---
name: "Ian Bleasdale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-bleasdale"
fi1m_id: "ian-bleasdale"
imdb_id: "nm0088067"
tmdb_id: 1213403
wikidata_id: "Q5980935"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:34:03.728494+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ian Bleasdale

## Identity

Ian Bleasdale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-bleasdale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-bleasdale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0088067
- **TMDB ID:** 1213403
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5980935
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bleasdale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5980935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213403

Actor. Born 1 January 1950 in Upholland, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Upholland, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1985–1986
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bleasdale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5980935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213403

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ian Bleasdale is an English actor. Born in 1950 in Upholland, Lancashire, he initially worked as a teacher before training as an actor and joining the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool.

He is best known for playing paramedic Josh Griffiths in the BBC series *Casualty*, a role he originated in 1989 and played until 2007, with guest returns in 2016–2017 and 2024. Other television appearances include *Inspector Morse* (1987), *The Brittas Empire* (1991), *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), *Edge of Darkness* (1985) and *Lewis* (2007).

Bleasdale has also presented the BBC series *Hospital Heroes* and appeared in *Celebrity MasterChef* in 2009.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, as Josh Griffiths — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), Fi1m 88, as Driver — [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Mr Festing
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Gordon Briggs
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Daz
- *The Brittas Empire* (1991), series, as Foreman
- *Drop the Dead Donkey* (1990), series, as Frost — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/drop-the-dead-donkey.md)
- *No Job for a Lady* (1990), series, as The Newsagent
- *Making News* (1990), series, as Ron
- *The World of Eddie Weary* (1990), as Disco Club Man
- *Andy Capp* (1988), series, as Milkie
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Time and Motion Expert — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Josh Griffiths — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Brick Is Beautiful* (1986), as Estate Agent
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), series, as Driver — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)
- *In the Secret State* (1985), as Directorate Official
- *Romance on the Orient Express* (1985), Actor
- *The Beiderbecke Affair* (1985), series, as Reverend Booth
- *Travelling Man* (1984), series, as Leonard Martin
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Accountant
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Accountant
- *Killer Waiting* (1984), as O'Malley
- *One Hundred and Eighty!!!* (1981), as Sandy Williams
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as David Braithwaite

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