Patrick Mower

PATRICK MOWER. English actor who first came to prominence in the early 1970s, as the ruthless government assassin James Cross in the ITV spy series Callan. He then appeared as DCI Tom Haggerty in Special Branch Det Supt Steve Hackett, the lead character in the police series Target and featured in one of the last Carry On films "Carry On England". In the late 1960s (at the age of 28) he auditioned and was considered for the role of James Bond in the James Bond franchise. However, he was told that he was too young. His television roles afterwards include ; Jason King / Space 1999 / Minder / The Sweeney and Bergerac. In October 2000, he made his first appearance as Rodney Blackstock in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he has portrayed since