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"I started to write, and I found it really satisfying, much more satisfying than acting. The story started out as a script and then I turned it into a book. I was 76 when I had my first book published, which is wonderful."

Norman Eshley, (30 May 1945), is a British actor best known for playing Jeffrey Fourmile in George & Mildred.

He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and played many Shakespearean roles on stage. His film debut came in 1968 in The Immortal Story, and he would go on to appear in more films over the next few years including See No Evil (1971).

After appearing in four episodes of Man About the House (first as a One-Shot Character in Series 2, then Recast as a Regular in Series 6), he was given a main role in George & Mildred (which spun-off from MAtH) as the snobbish estate agent Jeffrey Fourmile.

In the early '90s, he was in a serious car accident in France. This severely impacted his ability to remember lines and his acting career slowly dried up. However, Eshley wasn't ready to give up on life and has since moved to writing books and scripts.


Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

FilmsSeries
  • Department S, episode "Handicap Dead" (1969) — Red
  • Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), episode "Could You Recognise the Man Again?" (1970) — Mike Hales
  • Play for Today, episode "The Bouncing Boy" (1972) — Dave Osmond
  • The Onedin Line, episode "Port Out, Starboard Home" (1974) — The Honourable Hugh Kernan
  • Man About the House, 4 episodes:
    • "In Praise of Older Men" (1974) — Ian Cross
    • 3 episodesshow list  (1976) — Norman Tripp
  • Whodunnit, episode "Beware, Wet Paint" (1975) — Roy Sharp
  • George & Mildred, 38 episodes (1976-79) — Jeffrey Fourmile
  • The Sweeney, episode "Taste of Fear" (1976) — Detective Sergeant Robert Hargreaves
  • I, Claudius, 2 episodesshow list  (1976) — Marcus Vinicius
  • Jesus of Nazareth, 2 episodes (1977) — Voice of Joseph (Uncredited Role)
  • Secret Army, episode "Growing Up" (1977) — Sergeant Clifford Howson
  • Return of the Saint, 2 episodesshow list  (1978) — Detective George Caufield
  • The Professionals, episode "Kickback" (1980) — Jimmy Keller
  • Minder, episode "Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread" (1985) — Reverend Redwood
  • Crossbow, episode "Goldilocks" (1989) — Woodsman
  • Taggart, 3 episodesshow list  (1991) — Commander Gunner
  • Cadfael, episode "The Leper of St. Giles" (1994) — Baron Huon de Giles
  • The New Adventures of Robin Hood, episode "The Road to Royston" (1997) — Baron Royston
  • One Foot in the Grave, episode "Endgame" (1997) — Detective Inspector Rickles
  • Murder Most Horrid, episode "Whoopi Stone" (1999) — Detective Chief Inspector Reed
  • The Bill, 4 episodes:
    • 2 episodesshow list  (1999) — Terry Riley
    • 2 episodesshow list  (2000) — Mr. Gibbs
  • Goodnight Sweetheart, episode "Something Fishie" (1999) — Inspector Priestley
  • New Tricks, episode "God's Waiting Room" (2007) — Billy Pierce
  • The White Princess, episode "English Blood on English Soil" (2017) — Abbot

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