Norman Eshley

Norman Eshley was an English character actor and writer. Raised in Bristol, he attended Bristol Grammar School and worked in a bank before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He began on stage, playing many Shakespearean roles and establishing himself in West End theater. His first screen appearance came in Orson Welles's The Immortal Story (1968). He took a lead role in Blind Terror (1971) and acted in the horror film House of Mortal Sin, directed by Pete Walker. On television he was best known as Jeffrey Fourmile, the snobbish estate agent and foil to George in the sitcom George and Mildred, and he had earlier played Robin Tripp's brother Norman in several episodes of Man About the House. Later credits included Minder, Taggart, Cadfael, One Foot in the Grave and The Bill. He also narrated two Blind Guardian albums and died in 2025.