William Gaminara

William Gaminara is an actor and screenwriter, probably best known for playing pathologist Professor Leo Dalton on the television series Silent Witness, from 2002 to 2013.

William Gaminara
Born
William Gaminara
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present

Education

Gaminara was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hants., UK followed by Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.

Career

Gaminara plays Dr Richard Locke in the long-running radio soap opera, The Archers.[1] He also voices audiobooks, including Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels and John Christopher's The Tripods.[2][3] His other television credits include Will Newman in Attachments and Dr Andrew Bower in Casualty.[1] Away from acting, he wrote the screenplay for the BBC adaptation of Rachel Morris's novel, Ella and the Mothers.[1] His most notable role was Professor Leo Dalton in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness, playing the part from 2002 until the death of his character in 2013. He played the part once more in 2017 in the final episode of series 20.

In 2015, Gaminara appeared as Samuel Harrogate in the BBC TV series Father Brown episode 3.13 "The Paradise of Thieves".

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1985 Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight Minami Voice role, English version
1986 Comrades James Loveless
1988 Infantile Disorders Policeman #2 TV film
1991 RG Veda Kujaku Voice role, English version
1997 The Moth Mr. Quinton TV film
2002 The Law Alan Vine TV film
The Gist Phillip Boden TV film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Paradise Postponed Peter Episode: "Death of a Saint"
1987 The Mistress Customer Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2"
Bulman Willie Bruce Recurring role, 2 episodes
1988 Screen Two Tim Sage Episode: "Dead Lucky"
1989-1993 Casualty Andrew Bower Series regular, 13 episodes
1991 The Bill Inspector Bruce Recurring role, 2 episodes
Soldier Soldier Major Harry 'Dickie' Bird Episode: "Fun and Games"
The House of Eliott Robert Adams Recurring role, 2 episodes
1994 A Dark-Adapted Eye Andrew Mini-series, 2 episodes
1996 The Bill Dr. Anthony Perry Episode: "Helping Hands"
Dangerfield Matthew Davidson Episode: "Games"
1997 Rag Nymph Mr. Quinton Mini-series, 2 episodes
1998 The Broker's Man Superintendent Staples Episode: "Pensioned Off"
1999 Hope and Glory Colin Ward
2000 Attachments Will Newman
2001 People Like Us Captain Paul Connors Episode: "The Airline Pilot"
2002-2017 Silent Witness Leo Dalton Series regular, 107 episodes
2003 Spooks Victor Gleeson Episode: "Spiders"
2015 Father Brown Samuel Harrogate Episode: "The Paradise of Thieves"
2017 Electric Dreams Dr. El Ganol Episode: "Human Is"
The Tunnel Wesley Pollinger Recurring role, 2 episodes
2018 The Alienist Alexander MacLeod Episode: "Hildebrandt's Starling"
Becca's Bunch Uncle Ned Series regular, 21 episodes
2019 Catastrophe Stephen Episode: "Series 4, Episode 4"
Summer of Rockets Dick Armstrong Recurring role, 2 episodes
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Additional roles Recurring, 5 episodes
2020 The Trial of Christine Keeler John Hobson Recurring role, 2 episodes
Honour David Lederman Episode: "Part Two"
2022 Death in Paradise Chris Darlow Episode: "Series 11, Episode 3"

Radio

Theatre credits
Year Title Role Venue
1984 Bloody Poetry Dr. William Polidori Hampstead Theatre, London
1990 A Single Man Jim Greenwich Theatre, London
More Than One Antoinette Rochester Young Vic, London
1991 Broadway Bound Stanley Jerome Greenwich Theatre, London
1994 The Children's Hour Dr. Joseph Cardin Royal National Theatre, London
2013 Less Than Kind Sir John UK Tour
2014 The Body of an American Paul Watson The Gate Theatre, London & Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Twelve Angry Men Juror 10 Garrick Theatre, London
The Shoemaker's Holiday Sir Roger Otley Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2015 Oppenheimer Leslie Groves Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Christians Pastor Paul Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh & The Gate Theatre, London
2016 An Enemy of the People Peter Stockmann Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester

References
  1. "William Gaminara". BBC Drama.
  2. "Drama Faces: William Gaminara". BBC. Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. "William Gaminara". Amazon Books. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  4. "Who is Richard Locke?". BBC. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.


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