Ray Ashcroft

Known for ActingBorn 1952-06-28 (age 73)Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and Ronnie Marsden on Emmerdale from March to December 2003. In the late 1970s Ashcroft was the frontman of The Push, a Sheffield band. He started acting in repertory theatre before working in television and film productions. He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV film Birth of the Beatles (1979),and he has also appeared in various television productions including Coronation Street. Ashcroft played DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000 before portraying Ronnie Madsen in Emmerdale (2003). In 2018, he portrayed Tom Jackson, a Yorkshire miner, in the play On Behalf of The People. In 2021, he played the lead role of Horace in the short film Mr Wong's Lullaby.Read more

Movies & web series

Night Voice

Criminal

The Squad

Chandler & Co

The Royal

The Long Shadow

Prime Suspect

All Creatures Great and Small

New Mars

The Four Minute Mile

The Professionals

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Survivors

Heartbeat

The Chief

The Bill

Birth of the Beatles

Truckers

Emmerdale

I Remember When We Danced

Shoot to Kill