Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara, born in London and attended the National Youth Theatre and trained at LAMDA. Possibly best known as Ralph Passmore, the nemesis of Tucker Jenkin's in Tucker's Luck (1983), the spin off series of Phil Redmond's Grange Hill (1978). Peter was known for his fantastic singing voice in many theatre musical productions including South Pacific. He started out his long list of jobs as a supporting artist, working on such films as Quadrophenia (1979), The Shining (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Star Wars (1977), before being cast in Grange Hill (1978). He worked frequently with Christopher Menaul who cast him as a Chelsea skinhead Rory in The Treatment (1984) and previously Tucker's Luck (1983). He became a well respected character actor in a career that eventually spanned four decades, he was often called upon to play the menacing hard-man and when Denzel Washington came to London to work on For Queen & Country (1988), Peter was asked to show him around and guide him on the Cockney accent. In 1990, Peter starred as Kenno in the controversial football hooligan film, Arrivederci Millwall (1990), one of the first films to tackle that subject. He went onto play Jimmy Cadogan in the children's TV series; Oasis (1993) in 1993 and a spot on 99-1 (1994) which reunited him with Arrivederci Millwall (1990) director Charles McDougall. Despite his hard-man roles Peter often played in a lot of comedy TV shows including Desmond's (1989) and Harry Enfield and Chums (1994). In 1995, he appeared in Funny Bones (1995) with Lee Evans, Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt and Oliver Reed. Then in 1996 he was seen in the series No Bananas (1996) as DS Howard. He was in both the film and TV series of London's Burning (1988) and played recurring roles in numerous other British TV shows including Thief Takers (1995), The Bill (1984), Trial & Retribution (1997), Silent Witness (1996) and Casualty (1986). In 2002, he appeared as Frederick Michael Argyle in The Gathering (2002) where he acted alongside Christina Ricci, Ioan Gruffudd and Stephen Dillane. In 2004, he appeared in an extraordinary experimental drama documentary called Pissed on the Job (2004), Peter played a heavy drinker who was also a teacher, the film which can be seen online is a great example of his work, his subtle performance is extremely realistic in this damning piece about the dangers of alcohol. He showed up as a vampire drug dealer in the film Dead Cert (2010) in 2010 and had been working on some low budget films in the latter years of his career that sadly never got released due to budget and various technical issues. His last credit Dinklebrain (2012) was not the last film he made, rumour has it that he was very much actively making some independent short films, which hopefully will emerge in the near future. Sadly, Peter McNamara died in May 2018 at the age of 57 and he was cremated at Enfield Crematorium on 14th June 2018, a week after what would have been his 58th birthday. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Shona M

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Peter McNamara Tifaga

  • 1984
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    The Treatment

    The Treatment

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2004
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    When I'm Sixty-Four

    When I'm Sixty-Four

    5.3 2004 HD

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  • 1984
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    Lassiter

    Lassiter

    5.3 1984 HD

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  • 1986
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    London's Burning: The Movie

    London's Burning: The Movie

    8.5 1986 HD

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  • 1992
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    Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery

    Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Long Good Friday

    The Long Good Friday

    7.1 1980 HD

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  • 1979
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    Quadrophenia

    Quadrophenia

    7 1979 HD

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  • 1988
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    For Queen & Country

    For Queen & Country

    5.3 1988 HD

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  • 1991
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    Smack and Thistle

    Smack and Thistle

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Gathering

    The Gathering

    5.4 2003 HD

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  • 1990
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    Arrivederci Millwall

    Arrivederci Millwall

    6 1990 HD

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  • 2010
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    Dead Cert

    Dead Cert

    4.4 2010 HD

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  • 2001
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    Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

    6.206 2001 HD

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  • 1997
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    Shooting Fish

    Shooting Fish

    6.287 1997 HD

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  • 1995
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    Funny Bones

    Funny Bones

    6.5 1995 HD

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  • 2019
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    Break Clause

    Break Clause

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  • 1980
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    The Shining

    The Shining

    8.2 1980 HD

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  • 1999
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    Tube Tales

    Tube Tales

    5.3 1999 HD

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  • 2004
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    Pissed on the Job

    Pissed on the Job

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  • 1983
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    Tucker's Luck

    Tucker's Luck

    5.5 1983 HD

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1978
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    Grange Hill

    Grange Hill

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1993
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    Oasis

    Oasis

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  • 1994
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    Wycliffe

    Wycliffe

    6 1994 HD

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  • 1992
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    A Touch of Frost

    A Touch of Frost

    7.476 1992 HD

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