Rob Spendlove

Acting

Rob Spendlove

Born

1953-05-01 (73)

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 15 titles

The Last Detective poster
NR

A disrespected but decent detective unravels a cold case about a missing seventeen year old girl while trying to deal with the breakup of his marriage.

The Last Detective

2003

Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts poster
NR

Brought to the station after nicking some sweets, a waifish Eastern European girl refuses to give even her name. What starts out as a simple case of shoplifting turns into apparent murder, however, after Davies finds the girl's mother strangled. The trail leads to some surprising suspects from a video matchmaking service.

Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts

2004

The Long Bank Holiday poster
8.0

A spate of computer thefts from government offices, a possible suicide under the wheels of a high-speed train, an absconded lifer on the loose, and a grisly trove of human bones in a garden all conspire to keep Davies on the job during a long Easter weekend.

The Long Bank Holiday

2004

Once Upon a Time on the Westway poster
NR

On the same day a notorious crime kingpin Jimmy Vincent is released from prison, there is a daring armored car diamond heist of diamonds using his m.o.

Once Upon a Time on the Westway

2007

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden poster
4.5

The funny side of a veteran nightclub comedy team with a long list of females conquests is poisoned during a live performance.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden

2007

Friends Reunited poster
NR

Two decades after they graduate, dark secrets, jealousies, and long-buried issues of resentment arise with a group of former classmates.

Friends Reunited

2005

Tricia poster
10.0

Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, the disappearance of a pensioner and a routine house burglary.

Tricia

2003

Willesden Confidential poster
NR

Dangerous Davies investigates the death of Geoff Fallon, a stock car driver who was killed during a race at the local stadium when his car exploded due to a leaky fuel line. There seemed to be a considerable animosity with his brother, also a stock car driver, but it turns that Fallon was convicted of killing a child with his car some years previously and the dead child's older brother was working at the stadium on the night in question. When a second person is killed, Davies determines that the case is far more complex than originally thought. Meanwhile, all of the officers at the local station are under investigation when information is leaked to the press.

Willesden Confidential

2005

Three Steps to Hendon poster
NR

The lead singer of a defunct 70s rock band is found murdered with a whisky bottle stuffed down his throat

Three Steps to Hendon

2005

Benefit to Mankind poster
NR

With a history of depression, a bloodstream full of booze, and a high-pressure job in medical research, Henry Winton seems like an open-and-shut suicide case after his body turns up in the canal. But the more Davies looks at SwanMed, the less he likes--particularly when Winton's pretty young coworker goes missing.

Benefit to Mankind

2004

The Man from Montevideo poster
NR

DC Davies investigates the murder of a limousine driver who is found in his limo, his neck was slashed with a broken bottle. The investigation focuses on his previous evening's customers but it appears the driver also had secrets. He'd been living in Uruguay until a few months before and apparently had undergone extensive plastic surgery. The case takes a decisive turn when the victim is identified as a former London cabbie who disappeared after a passenger left a case with 2 million pounds in his cab.

The Man from Montevideo

2007

Dangerous Liaisons poster
NR

When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try to discover a link between the mans death and the horrific videotape.

Dangerous Liaisons

2007

The Dead Peasants Society poster
NR

A semi-secret fraternal organization modeled loosely on the Masons apparently appears to be running a life insurance scam.

The Dead Peasants Society

2007

Towpaths of Glory poster
NR

A decorated war hero with a history of domestic violence is found in a garbage pile shot in the head.

Towpaths of Glory

2005

Christine poster
6.0

Dangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while drunk in a locked room.

Christine

2004

1990s · 4 titles

Series credits

Casualty poster
6.2

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Casualty

1986

Casualty poster
6.2

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Casualty

1986

Heartbeat poster
7.1

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

Heartbeat

1992

Heartbeat poster
7.1

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

Heartbeat

1992

A Touch of Frost poster
7.6

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.

A Touch of Frost

1992

Tales of the Unexpected poster
6.8

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Taggart poster
6.6

Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.

Taggart

1983

Soldier Soldier poster
6.9

The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.

Soldier Soldier

1991

Soldier Soldier poster
6.9

The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.

Soldier Soldier

1991

Lovejoy poster
7.4

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Lovejoy

1986

Murder in Mind poster
8.3

A series of self-contained stories, each recounting a murder scene as seen from the chilling viewpoint of the killer. Explore the inner workings of a criminal's brain, revealing humanity at its darkest.

Murder in Mind

2001

Backup poster
6.0

Drama about the working lives of policemen and women in an Operational Support Unit.

Backup

1995

The Last Detective poster
7.8

"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.

The Last Detective

2003

A Taste for Death poster
5.4

Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment. —DumbeBlonde

A Taste for Death

1988

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6.3

That's love! is a British television sitcom about the domestic problems of a young married couple, lawyer Donald and designer Patsy.

That's Love

1988

No artwork available
6.0

Three ambitious young people set up a new kind of detective agency to outmanoeuvre criminals across Europe, with support from two Brussels-based lawyers.

TECX

1990

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5.0

Thompson is a 1988 British TV variety series hosted by actress Emma Thompson the show also starred Imelda Staunton, Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Moore. The show featured musical numbers, as well as comedy skits and…

Thompson

1988

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6.4

Shown as part of Channel 4's Video Fantasies series, a selection of four innovative dramas deploying state-of-the-art visual and electronic effects. This was the only one of the four that had a futuristic basis. It was set perhaps a couple of decades ahead in a world being slowly drowned by technology, a world in which traffic jams are the norm instead of the exception, and where the people avoid getting caught in the rain for better reasons than simply not wanting to get wet. The Rachel of the title is the younger sister of an up-and-coming marketing executive who has just secured a contract with a wealthy but repulsive millionaire who is into toxic waste, which he stores in secret for large sums of money. Rachel finds that, through a large bank of video screens in her sister's apartment, her wishes can come true when she brings to life the image on an anti-pollution poster. This new friend helps her to make up her mind about her own future. The style of the production was fresh and colourful, the pace slow and moody for the most part, and it made for an interesting half-hour's viewing.

Rachel's Dream

1992

No artwork available
NR

Lizzie was a promising photographer in the 1960s. By 1987, she is dissatisfied with her family and friends so she decides to resume her photographic career.

Lizzie's Pictures

1987