Andrew Forbes

Andrew Forbes (born in Chester) is an English stage, film and television actor and writer.
Background
Raised in nearby Frodsham, Forbes attended Helsby Country Grammar School and studied drama at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama graduating in 1978.
Career
Television
Forbes' most recent appearance was in August/September 2007 as Clive Harris in Hollyoaks. On TV, he has also appeared in Bad Girls, The Courtroom, The Cry, Keen Eddie, Starhunter, The Bill, Dr Who, The Hello Girls, Birds of a Feather, The New Statesman, Lovejoy, A Vote for Hitler, Strike it Rich, Supergran, Don’t Wait Up, Bergerac, and Shoestring. He has appeared in the films Incognito and Duel of Hearts.
In 2006, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure Night Thoughts.
Screenwriter
As a writer, he has written episodes of Doctors for the BBC and the play The Calling for The Green Room Theatre Company.
Theater
In theatre, Forbes has appeared as Colonel Calloway in The Third Man for Red Shift Theatre Company, Billy in The Real Thing in the West End, Nicky Lancaster in The Vortex for Manchester Library Theatre, Rupert Asprey in A New Adam & Eve for Basingstoke Haymarket, Orsino in Twelfth Night for the English Theatre, Hamburg, as well as seasons with Theatr Clwyd, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, York Theatre Royal, and the Kent Repertory Company.
Filmography
;Television
* Crown Court (1 episode, 1979)
* Doctor Who (3 episodes, 1980)
* Shoestring (1 episode, 1980)
* Don't Wait Up (1 episode, 1983)
* Super Gran (1 episode, 1985)
* ' (11 episodes, 1986-1987)
* A Vote for Hitler (1988)
* The Bill (1 episode, 1989)
* Lovejoy (1 episode, 1991)
* Duel of Hearts (1991)
* Birds of a Feather (1 episode, 1991)
* The Hello Girls (2 episodes, 1998)
* Starhunter (1 episode, 2001)
* The Cry (2002)
* Keen Eddie (1 episode, 2003)
* The Courtroom (1 episode, 2004)
* Bad Girls (1 episode, 2006)
* Hollyoaks (2 episodes, 2008)
* Saka no ue no kumo (2009)
* Agatha Christie: Poirot (1 episode, 2009)
;As writer
* Doctors (2 episodes, 2004-2005) (TV)
;Film
* Incognito (1997)
* Bronson (2008)

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