---
name: "Robert Demeger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-demeger"
fi1m_id: "robert-demeger"
imdb_id: "nm0218290"
tmdb_id: 81028
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 June 1951"
died: "14 September 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T21:39:42.710381+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."
---

# Robert Demeger

## Identity

Robert Demeger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-demeger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-demeger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0218290
- **TMDB ID:** 81028
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81028

Actor. Born 2 June 1951 in Poplar, London, England, UK. Died 14 September 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 June 1951, Poplar, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 September 2014
- **Active:** 1992–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81028

## Biography

Robert Demeger was an English actor. Born in Poplar, London, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He appeared in numerous stage productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and played the title role in Deborah Warner's 1985 production of *King Lear* at the Almeida Theatre.

On screen, Demeger had roles in films including *Wuthering Heights* (1992) as Joseph, *Orlando* (1992) as the Third Valet and *The Young Poisoner's Handbook* (1995) as Mr Dexter. Television credits included the Preacher in *Doctor Who* (2007), the Venetian Ambassador in *The Borgias* (2011) and Rev. Richard Hatcher in *Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life* (2012). He was married to Eleanor Vernon.

Demeger died in London on 14 September 2014.

*Sources: comedy.co.uk, imdb.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life* (2012), Fi1m 84, as Rev. Richard Hatcher — [page](https://film.one/film/alan-partridge-welcome-to-the-places-of-my-life.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Third Valet — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *National Theatre Live: Othello* (2013), as Duke of Venice
- *Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life* (2012), as Rev. Richard Hatcher — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/alan-partridge-welcome-to-the-places-of-my-life.md)
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, as Venetian Ambassador
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Preacher — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Secret Passage* (2004), as Glassmaker
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Pathologist
- *Longitude* (2000), series, as Observatory Porter
- *The Dark Room* (1999), as DCI Cheever
- *Different for Girls* (1996), as Magistrate
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Charlie Forbes
- *The Thin Blue Line* (1995), series, as Arrested Man
- *The Young Poisoner's Handbook* (1995), as Mr. Dexter
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as James Clemo
- *Comics* (1993), series, as Fratelli's Solicitor
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Frank Hooley
- *Orlando* (1992), as Third Valet — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *Wuthering Heights* (1992), as Joseph
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Abhorson
- *For the Greater Good* (1991), series, as Graham Stebbings MP
- *The Chief* (1990), series, as Supt. Wilkins
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Publican
- *Morgan's Boy* (1984), series, as Mr Ellis
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Monty
- *Bonded*, as Janus

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