Patrick Mower (born Patrick Archibald Shaw; 12 September 1938) is an English actor. He is often known for his portrayal of Rodney Blackstock in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he first played in 2000. Mower has extensively appeared in a wide range of films and television series, including Swizzlewick, The Devil Rides Out, Monella, Callan, Special Branch and Target.
Early life and education
Mower was born the youngest of three boys in
Oxford, to a
Wales father and an
English people mother, Peggy. In his 2007 autobiography, Mower states that he believed for years that his year of birth was 1940, but later he discovered that his birth was not registered and he was born on 12 September 1938.
[Patrick Mower, Patrick Mower: My Story (John Blake Publishing, 2007, )] After first training as an engineering draughtsman at the Cowley plant of Pressed Steel Company, Mower graduated from RADA.
Career
Mower first came to prominence in the early 1970s, as the ruthless government assassin James Cross in the ITV spy series
Callan. He then appeared as DCI Tom Haggerty in
Special Branch, Det. Supt. Steve Hackett, the lead character in the police series
Target, and featured in one of the last
Carry On films,
Carry On England.
In the late 1960s, at the age of 28, Mower auditioned and was considered for the role of James Bond in the
James Bond. However, he was told that he was too young.
Mower's television roles afterwards included guest appearances in
Jason King,
,
UFO,
Minder,
The Sweeney and
Bergerac.
In October 2000, he made his first appearance as Rodney Blackstock in the ITV
soap opera Emmerdale, a role he has portrayed since.
Filmography
Film
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| 1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Simon Aron | |
| 1969 | The Smashing Bird I Used to Know | Harry Spenton | |
| 1970 | Incense for the Damned | Richard Fountain | |
| Cry of the Banshee | Roderick | |
| 1971 | Percy | James Vaile | |
| Black Beauty | Sam Greener | |
| To Catch a Spy | James Fenton | |
| 1976 | Carry On England | Sergeant Len Able | |
| One Away | Tam Bass | |
| 1977 | The Devil's Advocate | Il Lupo | |
| 1984 | Escape from El Diablo | | |
| 1998 | Monella | André | |
| 2000 | The Asylum | Dr. Adams | |
Television
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| 26 episodes |
| 2 episodes |
| Episode: "A Sense of History" |
| 8 episodes |
| Episode: "The Square Triangle" |
| Episode: "Curse of the Mummy" |
| 14 episodes |
| Episode: "Nadine" |
| 1 episode |
| 16 episodes |
| 16 episodes |
| 3 episodes |
| 2 episodes |
| Episode: "" |
| 17 episodes |
| Episode: "Last Chance For A Loser" |
| 6 episodes |
| 6 episodes |
| Episode: "The Last of the Midnight Gardeners" |
| Episode: "A Number of Old Wives Tales" |
| Episode: "Czech Mate" |
| Episode: "The Perils of Petrovich" |
| Series regular |
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Radio
Mower also appeared in the lead role of Detective Constable 'Birdie' Partridge in Chris Boucher (writer)'s 1981 mystery radio serial
A Walk in the Dark.
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