Patrick Mower (born 12 September 1940, real name Patrick Archibald Mower) is an English actor well known for many television roles, often as a detective or secret agent.
Patrick Mower was born in Oxford, to a Welsh father and English mother. Their marriage is thought to have been bigamous, as Mower later discovered that his father had been married before, and he had three half-sisters in Wales of whose existence he had been unaware. The facts were made public in a 2006 BBC documentary.
After first training as an engineering draughtsman at the BMC Cowley plant, he graduated from RADA. He first came to prominence as an actor in the detective series Callan in the early 1970s. He went on to appear as DCI Tom Haggerty in Special Branch alongside George Sewell, and DS Steve Hackett in the police series Target, and featured in one of the last Carry On films, Carry On England. Many television roles have included guest appearances in Jason King, Space 1999, UFO, and The Sweeney.
In 1972 he was a regular panellist on the gameshow Whodunnit! and has also appeared in 'Dictionary Corner' on the long-running Channel 4 series Countdown. Since 2000 he has appeared in ITV's Emmerdale as Rodney Blackstock.
According to Matthew Robinson on The Doctor Who Resurrection Of The Daleks DVD, Mower was the original choice for Colonel Archer (played by Del Henney) in this serial.
Became an Associate Member of RADA.
Graduated from RADA.
