Robert Pugh was born 1950 in Aberdare. He is a Welsh actor who played D.I. Roy Galloway in Woodentop, John Clarke in Brookside, Andrew Ponting in Casualty, Sapper Powell in Danger UXB, Geoff Harris - Prison Officer in Inspector Morse, Danny McCrea in Resort to Murder, Father Matthew in The Lakes, Alan Preston in Clocking Off, Frank Gorley in Hustle, DS Alun Simms in Prime Suspect, Stephen Harrington in Silent Witness, he has also been in The Bill, Priest, Drovers' Gold, Dangerfield, Where the Heart Is, Shameless, Score, Engima, French and Saunders, The Secret World of Michael Fry, Plots with a View, Helen West and Torchwood.