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Trevor Mills Byfield (20 October 1943 – 11 October 2017)[1] was a British character actor particularly well known for his roles on British television. In many of his later roles he was credited as Zig Byfield.

Trevor Byfield
Born	Trevor Mills Byfield (1943-10-20)20 October 1943 Redditch, Worcestershire, England
Died	11 October 2017(2017-10-11) (aged 73)
Other names	Zig Byfield, Ziggy Byfield
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1967–2017
Spouse	Janet Offor ​ ​ (m. 1966, divorced)​
Children	2

Theatre work

Prior to his work in television and film he appeared in several stage musicals under the name Ziggy Byfield. These included the 1970s production of Hair, where he appeared alongside Joan Armatrading, Richard O'Brien, Paul Nicholas and Floella Benjamin.[2] He also appeared later in Richard O’Brien's The Rocky Horror Show.[3]

Television work

Byfield featured in many popular British television programmes over several decades, these included Heartbeat, EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City, Coronation Street, Family Affairs, Doctors, Only Fools and Horses, Inspector Morse (as the title character in the episode "Who Killed Harry Field?"), One Foot in the Grave, Birds of a Feather, The Professionals, Minder, Spooks, Lovejoy, So Haunt Me and New Tricks.[4][5][6] He appeared in seventeen episodes of The Bill in fourteen different roles.

Personal life

Byfield married Janet Offor in 1966 and they had two children together, but subsequently divorced.

Accident

In January 2009 he suffered a broken hip and ribs as well as a collapsed lung, when a tractor that he was driving lost control on a road and hit trees before rolling down an embankment during filming of the ITV show Heartbeat near Grosmont. Four crew members were also hurt. Byfield was airlifted to hospital.[7]

Death

Byfield died in 2017 following a bout of pneumonia, he was 73.

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Who Dares Wins	Baker
1983	Slayground	Sams
1989	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase	Train Driver
1995	GoldenEye	Train Driver
1999	Nasty Neighbours	Car Salesman
1999	G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time	Brian
2000	Distant Shadow	John Clay
2009	Dead Man Running	The Mark

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Minder	Billy	1 episode
1987	Yesterday's Dreams	Don Ackford	6 episodes
1991	Lovejoy	Jeff Diamond	Series 2 Episode 4 - Montezuma's Revenge
1991	Inspector Morse	Harry Field	1 episode
1991	Only Fools and Horses	Eric	Series 7 Episode 3 - Stage Fright
1991	Minder	Billy Meadows	1 episode
1992	One Foot in the Grave	Salmon	1 episode
2003–2010	Waking the Dead	John Nesbitt	2 episodes
2000	A Touch of Frost	George English	1 episode
2003–2012	Doctors	Tom Irving / Buster Bevan / Tony Raynor	3 episodes (including final acting role)
2003	Holby City	John Palmer	1 episode
2004	Heartbeat	Don Megson	1 episode
1989–2008	The Bill	various characters	17 episodes
2008	New Tricks	Clive Evans	1 episode
2008	Casualty	Don Harrikent	1 episode
2009	Lewis	Bone	1 episode
2009	Heartbeat	Harry Brown	1 episode
2010	EastEnders	Reg	2 episodes

References

External links

• Trevor Byfield at IMDb

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