Cast and Crew of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Cast of
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

About Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.

Main Cast of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Patricia Routledge
plays Hetty Wainthropp (27 episodes)

Derek Benfield
plays Robert Wainthropp (27 episodes)

Suzanne Maddock
plays Janet Fraser (15 episodes)

John Graham Davies
plays D.C.I. Adams (17 episodes)

Secondary Cast of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Sue Johnston
plays Helga Allowby (1 episode)

Philip Martin Brown
plays Philip Hoskins (1 episode)

Kate Lonergan
plays Dawn Halliwell (1 episode)

Andrew Barrow
plays Dean Scholes (1 episode)

Ian Burfield
plays Martin Kenyon (1 episode)

Judy Flynn
plays Paula Kenyon (1 episode)

Geoff Hinsliff
plays Gerald Hawkins (1 episode)

Dominic Hecht
plays Mose (1 episode)

Rachel Lumberg
plays Sonia (1 episode)

Linda Dobell
plays Sales Consultant (1 episode)

Liz Hume Dawson
plays Flower Shop Assistant (1 episode)

Ronnie Stevens
plays Mr Cullimore (1 episode)

Linda Broughton
plays Mrs Garbet (1 episode)

Barbara Keogh
plays Beryl Pacey (1 episode)

John Pickles
plays Jim Pacey (1 episode)

Stephen Tomlin
plays John Winterton (1 episode)

Kate Rutter
plays Janet Bransby (1 episode)

Nick Bayly
plays Ben Harrow (1 episode)

Nicola Barnfield
plays Geraldine Harrow (1 episode)

Alison Swann
plays Mandy Salthouse (1 episode)

Susan Porrett
plays Joyce Parmby (1 episode)

Olivia Jardith
plays Mrs Fairbrother (1 episode)

Colin Meredith
plays Harold Skimmer (1 episode)

Ian Kershaw
plays Kev Haycroft (1 episode)

Kate Layden
plays Maurika Rome (1 episode)

Matyelok Gibbs
plays Grace Todd (1 episode)

Cherith Mellor
plays Amy Bartlett (1 episode)

Tabitha Wady
plays Sara Rome (1 episode)

Sarah Blackburn
plays 'Wendy' Freeman (1 episode)

Rupam Maxwell
plays Daniel Rome (1 episode)

Anne Hornby
plays D.S. Angela Gatting (1 episode)

Ian Kelly
plays Rev. Peter Hodgkin (1 episode)

Joanna Dickens
plays Elsie Jackman (1 episode)

Laurence Richardson
plays Ben Trevor (uncredited) (1 episode)

Mel Martin
plays Dawn Langley (1 episode)

Jonathan Coy
plays Doug Arkwright (1 episode)

Frederick Treves
plays Col. Forbes-Jones (1 episode)

Emily Hamilton
plays Caroline Langley (1 episode)

Ben Pullen
plays Lt. Thomas Watkinson (1 episode)

Joe Caffrey
plays Jake Vincent (1 episode)

Sara Coward
plays Receptionist (1 episode)

Rachel France
plays Florist (1 episode)

Geoffrey Wilkinson
plays Hotel Porter (1 episode)

Lesley Dunlop
plays Moira Pridwell (1 episode)

Paul Slack
plays Thomas Escombe (1 episode)

Robert Perkins
plays Jack Duckett (1 episode)

Neil Finnighan
plays Stuart Pridwell (1 episode)

Vivienne Moore
plays Ivy (1 episode)

Rachel Ambler
plays Shirley (1 episode)

Brian Baines
plays Rev. Pettigrew (1 episode) , Vicar (1 episode)

Nathaniel Duncan
plays Rob (1 episode)

Richard Brinkmann
plays Craig (1 episode)

Linda Spurrier
plays Noreen Bainbridge (1 episode)

Geoff Tomlinson
plays Fred Butterworth (1 episode)

Kate Cross
plays Kirsty (1 episode)

Tom Georgeson
plays Harry Carter (1 episode)

Dinah Stabb
plays Ella Parsons (1 episode)

Hugh Dickson
plays James Carter (1 episode)

Lesley Staples
plays Mrs Ford (1 episode)

Joe Peluso
plays Ernesto (1 episode)

Carmela Marner
plays Gianetta (1 episode)

Avril Clark
plays Elena (1 episode)

Peter Kelly
plays Mr Gabriel (1 episode)

Tony Barton
plays Loan Shark (1 episode)

Miranda Bell
plays Principal (1 episode)

Nigel Betts
plays Betting Shop Manager (1 episode)

Jennifer Luckraft
plays Betting Shop Clerk (1 episode)

Andrew Livingston
plays Ambo (1 episode)

Roger Delves-Broughton
plays Veggieburger Cook (1 episode)

Rebecca Raybone
plays Courier (1 episode)

Joan Elder
plays Tourist (1 episode)

Peter Rylands
plays Workman (1 episode)

Will Tacey
plays Clergyman (1 episode)

Taurean Mulholland
plays Boy (1 episode)

Gwenllian Davies
plays Lottie (1 episode)

Gwyneth Powell
plays Marian Horner (1 episode)

Eamon Boland
plays Mr Lister (1 episode)

Diana Bishop
plays Mrs Lister (1 episode)

Rebecca Callard
plays Hannah (1 episode)

Nigel Pivaro
plays Constable Pearce (1 episode)

Gillian Kerrod
plays Mrs Pearce (1 episode)

Sally Ann Matthews
plays Tracey (1 episode)

David MacCreedy
plays Alan (1 episode)

Elle Cooper
plays Grace (1 episode)

Lisa Riley
plays Lilian (1 episode)

Emma Shaw
plays Mrs Shawcross (1 episode)

Kenneth Alan Taylor
plays Solicitor (1 episode)

Rodney Litchfield
plays Taxi Driver (1 episode)

Conor Ryan
plays Michael (1 episode)

Lloyd McGuire
plays Reg (1 episode)

Roger Morlidge
plays Ian (1 episode)

Ann Rye
plays Landlady (1 episode)

Johnny Maxfield
plays Todd (1 episode)

Jane Cox
plays Aileen (1 episode)

Amanda Loy-Ellis
plays Geraldine (1 episode)

Janys Chambers
plays Geraldine's Mother (1 episode)

Chris Brailsford
plays Sergeant Wood (1 episode)

Phillip King
plays P.C. Lyons (1 episode)

Josh Moran
plays Hotel Guest (1 episode)

Christine Cox
plays Salvation Army Captain (1 episode)

Tom Harrison
plays Caretaker (1 episode)

Keith Barron
plays Gordon Gregson (1 episode)

Jean Heywood
plays Enid Weston (1 episode)

Geoffrey Leesley
plays Brian Weston (1 episode)

Ian Curtis
plays Adrian Atherton (1 episode)

Richard Syms
plays Rev. Toft (1 episode)

Veda Warwick
plays Lilian Cardwell (1 episode)

Jacki Webb
plays Stella Cardwell (1 episode)

Angela Lonsdale
plays Jackie (1 episode)

Alan Hulse
plays Garage Foreman (1 episode)

Lorraine Sass
plays Hoskins's Secretary (1 episode)

Jane Lowe
plays Alice Baynes (1 episode)

Alan Partington
plays Stanley (1 episode)

Charlie Dickinson
plays Butcher (1 episode)

Tom Higgins
plays Cookery Instructor (1 episode)

Paul Gibbon
plays Damien (1 episode)

Bobby Knutt
plays Caravanner (1 episode)

Tricia Ford
plays Caravanner (1 episode)

Elizabeth Morgan
plays Mrs. Parry-Jones (1 episode)

Rita May
plays Supermarket Shopper (1 episode)

Richard Mapletoft
plays Mr. Nygate (1 episode)

Ron Meadows
plays Alec (1 episode)

Daphne Oxenford
plays Mayoress (1 episode) , Mrs. Willoughby (1 episode)

Daryl Fishwick
plays Motel Receptionist (1 episode)

Michael Atkinson
plays Sergeant Black (1 episode)

Norman Mills
plays Mr. Brown (1 episode)

Carol Noakes
plays Sandy (1 episode)

Damian Myerscough
plays Wayne (1 episode)

Shirley Vaughan
plays Mary Nabley (1 episode)

Andrew Readman
plays Mary's Nephew (1 episode)

Sarah Thurstan
plays Secretary (1 episode)

Irene Skillington
plays Landlady (1 episode)

Jane Danson
plays Gerry (1 episode)

Gregory Chisholm
plays Dominic (1 episode)

Ken Kitson
plays Sergeant Smith (1 episode)

Beatrice Kelley
plays Fishmonger (1 episode)

Yusef Sultan
plays Mr. Mumtaz (1 episode)

John Webber
plays Biker (1 episode)

Geoff Atwell
plays Security Guard (1 episode)

Steven Arnold
plays Courier (1 episode)

Alan Rothwell
plays Dr. Fisher (voice) (1 episode) , Peter Stone (1 episode)

David Bower
plays Malcolm Stone (1 episode)

Ray Ashcroft
plays Steve Lennox (1 episode)

Valerie Lilley
plays Joan Stone (1 episode)

David Hargreaves
plays Picture Editor (1 episode)

Philippa Howell
plays Rosemary Lennox (1 episode)

Surendra Kochar
plays Garage Attendant (1 episode)

David Fleeshman
plays Immigration Officer (1 episode)

Claire Quigley
plays Lizzie (1 episode)

Eamonn Riley
plays Stone's Neighbour (1 episode)

Jack Randle
plays D.S. Wells (1 episode)

Stephen Anderson
plays P.C. Green (1 episode)

Deborah Levey
plays Television Reporter (1 episode)

Donna Alexander
plays Receptionist (1 episode)

Jon Oxendale
plays Dave the Rave (1 episode)

Kim Phương
plays Penipha (1 episode)

Donna Fawthrop
plays Lynn Horrocks (1 episode)

Henry Alexander Kelly
plays Leonard (1 episode)

Sarah Kehoe
plays Clare Lennox (1 episode)

Sean Gilday
plays Tim Lennox (1 episode)

Margot Leicester
plays Annie Mosscrop (1 episode)

Tyler Butterworth
plays Freddy Slater (1 episode)

Gordon Wharmby
plays Albert Slater (1 episode)

Angela Richards
plays Glenda Jason (1 episode)

John Middleton
plays Simon Letby (1 episode)

Anna Niland
plays Beverly Prendergast (1 episode)

Noel Hunwick
plays Brian Borrowmere (1 episode)

Michelle Butterly
plays Rita Locheed (1 episode)

Rod Arthur
plays Les Maynard (1 episode)

Richard Hollick
plays Harry Hamborough (1 episode)

Anthea Holloway
plays Edna Leeson (1 episode)

Chuck Mallett
plays Pianist (1 episode)

Iain Rogerson
plays Bernard (1 episode)

Morag Siller
plays Susan (1 episode)

Colin MacLachlan
plays Gerald Putman (1 episode)

Gabrielle Blunt
plays Molly Putman (1 episode)

John Normington
plays Mayor Makepeace (1 episode)

Polly Hemingway
plays Brenda Makepeace (1 episode)

David Martin
plays Denny (1 episode) , Boy in Arcade (1 episode)

Susan Bovell
plays Jessie Mann (1 episode)

Romy Baskerville
plays Doris Lavery (1 episode)

Sally Adams
plays Clare (1 episode)

Miriam Leake
plays Mary (1 episode)

Ina Clough
plays Bessie (1 episode)

Poppy Miller
plays Susie (1 episode)

Matthew Mills
plays Steve (1 episode)

Ronald Pickup
plays Lester Rose (1 episode)

Janet Hargreaves
plays Gillian Snape (1 episode)

Katherine Dow Blyton
plays Kelly (1 episode)

Peter Gunn
plays Bryan (1 episode)

Barbara Dryhurst
plays Lysette (1 episode)

Joan Sims
plays Adele McCarthy (1 episode)

Freddie Davies
plays Sidney Sturridge (1 episode)

Susan Edmonstone
plays Vanessa Webb (1 episode)

Gordon Langford Rowe
plays William Pollard (1 episode)

Judith Davis
plays Ida Wittle (1 episode)

Joe Belcher
plays Arnold Wittle (1 episode)

Laura Crossley
plays Wendy (1 episode)

Rachael C. Carter
plays Tina (1 episode)

Rachel Davies
plays Myra (1 episode)

Maxine Burth
plays Ruth (1 episode)

Sarah Flind
plays Noreen (1 episode)

Julie Riley
plays Delia (1 episode)

Harriette Ashcroft
plays Sharon (1 episode)

Danielle da Costa
plays Trudi (1 episode)

Rosalind Adams
plays Angie (1 episode)

Chris Hargreaves
plays Gary (1 episode)

Tim Dantay
plays Peter Parmenter (1 episode)

Irene Sutcliffe
plays Helen Rance (1 episode)

Jennifer Moss
plays Lavinia (1 episode)

Richard Riscatti
plays Harry Scrankin (1 episode)

Lill Roughley
plays Maureen O'Callaghan (1 episode)

Darren Tighe
plays Lenny Thornber (1 episode)

Alicya Eyo
plays Trisha Grice (1 episode)

Alan Halsall
plays David Hartley (1 episode)

Mary Larkin
plays Shirley Griffin (1 episode)

Ian Thompson
plays Arthur Griffin (1 episode)

Fenella Norman
plays Karen Hartley (1 episode)

William Whymper
plays Mr. Thornber (1 episode)

Dinah Handley
plays Mrs. Thornber (1 episode)

Catherine Terris
plays Claire Pilger (1 episode)

Meryl Hampton
plays Sandra Smith (1 episode)

Badi Uzzaman
plays Uncle Mo (1 episode)

Nasser Memarzia
plays Jamir Assan (1 episode)

Mamta Kaash
plays Rokeya Assan (1 episode)

Imran Ali
plays Abdul Assan (1 episode)

Dev Sagoo
plays Yussuf Assan (1 episode)

Rory Hannah
plays Josh (1 episode)

Avin Shah
plays Aziz Ahmed (1 episode)

Kiran Hocking
plays Music Teacher (1 episode)

Kriss Dosanjh
plays Radio Taxi Controller (1 episode)

Adam Woods
plays Wood Salesman (1 episode)

Irfan Mohammed
plays Khalid Kashyap (1 episode)

Abdus-Salam Wahid
plays Jaffa Hussein (1 episode)

Rizwana Cheema
plays Salma (1 episode)

Ruby Anwar
plays Carla (1 episode)

Alison Bennett
plays Kirsty (1 episode)

Rebecca Lamb
plays Magda (2 episodes)

Zeenat Jabeen
plays Shamala Assan (1 episode)

Vivien Heilbron
plays Lillemor Pickering (1 episode)

Mujahid Shah
plays Rasheed Assan (1 episode)

George Costigan
plays Wallace Pickering (1 episode)

Callum Dixon
plays Liam Pickering (1 episode)

Carl Cieka
plays Ivan Pejic (1 episode)

Terence Budd
plays Ken Kavanagh (1 episode)

Andrew-Lee Potts
plays Shane Broderick (1 episode)

Stephanie Roscoe
plays Judith Swarbrick (1 episode)

Peter Stevenson
plays Roger Butterworth (1 episode)

Sue Parkinson
plays Flower Show Compere (1 episode)

Richard Huw
plays Malcolm Rainford (1 episode)

Joe Roberts
plays Tom Rainford (1 episode)

Tim Preece
plays Mr Cavendish (1 episode)

William Ilkley
plays Mr Watts (1 episode)

Karl Haynes
plays Morgan Ashby (1 episode)

Sam Davies
plays Sid Patten (2 episodes)

Richard Burke
plays Wayne (1 episode)

Mark Aspin
plays Karl Ashby (1 episode)

Derek Rose
plays Karl's Gang (1 episode)

Sam Millar
plays Karl's Gang (1 episode)

Chad Seabrook
plays Karl's Gang (1 episode)

Sheila Burrell
plays Agnes Stubbs (1 episode)

Jean Rimmer
plays Kate Hepple (1 episode)

Krysia Pepper
plays Cindy Bell Skully (1 episode) , Cindy Bell (1 episode)

Nicholas Lamont
plays Carl P. Unsworth (1 episode)

Felicity Montagu
plays Susan Dent (1 episode)

Nicholas Asbury
plays Eric Pardew (1 episode)

Emma Tate
plays Pam Pardew (1 episode)

Wayne Foskett
plays Russ Halliwell (2 episodes)

Sam Barriscale
plays Dave Skerry (1 episode)

Trevor Fox
plays Luke Shadwell (1 episode)

Alan Gilchrist
plays Barnaby Shadwell (1 episode)

Damian Asher
plays Warren (1 episode)

Giles Ford
plays Colin (1 episode)

Gillian Raine
plays Violet Ward (1 episode)

Gawn Grainger
plays Jack Branagan (1 episode)

Aline Mowat
plays Marianne Clark (1 episode)

Lynne Verrall
plays Miss Tweed (1 episode)

Carole Boyd
plays Mrs. Ashby (1 episode)

Peter Waddington
plays Neil Humphries (1 episode)

Gordon Alcock
plays Albert Coates (1 episode)

Fine Time Fontayne
plays Graham Skully (2 episodes)

Ed Waters
plays Mr. Chapman (1 episode)

Jack Ellis
plays Brian Powell (1 episode)

Patrick Pearson
plays Dixon (1 episode)

Roger Bingham
plays Paul Croft (1 episode)

Viv Warentz
plays Dora James (1 episode)

Rosy Clayton
plays Julie (1 episode)

Tony Audenshaw
plays Ray Lever (1 episode)

Christopher Wilkinson
plays Librarian (2 episodes)

Derek Crewe
plays Curator (1 episode)

David Williams
plays Caretaker at Flats (1 episode)

Ian Gardner
plays Car Salesman (1 episode)

John Billam
plays Foreman (1 episode)

Ron Blass
plays Gallery Attendant (1 episode)

Michelle Holmes
plays Ruth Kilbride (1 episode)

Gillian Kearney
plays Debra Woolmer (1 episode)

Richard Coyle
plays Dr Miles Miller (1 episode)

Tyrone Huggins
plays Ezekial Alebua (1 episode)

Lorraine Peters
plays Mrs Mabbthorpe (1 episode)

Jean Stevens
plays Bessie Simcox (1 episode)

Bruce Byron
plays Joe Doolan (1 episode)

Jack Carr
plays Jack Doolan (1 episode)

John Bleasdale
plays Bell (1 episode)

Eilis Hetherington
plays Celia Woolmer (1 episode)

Margery Withers
plays Gwen Parry (1 episode)

Trevor Dwyer-Lynch
plays Ambulance Man (1 episode)

Richard Pasco
plays Hansi Bauer (1 episode)

Jean Anderson
plays Alice Marsden (1 episode)

Madeleine Moffat
plays Rachel McIver (1 episode)

Cynthia Grenville
plays Freda Jones (1 episode)

James Taylor
plays Cyril Sopwith (1 episode)

Richard Conway
plays Ronald Eames (1 episode)

Alan Thompson
plays Ted Eddison (1 episode)

Michael Troughton
plays Harry Sholton (1 episode)

Shenagh Govan
plays Brenda Shotton (1 episode)

Muriel Lawford
plays Myra (1 episode)

Penny Leatherbarrow
plays Shirley Sholton (1 episode)

Leader Hawkins
plays Tudor Wallace (1 episode)

Nick Malinowski
plays Clive Reynolds (1 episode)

Roger Grainger
plays Garth (1 episode)

Frank Mills
plays Frank Wainthropp (5 episodes)

Jack Tanner
plays Simon Diggle (1 episode)

Charles Kay
plays Monty Francis (1 episode)

Shirin Taylor
plays Conchita Flintoff (1 episode)

David Shimwell
plays Barry Flintoff (1 episode)

Tenniel Evans
plays Royle (1 episode)

Esther Martin
plays Bryony Matthews (1 episode)

Suzanne Rainforth
plays Kirsty Withers (1 episode)

Johnny Allan
plays Joe Cranham (1 episode)


Crew of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates