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name: "Richard O'Callaghan"
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born: "7 March 1940"
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# Richard O'Callaghan

Actor. Born 7 March 1940 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 March 1940, London, England
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3431074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639972/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113697

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Watership Down*](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) (81)

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## Biography

Richard O'Callaghan is an English character actor. Born Richard Brooke on 7 March 1940 in London, he is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke (stage name Valentine Rooke). As a boy actor he performed under the name Richard Brooke.

O'Callaghan has worked extensively in film, stage and television. His film roles include Bertram Muffett in *Carry On Loving* (1970) and Lewis Boggs in *Carry On at Your Convenience* (1971). He voiced Dandelion in the animated film *Watership Down* (1978) and appeared as a Zealot in *Dangerous Beauty* (1998).

On television he has appeared in series including *Midsomer Murders* (as Trevor Machin), *Casualty* (as Eddie Morris), *Red Dwarf* (as Hogey the Roguey) and *New Tricks*. He married actress Elizabeth Quinn in 1991.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, as Dandelion (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)

## Also known for

- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Trevor Machin
- *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), Zealot
- *Casualty* (1986), Eddie Morris
- *Carry On at Your Convenience* (1971), Lewis Boggs
- *New Tricks* (2004)
- *Carry On Loving* (1970), Bertram Muffett

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