Paul Usher
| Paul Usher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 April 1961 Reading, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Usher |
| Children | 2 |
Paul Usher (born 30 April 1961 in Reading) is an English actor.[1]
He was educated at Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Bebington, and is best known for playing Barry Grant in Brookside, from the first episode until the last (with a lengthy gap before the final episode in November 2003), and PC Des Taviner in The Bill from 2001 to 2004.[2][3][4]
He has also appeared in Liverpool 1 and London's Burning and starred in Six Bend Trap, an Ironopolis Film Company with Lisa Riley and local actors from the Teesside Area. He appeared in Swing with Lisa Stansfield and Hugo Speer and in Robin Hood (2006, BBC), in the penultimate episode of series two. He met wife Charlotte (Charlie), who is from Kent, while working on The Bill. They married in Rhodes, have one child, Lucas, and live in Kent. Paul's son, James, from a previous marriage, died in 2014 aboard a vessel moored in Aberdeen Harbour, at age 25. [5][2][6]
References
- ↑ "Paul Usher". BFI.
- 1 2 liverpoolecho Administrator (31 January 2011). "Former bad boy of Brookside Paul Usher aka Barry Grant on rediscovering fame". liverpoolecho.
- ↑ "Gangster: Barry Grant (right), played by Paul Usher was the biggest baddie". The Evening Standard.
- ↑ "BBC NEWS - Entertainment - Brookside bows out after 21 years". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ British Council Film. "British Council Film: Six Bend Trap". britishcouncil.org.
- ↑ "Swing". TVGuide.com.