Royalties"
2009 The Catherine Tate Show Ghost of Christmas Future Episode: "Nan's Christmas Carol"
2010 Arena Various Characters Episode: "Harold Pinter: A Celebration"
2010 Survivors Billy Stringer 2 episodes
2009–2010 The Old Guys Tom Finnan 12 episodes
2011 Hustle Clive Ban Episode: "Clearance From A Deal"
2012 The Borgias Friar 6 episodes
2012 Inspector George Gently Hector Blackstone Episode: "Gently with Class"
1994–2013 The Vicar of Dibley Owen Newitt 25 episodes
2014 Law & Order: UK Alex Greene Episode: "I Predict a Riot"

Stage

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References

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  1. ^ "FreeBMD Entry Info".
  2. ^ a b "Roger Lloyd Pack". Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Michael Coveney (16 January 2014). "Roger Lloyd Pack obituary". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "Roger Lloyd Pack Biography". filmreference.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  5. ^ Helen Fry, "'The Walls Have Ears'", Yale University Press, London, ISBN 978-0-300-23860-0, 2019, p. 269
  6. ^ Sale, Jonathan (19 February 2009). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Roger Lloyd Pack, actor". The Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  7. ^ "RADA Student & graduate profiles: Roger Lloyd Pack". rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. ^ Butt, Riazat (4 September 2006). "People". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  9. ^ Clark (1998). Only Fools and Horses Story. p. 60. ISBN 9780563384458.
  10. ^ "Doctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen". BBC. 13 May 2006.
  11. ^ "Roger Lloyd pack on trains". news.bbc.co.uk. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "Roger Lloyd Pack Past productions". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Trigger gets hitched". The Herald. 29 April 2000. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ Only Fools and Horses stars attend the funeral of Roger Lloyd Pack Eastern Daily Press, 13 February 2014
  17. ^ "Trigger earns his Spurs". metro.co.uk. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ a b 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.
  20. ^ "London Mayoral Election: All the latest news live". LondonlovesBusiness.com. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  21. ^ "Left Unity ready to offer an alternative". The Guardian. 12 August 2013.
  22. ^ "Roger Lloyd Pack". IMDb.
  23. ^ "Roger Lloyd-Pack, star of Only Fools and Horses, dies aged 69". BBC News. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  24. ^ "Roger Lloyd-Pack, Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, dies". The Guardian. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  25. ^ "Only Fools and Horses actor Roger Lloyd-Pack famous for "Trigger" character dies". Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ Resting Places
  29. ^ "Stars attend Roger Lloyd Pack funeral". BBC News. BBC. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  30. ^ Theatre programme for A Flea In Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, Old Vic August 1989, cast biographies.
  31. ^ Theatre programme for A Flea In Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, August 1989, cast list.
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