Paul Usher
Encyclopedia
Paul Usher is an English
actor.
He was educated at St John Plessington Catholic College
, Bebington
, and is best known for playing Barry Grant
in Brookside
, from the first episode until the last (with a lengthy gap before the final episode in November 2003), and PC Des Taviner in The Bill
from 2001 to 2004.
He has also appeared in Liverpool 1
and London's Burning
and starred in Six Bend Trap
, an Ironopolis Film Company with Lisa Riley
and local actors from the Teesside
Area. He appeared in Swing with Lisa Stansfield
and Hugo Speer
and in Robin Hood (2006, BBC), in the penultimate episode of series two. He lives with his wife Lindsey Usher and their children
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor.
He was educated at St John Plessington Catholic College
St John Plessington Catholic College
St John Plessington Catholic College is a school in Bebington, Wirral, England. In 2005 the school appointed a new Headteacher, Thomas Quinn and a new Deputy Headteacher, Ian Walker in January 2006. The school so far has a very positive and unique way of education...
, Bebington
Bebington
Bebington is a small town and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It lies south of Liverpool and west southwest of Manchester, along the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula...
, and is best known for playing Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Barry Grant is a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He was portrayed by Paul Usher and was in the series from episode one in 1982 until 1995 with several sporadic guest appearances in 1997, 1998 and the final episode in 2003....
in Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
, from the first episode until the last (with a lengthy gap before the final episode in November 2003), and PC Des Taviner in The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
from 2001 to 2004.
He has also appeared in Liverpool 1
Liverpool 1 (TV series)
Liverpool 1 is a British television drama series centred on the work of a fictional Merseyside Police vice squad. Produced by Lime Street Productions for ITV, it starred Samantha Womack and Mark Womack and ran for two series in 1998 and 1999...
and London's Burning
London's Burning
London's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and...
and starred in Six Bend Trap
Six Bend Trap
Six Bend Trap is a 2006 comedy crime film directed by Mike McCarthy. It is the first independent script to screen HD feature film, shot entirely in the Middlesbrough area with a couple of shots done at Peterborough Dog Track. Using a wide range of local actors in leading roles, completely funded by...
, an Ironopolis Film Company with Lisa Riley
Lisa Riley
Lisa Riley is a British television presenter and actress probably best known for playing the role of Mandy Dingle in the television soap opera Emmerdale and succeeding Jeremy Beadle on You've Been Framed.-Career:...
and local actors from the Teesside
Teesside
Teesside is the name given to the conurbation in the north east of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Billingham and surrounding settlements near the River Tees. It was also the name of a local government district between 1968 and 1974—the County Borough of...
Area. He appeared in Swing with Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
and Hugo Speer
Hugo Speer
Hugo Speer is an English actor.He was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and educated at Harrogate Grammar School. He studied acting at The Arts Educational School....
and in Robin Hood (2006, BBC), in the penultimate episode of series two. He lives with his wife Lindsey Usher and their children