Tony Rohr

Harold Anthony Rohr (21 May 1939 – 29 October 2023) was an Irish actor.

Career Rohr played Grandad in The Lakes and Solomon Featherstone in Middlemarch. He also appeared in The Bill, The Long Good Friday, McVicar, Softly, Softly, Crown Court, The Sweeney, Casualty, Lovejoy, I Hired a Contract Killer, Cracker, The Vet, Father Ted, Waking the Dead, Hustle and Inspector George Gently (in the memorable role of "China").

He played the railway station master in the 2010 film Leap Year. He also played the IRA Brigade Commander in Yorkshire TV's Harry's Game. He later played Anthony, the estranged father of the title character, Derek, in the series of the same name written and directed by Ricky Gervais.

Personal life and death Rohr had a daughter, Louise, with actress Pauline Collins. Collins gave baby Louise up for adoption in 1964. They were reunited 22 years later.

Rohr died from prostate cancer on 29 October 2023, at the age of 84.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1978 Terror Villager #3 1980 McVicar Bootsie Hagan 1980 The Long Good Friday O'Flaherty 1982 Angel George 1983 Ascendancy Chauffeur 1985 No Surrender McCarthur 1985 Code Name: Emerald Patrick Callaghan 1986 Rocinante Stan 1988 High Spirits Christy 1989 Desmond's Priest 1990 I Hired a Contract Killer Frank the Doctor 1992 The Playboys Kelly 1992 Into the West Traveller 1997 The Butcher Boy Bogman in Mental Hospital 1998 The Nephew Crony #1 1998 Titanic Town Cork Driver 1998 The Tale of Sweety Barrett Flick Hennessy 1999 Most Important Paudie O'Neill 2008 Hustle Archie 2009 Dead Man Running Mr. Jeff 2010 Leap Year Frank 2010 Mr. Nice Landlord 2010 Round Ireland with a Fridge Willy 2012 Les Misérables Overseer 2013 The Double Rudolph 2013–2014 Derek Anthony