Lloyd McGuire
Born: 1947-09-02 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Lloyd McGuire is an English actor who has appeared in film and TV for over 35 years. Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, McGuire attended Bournville Grammar-Technical School for Boys. He began work as a Commercial Apprentice at the Austin Motor Company in Birmingham in 1964 and toyed with developing a career as a footballer (even playing in King Norton's League and for Alvechurch second team). He became disillusioned with both football and life at "the Austin" and, after watching a Michael Caine film, declared he was going to be an actor. He was encouraged by his apprentice supervisor and gained entry to drama school. While training to be a British Leyland salesman, McGuire made the move to become an actor. Introduced to the Alvechurch Amateur Dramatic Society, he did some work at Crescent Theatre before being trained at the Birmingham College of Speech and Drama His most popular role was that of Bob in the Channel 4 TV series Teachers but he has also appeared in many TV programmes over the last few decades such as Coronation Street, Juliet Bravo, Midsomer Murders and so on. He has often played policemen, including the role of Sgt. Calder on the second series of Prime Suspect, recurring appearances as DS Bernie Duckworth in Juliet Bravo, and multiple characters in The Bill. Other TV show appearances include Bergerac, Boon, Birds of a Feather, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Holby City, Inspector Morse, Jonathan Creek, Lovejoy and Agatha Christie's Poirot. In 2010, he played the Master of Ceremonies in Chris Shepherd's award winning film Bad Night for the Blues. In 2013, he appeared as Valco boss Martin Shell in the third series of Sky One's Trollied. On stage, McGuire appeared and performed in Scotland and at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company with appearances at Aldwych Theatre and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as Richard II in New York
Filmography
2015
- You, Me and the Apocalypse as Magistrate
2011
- White Van Man as Gordon
2010
- Bad Night for the Blues as Master of Ceremonies
2009
2001
- Teachers as Bob Porter
- Sweet Revenge as Denise's boss
- Mike Bassett: England Manager as Midlands Rep
2000
- Monarch of the Glen as Potts
- Down to Earth as Mr. Roberts
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Bob
- Jonathan Creek as D.S. Owen Davey
- The Grand as Eric Lloyd-Price
1996
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Reg
- Killing Me Softly as Solicitor
1995
- The Thin Blue Line as Bank Manager
- Out Of My Head as Policeman
1992
- Heartbeat as Les Parnaby
- Blue Heaven as Manager
1991
- The Crucifer of Blood as P.C. Hopkins
- Broke as Hospital Patient
1990
- The Chief as Det. Chief Insp. Bill Aylwood
- Dear Sarah as Warder #5
- Murder East - Murder West as Detlev
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Museum Guard
- Birds of a Feather as Policeman
- A Master of the Marionettes as Jack
- The Robbie Coltrane Special as Self
1988
- The Play on One as Jack
- Love Birds as Detective
1985
- EastEnders as PC Williams
- Dempsey and Makepeace as Norman
- Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future as Edwards
1984
- The Bill
- Eh Brian! It's A Whopper as Gavin
1982
- The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as Tom Gill
1980
- Buccaneer as Dave
- Prostitute as Birmingham Vice Squad
1979
- Minder as Juror
1978
- The Mayor of Casterbridge as Prince Albert
1977
- The Professionals as Sergeant
- Doctor Who: The Face of Evil as Lugo
- Love on a Gunboat as Jazz enthusiast
1976
- Well Thank You, Thursday as Mick
1975
- Space: 1999 as First Engineer
- Chips with Everything as Archie Cannibal
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Archie Cannibal
1963
- Doctor Who as Lugo