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Ian Bartholomew
Ian Bartholomew
Born	23 August 1954 (age 70); Gosport, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Notable work	Perfect Scoundrels (1990–1992) ; Harry (1993–1995) ; Without Motive (2000–2001) ; Empire (2005) ; South Riding (2011) ; Coronation Street (2018–2022)
Children	2

Ian Bartholomew (born 23 August 1954) is a British actor and musician from Portsmouth, England who has worked widely in both theatre and television. In March 2018, Bartholomew joined the cast of ITV soap opera Coronation Street, as Geoff Metcalfe. He also played Chitterlow in the revival cast of Half A Sixpence alongside Charlie Stemp, who played Arthur Kipps, and the Baker in the original West End production of Into the Woods opposite Imelda Staunton as his wife.

Career

Bartholomew was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and brought up in Gosport. In television Bartholomew's work has ranged from The Darling Buds of May, Rumpole of the Bailey, Minder, and more recently, Making Waves, Spooks and Marcella.

On stage he has been in productions such as A Man for All Seasons at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, Mirandolina and Assassins. In 2005 he was in the acclaimed production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee in the starring role of George at the Liverpool Playhouse and in that same year also at the playhouse he appeared in Alan Ayckbourn's Christmas comedy Season's Greetings. At the Menier Chocolate Factory in London he appeared in the new musical Take Flight in 2007. In 2010 he was well received as Eliza Doolittle's father in the Royal Exchange's production of Pygmalion. In 2011 in Mogadishu by Vivienne Franzmann at the Royal Exchange in Manchester and then at the Lyric Theatre in London.^[1]

In 2017 he recorded two songs for the album Wit & Whimsy - Songs by Alexander S. Bermange (one solo and one featuring all of the album's 23 artists), which reached No. 1 in the iTunes comedy album chart.

Bartholomew joined the cast of Coronation Street^[2] as Geoff Metcalfe in March 2018.^[3]

Personal life

Bartholomew is married to theatre director Loveday Ingram. Their first child was born in March 2005 and their youngest was born in December 2007.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	Bakker
2023	Wonka	Skeptical Old Man

Television

Year	Title	Role	Production	Notes
1981	Bergerac	Simon Gibbins	BBC	Episode: "Unlucky Dip"
1982	Crown Court	James MaccPherson	ITV/Granada Television	Episode: "The Fiddling Connection"
1983	The Professionals	Miller	ITV/LWT	Episode: "Cry Wolf"
1984	Minder	Keith Wendell	ITV/Thames Television	Episode: "Get Daley"
1990–1992	Perfect Scoundrels	Inky	ITV/TVS
1991	The Darling Buds of May	Tommy Mason	ITV/Yorkshire Television	Episode: "Christmas is Coming"
1992	The Blackheath Poisonings	Jenkins	ITV	2 episodes
1992, 1995, 1997, 2002	The Bill	Salter / P.C. Gunnell A.I.U. / Pete Gapper / Alfred 'Manny' Manola	ITV/Thames Television/Central Independent Television	4 episodes
1993	Minder	Ralphy	ITV/Thames Television	Episode: "Uneasy Rider"
1993	Love Hurts	D.I. Payne	BBC	Episode: "If the Cap Fits"
1993–1995	Harry	Snappy	BBC
1994	Jo Brand Through the Cakehole	Himself	Channel 4	Episode: "Jo Brand Through the Christmas Cakehole"
1996	Is It Legal?	Terry Beath	ITV/Carlton Television	Episode: "Office Party"
1997	Wycliffe	Mick Sennan	ITV/HTV	Episode: "Close to Home"
1998	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Stanley Trotter	ITV/Meridian Television	Episode: "Road Rage"
1999	Casualty	Mick Milburn	BBC	Episodes: "Benny and the Vets: Parts 1 & 2"
2000–2001	Without Motive	Ronnie Stocks	ITV/HTV
2004	William and Mary	Housing Inspector	ITV/Meridian Television	Series 2, Episode 4
2004	Making Waves	Lt. Cdr. William Lewis	ITV/Carlton Television
2005	New Tricks	Tallis	BBC	Series 2, Episode 1
	Empire	Cimber
	Open Wide	Ray	ITV/Thames Television	Television film
2006	Spooks	Dainiel Wise	BBC	Series 5, Episodes 6 & 7
2007	Thieves Like Us	Sergent Atwell	BBC Three	Episode: "The Jackets Job"
2008	HolbyBlue	Keith Sparrow	BBC	Series 2, Episode 9
	New Tricks	Sam Tallis	BBC	Episode: "Spare Parts"
	Heartbeat	Russell Bryant	ITV/Yorkshire Television	Episode: "You Never Can Tell"
2010	Foyle's War	Dillon	ITV/Greenlit Productions	Episode: "The Hide"
2010	Accused	Stephen Sullivan	BBC	Episode: "Helen's Story"
2011	Camelot	Caitran	Channel 4	Episode: "Homecoming"
2011	South Riding	Gaius Drew	BBC	3 part mini series
2016	Maigret	The Baron	ITV	Episode: "Maigret Sets a Trap"
2016	New Blood	Tom Robinson	BBC
2018−2020	Coronation Street^[3]^[4]	Geoff Metcalfe	ITV	Series regular