Philip Bretherton (born 30 May 1955 in Amounderness, Lancashire) is an English actor and his roles include Alistair Deacon in the British television series As Time Goes By.
[1] As a young man, Bretherton was in an episode of the BBC TV series Miss Marple: "At Bertram's Hotel", playing Detective Inspector Campbell in 1987.
He was in Casualty as Andrew Bower (Lisa "Duffy" Duffin's husband), Footballer's Wives as Stefan Hauser, New Tricks as Doug Standeven.
He also appeared in an episode of The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, "The Problem of Thor Bridge" in 1990 as Mr. Joyce Cummings Q.C.
He further appeared in the episode "Last Seen Wearing" of the television series Inspector Morse in the role of French teacher David Acum.