Malcolm Tierney

Malcolm Tierney was an English actor who worked in stage, film and television. Born in Manchester, he worked as a textile designer and printmaker before amateur dramatics led him to a scholarship at the Rose Bruford college in 1958 and his first acting job in 1962. On television he played Captain Monk Adderley in the original Poldark, Tommy McArdle in Brookside from 1984 to 1987, Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy, and Patrick Woolton in House of Cards. His film credits included an uncredited part as an Imperial officer in Star Wars in 1977 and a sheriff in Braveheart. He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974 and 1975 and again in 2005, playing Claudio in Measure for Measure in 1974. Later roles included docudramas about the Hindenburg in 2007 and the Titanic in 2008, and radio work in The Snow Goose in 2010. He died in 2014.