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Stuart Milligan

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Stuart Milligan
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present

Stuart Milligan is an American actor based primarily in the United Kingdom, best known for his recurring role (1998–2010) as Adam Klaus in Jonathan Creek.

Career

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Milligan has been seen extensively on British television. An early role was Max Sampson in the ATV soap Crossroads. He played a US Navy Drill Instructor in the 1982 black comedy Whoops Apocalypse (London Weekend Television for ITV), then garnered further TV appearances in Chalk and Secret Army. He had a brief scene in the 1985 motion picture Santa Claus: The Movie, in which he can be seen seated next to the chairman in the court room at the trial of the character BZ. In 1986 he played "Hanks" who leads the salvage team that picks up Ellen Ripley in Aliens.[1][better source needed] In 2006, he guest-starred on the Doctor Who audio drama The Reaping, while in 2007 he starred in an episode of Lewis. Milligan appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders, entitled "Country Matters".[2][better source needed]

Milligan has done voice-over work in such video games as Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, Rocky Legends, Farscape: The Game and more recently, Pac-Man World 3. He portrayed Mr. Green in the CD-i editions of the boardgame Cluedo (1994–95, later remade into a CD-Rom game in 1997), in addition to providing voices for the English dub of Robin Hood no Daibōken.

In 1988, Milligan played the title role in the BBC Radio 4 docudrama Superman On Trial, written and directed by Dirk Maggs. A full series followed in 1990, and a second series in 1993. He later went on to play The Riddler in the BBC Radio 1 audio dramatisation of Batman: Knightfall.[2][better source needed] He also played Judge Cord Elam in Oklahoma!.

Milligan appeared in the West End musical Jersey Boys (as of December 2011) and was a member of the original London cast of 2008.[3]

In 2009, he played Colonel Stark in the Doctor Who animation Dreamland. He played General Randy Badger in Episode 3 ("The General") of the BBC Scotland comedy Gary: Tank Commander, which aired on BBC 2 Scotland on Saturday, 5 December 2009. He played U.S. President Richard Nixon in the Doctor Who episodes "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" as well as for a special prequel released online.[2][better source needed]

In 2009, he was involved in a Korean cartoon series called Rocket Boy and Toro, where he played a character called Vector. In 2014, he played the role of CIA analyst Arthur O'Neill in The Assets.[4]

He played an unnamed US president in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1981 Ragtime The Marksman
1981 Outland Officer Walters
1986 Aliens Salvage Team Leader Uncredited
1995 Patlabor: The Movie Anchor / Pilot / Worker Voice, Uncredited
English version
1998 Prague Duet Gary Beinhart Alternative title: Lies and Whispers
2001 Spy Game Vietnam: Captain
2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Police Sergeant
2012 Gladiators of Rome Rich Man Voice, English version[5]
2016 Angel of Decay Pathologist
2018 Red Joan Taylor Scott
2018 Hunter Killer Secretary of State
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 US President

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Dempsey and Makepeace Schwartz Episode: "Make Peace Not War"
1988 The Fortunate Pilgrim 'Lefty' Fay 3 episodes
Television miniseries
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Patton Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal"
1998–2010 Jonathan Creek Adam Klaus 15 episodes
2006,
2020
Midsomer Murders Mr. Hundsecker,
Victor Karras
Episode: "Country Matters",
Episode: “Happy Families”
2007 Lewis Webster Episode: "Old School Ties"
2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures Tannoy (voice) Uncredited
Episodes: "Warriors of Kudlak: Parts 1 & 2"
2009 Gary: Tank Commander General Randy Badger Episode: "The General"
2009 Doctor Who: Dreamland Colonel Stark (voice) 6 episodes
Television miniseries
2011 Doctor Who President Richard Nixon 3 episodes
2014 The Assets Arthur O'Neill 8 episodes
Television miniseries
2018 Benidorm Rutger Episode: "#10.1"
2019 Tourist Trap Vic (King of Wales) Episode: "#2.2"
2022 The English Major MacKay Episode: "The Buffalo Gun"
2022 Jack Ryan Bruno Ramos 3 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Pac-Man World 3 Orson, Inky [5]
2023 Alan Wake 2 Tor Anderson [6]

References

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  1. ^ Aliens (1986) - IMDb. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ^ a b c Stuart Milligan at IMDb
  3. ^ "The Cast - Stuart Milligan". Jersey Boys. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. ^ "The Assets tells a true story about spying in the '80s". The A.V. Club. 2 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Stuart Milligan". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ McMullen, Chris (27 October 2023). "All Voice Actors & Cast List for Alan Wake 2". The Escapist. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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