
Alan Rothwell
Known for: Acting
Born: February 9, 1937
Died: May 14, 2026
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.
Known for
Linda
1960

Angel Voices
1989

The Cater Street Hangman
1998

A Song for Jenny
2015

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990

Zeppelin
1971

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002

The Lie
1970

Gideon's Way
1965

Nothing But the Best
1964

Heartbeat
1992

Dead Man Weds
2005

The Master Blackmailer
1992

Children's Ward
1989

No Hiding Place
1959

Oliver Twist
1962

Conviction
2004

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
2006

Cilla's Comedy Six
1975
Open Air
1986

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013
Top Secret
1961

Walk Like a Panther
2018

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996

The Musketeers
2014

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994

Sherlock Holmes
1984

All Creatures Great and Small
1978

The Falklands Play
2002

Watching
1987
Harry
1993

Shameless
2004

The Driver
2014

The Grand
1997

Queer as Folk
1999

New Street Law
2006