Barry Jackson

Barry Michael Jackson (29 March 1938 – 5 December 2013) was an English stage, film and television actor. He appeared in the first fourteen series of Midsomer Murders as Doctor George Bullard, the pathologist.

Early life Jackson was educated at King Edward VI Five Ways Grammar School and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, before beginning his career in repertory theatre.

Career

Jackson's film career included roles in Ryan's Daughter, Barry Lyndon, Aces High, The Raging Moon, Mr. Love, and Wimbledon.

Jackson's television credits included A for Andromeda, The Mask of Janus, Adam Adamant Lives!, Doctor Who, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Special Branch, The Troubleshooters, Man at the Top, Doomwatch, Public Eye, Poldark, Oil Strike North, The New Avengers, Blake's 7, The Professionals, Coronation Street, Enemy at the Door, All Creatures Great and Small, Minder, Bergerac, Lovejoy, Casualty, Peak Practice, Silent Witness, Kavanagh QC, The Bill, A Touch of Frost, Holby City, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.

Jackson appeared in Doctor Who in the show's original run, including the stories The Romans, Galaxy 4 and "Mission to the Unknown". Jackson later returned to the show and played "Drax," a school chum of the Doctor, in the Fourth Doctor story The Armageddon Factor.

Partial Filmography