Alan Rothwell

Born: 1937-02-09, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

Died: 2026-05-14

Biography

Alan Rothwell was a British actor and television presenter. He played David Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as a regular from 1960 to 1961, and again from 1963 to 1968. He was Nicholas Black in Brookside between 1985 and 1986. He presented the children's TV series Picture Box from 1968 to 1989.

Filmography

• Heartbeat (1992)
• The Musketeers (2014)
• All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
• Gideon's Way (1965)
• Watching (1987)
• Sergeant Cork (1963)
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
• Children's Ward (1989)
• (All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994)
• Angel Voices (1989)
• Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
• Nothing But the Best (1964)
• Zeppelin (1971)
• The Master Blackmailer (1992)
• Walk Like a Panther (2018)
• The Falklands Play (2002)
• Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002)
• The Cater Street Hangman (1998)
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990)
• Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart (2006)