John Warnaby

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John Warnaby (6 November 1960 – 13 April 2024) was a British actor on stage, television and in films. In later life he became a Catholic priest. John Michael Warnaby was born on 6 November 1960. He attended St Teresa’s Primary School in the Birmingham suburb of Handsworth Wood, before going to St Philip’s College in Edgbaston from 1971 to 1979. Between 1979 and 1982 he read theology at Oriel College, Oxford. After university Warnaby worked for the Corporation of Lloyd’s as a regulator in the area of solvency and financial reporting. He set up an office in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA, where he worked with investors for two years. He continued to work in this field until 2000. While still working for Lloyd's, Warnaby embarked on a career as an actor. His breakthrough came in 1988 in a stage adaptation of Tom Stoppard's radio play Artist Descending a Staircase, directed by Tim...

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Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989Silent WitnessSeries • 1996Peak PracticeSeries • 1993A Touch of FrostSeries • 1992Screen TwoSeries • 1985New TricksSeries • 2004The MusketeersSeries • 2014Rumpole of the BaileySeries • 1975Space PrecinctSeries • 1994Soldier SoldierSeries • 1991The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries • 1987M.I. HighSeries • 2007LovejoySeries • 1986The King's SpeechMovie • 2010Secret Diary of a Call GirlSeries • 2007Between the LinesSeries • 1992Hotel BabylonSeries • 2006Hamish MacbethSeries • 1995The DetectivesSeries • 1993Les MisérablesMovie • 2012MaigretSeries • 1992The New StatesmanSeries • 1987MistressesSeries • 2008