Philip McGough (born 1950 or 1951)[1] is a British actor who is a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company with many appearances on a variety of UK television programmes.
[1] McGough made his first big break on TV in Thames Television's series Rooms as Eddie Graham.
[2] His well-known television roles include Sergeant Calder, a member of the British Army's bomb disposal squad, in the Doctor Who story Resurrection of the Daleks (1984),[3] secret service detective Edwin Woodhall in the Alan Bleasdale-written drama The Monocled Mutineer (1986),[2] Charles Dawson in soap opera Brookside,[2] the conman Arnie in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Chain Gang" (1989),[4] Provost Marshal in Sharpe's Gold[5] and Dr Malcolm Nicholson in Bad Girls, a role he played in 28 episodes.
McGough also featured in an episode of the popular British mystery series Jonathan Creek, "The Reconstituted Corpse", in which he plays the part of Zola Zbzewski's agent, stalker and murder accomplice.
[9][1] McGough was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company during 1979 appearing in the productions of Antony and Cleopatra as Chief Eunuch Mardian,[10] The Churchill Play, Once in a Lifetime, The White Guard, Wild Oats, Men's Beano and Captain Swing.