The British series Sydämen’s issue delighted viewers for almost two decades.
In the Sydämen asialla series, the lives of the small residents of Aidensfield and Ashfordly were followed from the police station, the doctor and the pub-inn. The series loved by Finns was made between 1992 and 2010.
But what happened to the actors after the series?
Nick Berry (Nick Rowan)
Nick Berry played the main role of the series in the first seasons. In addition to this, he performed what can be heard as the theme song of the series Heartbeatcover version of the song.
In 1998, Berry left Sydämen asialla and started acting Harbor Lights – drama series for two production seasons. After this he performed again In Deep -crime drama, before leaving his successful acting career behind and becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad around the turn of the millennium.
Nick Rowan is hardly seen on TV anymore. Photo from 2011. PDO
Berry and wife Rachel Robertson moved to Essex with their sons born in 1995 and 1998.
– I chose to be a stay-at-home dad and I’ve loved it. I’ve always said I could come back (to acting) when the boys are teenagers. But the longer you go without doing something, the harder it is to get back into it, and I haven’t really missed it. I’m genuinely happy just like this, Berry said for the Daily Mail in the year 2011.
The spouses played by Nick Berry and Niamh Cusack were the most central people in the beginning of the series. PDO
Niamh Cusack (Kate Rowan)
Played Berry’s character’s wife Niamh Cusack left the series in 1994 after becoming pregnant. However, Cusack has continued his active acting career to this day, both in films and on television.
Cusack has visited series, among other things The Midsomer Murders, Commissioner Lewis, Father Brown and his flock mixed Murder in Paradise. We will see him this year The Tower – in the police series and Unwelcome-in a horror movie.
Niamh Cusack is still acting. PDO
Cusack’s son born in 1994 Callam Lynch has become an actor himself. Lynch is a familiar face, among other things of Bridgerton from the second season, where he plays the character of Theo Sharpe.
Mark Jordon (Phil Bellamy)
Mark Jordon58, was involved Heartbeat in the series between 1992 and 2007. After many individual TV roles, Jordon became a regular face In Emmerdale for the years 2017–2019.
Jordon’s last few years have included a twist if anything. In 2014, he divorced his longtime wife, an actress Siobhan from Finneran. Two children were born from the union.
Mark Jordon has been through a lot in recent years. PDO
In 2018, an assault charge was brought against him. Daily Mail reported that Jordon was suspected of biting a pensioner in the face during an argument at a beer restaurant. Jordon was celebrating his engagement at the time Emmerdale-his colleagues by Laura Norton40, with.
Jordon was acquitted of all charges in August 2019. Despite his words, he has not yet returned to acting.
Jordon and Norton’s second child together was born in October. The couple told Hello-magazine in February, that both children have been diagnosed with Usher syndrome, a hereditary disease that causes hearing and vision impairment.
Phil and Gina’s love story was one of the central plot patterns of the series. PDO
Tricia Penrose (Gina Bellamy)
Gina Bellamy, who was pregnant in the series, became a widow when Phil Bellamy, played by Jordon, died on the job. Tricia Penrose53, however, continued in the role until the end of the series.
Heartbeat – after his role, Penrose has made a career as a radio host. Currently, his voice can be heard on the BBC’s Radio Manchester channel.
In 2013, Penrose participated in the British celebrity season of Big Brother.
Penrose married a presenter by Mark Simpkin with in 2003. of The Sun according to the couple divorced after 18 years of union in 2021.
If the embed doesn’t work, you can also see the photo of Penrose published in May from this link.
Derek Fowlds (Oscar Blaketon)
The character of Derek Fowlds was seen both as a police chief, running the post office and behind the pub counter. PDO
When Heartbeat ended, was Derek Fowlds 73 years old. After 18 years in the role, Fowlds did one more small television job before retiring.
Fowlds was widowed in 2012. Fowlds and Already Lindsay managed to be together for 36 years. The actor posted A Part Worth Playing -his autobiography in 2015.
Derek Fowlds in 2016. PDO
Fowlds died in January 2020 of complications following pneumonia in hospital. He was missed by two sons. One of them, Jeremy Fowldsalso known as an actor.
William Simons (Alf Ventress)
William Simons was the suave cop Alf Ventress. PDO
Welsh born William Simons had time to act like Fowlds Heartbeat series throughout its 18-year run – Alf’s character was seen in every episode except for four.
Simons and wife Jackie in 2008. PDO
Simons, who started his career as a child actor, died in 2019 at the age of 78. In his last years, Simons spent a lot of time in France, where he had bought a house.
He was missed Jackie-wife.
Bill Maynard (Claude Greengrass)
Greengrass got into a mess if anything. PDO
Bill Maynard entertained viewers in the role of law-abiding Greengrass until 2000. In 2003, he renewed his role for seven episodes Heartbeat in the spin-off series Village hospital.
Maynard did a few more roles as an actor before his death in 2018. In his last years, Maynard suffered from motor impairment following numerous brain infarctions. Shortly before his death, he had fallen off his electric scooter and broken his hip.
Maynard was 89 years old when he died.
Geoffrey Hughes (Vernon Scripps)
Geoffrey Hughes is also remembered from the Pokka tyta series. PDO
Among other things The kid likes it also known as Onslow from the series Geoffrey Hughes was seen as Vernon Scripps from 2001 to 2005. He made a brief return to the show again in 2007. In 2007, Hughes also starred in the series Skins.
Hughes was initially diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1996, but the disease recurred in 2010, forcing the actor to retire.
Hughes died of cancer in July 2012, according to his doctor, peacefully in his sleep. Hughes was 68 years old.
Hughes was married Suewith a woman named
Peter Benson (Bernie Scripps)
Peter Benson (center) played undertaker Bernie Scripps. PDO
Vernon’s half-brother Bernard played throughout the series Peter Benson. After his role as the beloved undertaker, made two appearances Casualty– in the hospital series before retiring.
Benson died in September 2018 after a short illness. He was 75 years old when he died.
Gwen Taylor (Peggy Armstrong)
Peggy Armstrong often had tricks on her mind. PDO
Gwen Taylor, 84, is best remembered for her role as the feisty Peggy, which she played in the show’s final four seasons. Taylor later continued his career in Coronation Street, Tracey Ullman’s Show – in the sketch program and in EastEnders.
Gwen Taylor in 2015. PDO
David Lonsdale (David Stockwell)
David Lonsdale, 60, played the gullible David Stockwell since the third season. As the series progressed, he was noticed by different passers-by in turn: first Claude Greengrass, then Vernon Scripps, and finally “Aunt Peggy”.
David Lonsdale (left) in The Suspect in 2022. PDO
After the end of the “Sydämen asialla” series, Lonsdale was seen among other things in Coronation Street, In Downton Abbey and In Emmerdale.
Over the past few years, Lonsdale has excelled on the theater stage and as a radio host.
Lonsdale married Diana– with his wife in 1993. The couple has three children.
David Stockwell (David Lonsdale), Vernon Scripps (Geoffrey Hughes) and Peggy Armstrong (Gwen Taylor). PDO
John Duttine (George Miller)
John Duttine, 74, played Chief George Miller of Aidensfield Police Station in the series’ final seasons. Originally, however, he had guested in the series already in its first season in the role of activist Paul Methorn.
George Miller was a tough police chief. PDO
After the series, Duttine has made appearances in series, among others Vera Stanhope investigates, The Paradise, Female constable 56 and Father Brown and his flock.
Dutti’s wife Mel Martin were also seen Heartbeat in the episode of the 16th season of the series, although Duttine and Martini were not seen in a joint scene.