Vale: Colin Tarrant
Actor Colin Tarrant, best known for his role as Inspector Andrew Monroe in The Bill, has died, aged 59.
No details of his death were given, but the People reported he died in a suspected suicide and was found at his home in Bristol with knife wounds.
A statement released on behalf of his family said he died suddenly at Bristol Royal Infirmary on Thursday.
It added: “Since leaving (The Bill) he has triumphed on stage as Brian Clough in The Spirit Of The Man and had recently played John in the enormously successful stage production of Calendar Girls, and to which he would have returned this autumn.”
West End theatre producer David Pugh added: “Colin was a lovely man, he loved the theatre, his politics and his family, our hearts must go out to his son Juma, his partner Sabrina and their baby son Louis.”
Tarrant appeared in The Bill from 1990 – 2002. His other credits included Holby City, Heartbeat, Casualty, and Midsomer Murders.
Very sad. I used to be quite a big The Bill devotee, beck in his era.
