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George Costigan (born 1947) is a British actor. Costigan was born in Portsmouth and grew up in Irlams o' th' Height and Weaste in Salford. He attended St. Augustine's C of E Primary School on Bolton Road in Pendlebury, then Wardley Grammar School on Mardale Avenue in Wardley near Swinton. Costigan has been on television since 1978. In 1984 he appeared as Philip The Bastard in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Life and Death of King John (alongside Leonard Rossiter in the title role). He rose to fame in 1986 as adulterous businessman Bob in the comedy film Rita, Sue and Bob... MORE

George Costigan (born 1947) is a British actor. Costigan was born in Portsmouth and grew up in Irlams o' th' Height and Weaste in Salford. He attended St. Augustine's C of E Primary School on Bolton Road in Pendlebury, then Wardley Grammar School on Mardale Avenue in Wardley near Swinton. Costigan has been on television since 1978. In 1984 he appeared as Philip The Bastard in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Life and Death of King John (alongside Leonard Rossiter in the title role). He rose to fame in 1986 as adulterous businessman Bob in the comedy film Rita, Sue and Bob Too. He has since starred or featured in many television productions, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (providing mellifluous Peter Lorre-type villainy) Kavanagh QC, Murder Most Horrid, So Haunt Me, London's Burning, The Bill, Holby City, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Beiderbecke Connection, New Tricks and Casualty. His film work includes Calendar Girls and Shirley Valentine. He has appeared in the role of Max Capricorn in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned. His partner is the writer Julia North, with whom he wrote a 1990 episode of LESS