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Norman Eshley Born 30 May 1945
Bristol, England, U.K.Years active 1968 - present Spouse Millicent Martin (1969 - 1973)
Lynette Braid (1980 - present)Norman Eshley (born 30 May 1945, Bristol, England, U.K.) is an English actor best known for his roles on television.
He is possibly best known for his role in the sitcom George and Mildred as the snobbish, right-wing real estate agent Jeffrey Fourmile, the foil to George. He had previously played characters in its predecessor, Man About the House, most famously as Robin Tripp's brother Norman who married Chrissy, but in an earlier episode he had also played a sleazy married executive named Ian Cross who tried to seduce Chrissy.
Eshley attended Bristol Grammar School and worked in a bank, before training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He then played many Shakespearean roles on stage. His first screen role was in the 1968 film The Immortal Story, directed by Orson Welles.
He played a lead character, Steve, in Blind Terror, made in 1971, opposite Mia Farrow.
Eshley's other TV credits include: Department S, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Onedin Line, I, Claudius, Secret Army, The Sweeney, The Duchess of Duke Street, Return of the Saint, Minder, Brookside, Taggart, Cadfael, Dangerfield, One Foot in the Grave, Murder Most Horrid, Warship, The Professionals, and The Bill.
In 1988 he appeared in a public information film about road safety called 'Accident in Park Road'. His character is seen driving a Ford Escort before running over a child who dashes out between cars in front of him. He is questioned by Graham Cole who plays a policeman, a role he played as PC Tony Stamp in The Bill.
Along with Douglas Fielding, he provided the narration for the Blind Guardian album Nightfall In Middle Earth.[1] He no longer advertises in The Spotlight and appears to have retired from acting with his last role in the BBC TV series New Tricks in 2007.
Eshley was previously married to Millicent Martin and is now married to Lynette Braid.
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Selected television roles
Year Title Role 1976 Man About the House Norman Tripp 1976 to 1980 George and Mildred Jeffrey Fourmile 1997 One Foot in the Grave Inspector Rickles 1999 Goodnight Sweetheart Priestley Selected filmography
- Crossplot (1969)
- See No Evil (1971)
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References
- ^ "Discography - Nightfall in Middle-Earth". Blind Guardian Website. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080410193954/http://www.blind-guardian.com/new_version/discography.php3?cat=1&album_id=8. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
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