Actor Colin Tarrant who was best known for his role as Inspector Andrew Monroe in The Bill has died in an apparent suicide. He was found in his bathroom at his home in Bristol with knife wounds to his wrists, chest and throat.
His son Juma Woodhouse 24 rushed to his dying fathers bedside in Bristol Royal Infirmary where he was pronounced death on Thursday. He was separated from his wife Patricia Woodhouse for over a decade but the two had remained friends.
Colin was born in 1952 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire and studied for a degree in English and theatre at Exeter University. He worked as a teacher before taking up acting full time.
The television series The Bill was set in the fictional London area of Sun Hill and was launched in 1984 and ran for 26 years. Mr Tarrant appeared in nearly 600 episodes of The Bill which was axed in 2010. His character was killed off in a storyline in 2002 when a fire engulfed Sun hill station.
He later appeared in shows including Heartbeat, Holby City, Casualty and Midsomer Murders. He had also been in stage shows, including Calendar Girls and as football legend Brian Clough in The Spirit of The Man.
His son Juma Woodhouse 24 rushed to his dying fathers bedside in Bristol Royal Infirmary where he was pronounced death on Thursday. He was separated from his wife Patricia Woodhouse for over a decade but the two had remained friends.
Colin was born in 1952 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire and studied for a degree in English and theatre at Exeter University. He worked as a teacher before taking up acting full time.
The television series The Bill was set in the fictional London area of Sun Hill and was launched in 1984 and ran for 26 years. Mr Tarrant appeared in nearly 600 episodes of The Bill which was axed in 2010. His character was killed off in a storyline in 2002 when a fire engulfed Sun hill station.
He later appeared in shows including Heartbeat, Holby City, Casualty and Midsomer Murders. He had also been in stage shows, including Calendar Girls and as football legend Brian Clough in The Spirit of The Man.
Actor Colin Tarrant who was best known for his role as Inspector Andrew Monroe in The Bill has died in an apparent suicide. He was found in his bathroom at his home in Bristol with knife wounds to his wrists, chest and throat.
His son Juma Woodhouse 24 rushed to his dying fathers bedside in Bristol Royal Infirmary where he was pronounced death on Thursday. He was separated from his wife Patricia Woodhouse for over a decade but the two had remained friends.
Colin was born in 1952 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire and studied for a degree in English and theatre at Exeter University. He worked as a teacher before taking up acting full time.
The television series The Bill was set in the fictional London area of Sun Hill and was launched in 1984 and ran for 26 years. Mr Tarrant appeared in nearly 600 episodes of The Bill which was axed in 2010. His character was killed off in a storyline in 2002 when a fire engulfed Sun hill station.
He later appeared in shows including Heartbeat, Holby City, Casualty and Midsomer Murders. He had also been in stage shows, including Calendar Girls and as football legend Brian Clough in The Spirit of The Man.
His son Juma Woodhouse 24 rushed to his dying fathers bedside in Bristol Royal Infirmary where he was pronounced death on Thursday. He was separated from his wife Patricia Woodhouse for over a decade but the two had remained friends.
Colin was born in 1952 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire and studied for a degree in English and theatre at Exeter University. He worked as a teacher before taking up acting full time.
The television series The Bill was set in the fictional London area of Sun Hill and was launched in 1984 and ran for 26 years. Mr Tarrant appeared in nearly 600 episodes of The Bill which was axed in 2010. His character was killed off in a storyline in 2002 when a fire engulfed Sun hill station.
He later appeared in shows including Heartbeat, Holby City, Casualty and Midsomer Murders. He had also been in stage shows, including Calendar Girls and as football legend Brian Clough in The Spirit of The Man.
