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Tony Haygarth (born 4 February 1945 Liverpool) is an English television, film and theatre actor. At the age of eighteen, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully as a lifeguard in Torquay, and also tried escapology, equally unsuccessfully. Other jobs included psychiatric nursing and he was an amateur actor before turning professional and appearing in repertory theatre, followed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Haygarth's first film role (as Anthony Haygarth) was in the comedy Percy in 1971, and since then he has played many roles in police and historical dramas, as well as... MORE

Tony Haygarth (born 4 February 1945 Liverpool) is an English television, film and theatre actor. At the age of eighteen, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully as a lifeguard in Torquay, and also tried escapology, equally unsuccessfully. Other jobs included psychiatric nursing and he was an amateur actor before turning professional and appearing in repertory theatre, followed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Haygarth's first film role (as Anthony Haygarth) was in the comedy Percy in 1971, and since then he has played many roles in police and historical dramas, as well as situation comedies. He is normally cast as a solid, reliable character with a down-to-earth attitude. In 1979 played Milo Renfield in Dracula opposite Frank Langella, Donald Pleasence and Sir Laurence Olivier. He played the title role in Kinvig (1981), a science-fiction comedy series produced by London Weekend Television, the swindling but loveable Sanchez in Farrington of the F.O. (1986–7), and in 2005 appeared in the television adaptation of Under the Greenwood Tree. He also played leading character Vic Snow in the ITV series Where the Heart Is from 1997 to 2002. His work in theatre includes The LESS