distinction of appearing in two episodes of Midsomer Murders as two characters in "Death in Chorus" and "Written in Blood." He appeared in Jonathan Creek episode "The Omega Man" as Professor Lance Graumann. He appears in Chemical Wedding alongside Simon Callow, telling the tale of the resurrection of occultist Aleister Crowley. He played John Christie (from a 1980s case) in "Solidarity" of Waking the Dead. He also had experience in the field of BBC radio drama: He played Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse (opposite Robert Glenister as Sgt. Lewis) and starred in William Gibson's Neuromancer. Shrapnel played the character Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Felsham in the New Tricks episode The Fourth Man (2010). He also narrated episodes of Wild Discovery. Shrapnel was the son-in-law of Deborah Kerr and Tony Bartley through his 1975 marriage to their younger daughter Francesca Ann Bartley. He and Francesca had three sons, the writer Joe Shrapnel (b. 1976) and the actors Lex Shrapnel (b. 1979) and Tom Shrapnel (b. 1981). Shrapnel lived the last years of his life with his family in Highbury, north London. His ancestor Henry Shrapnel gave the name shrapnel to the English language. Death Shrapnel died at his home in Suffolk on St Valentine's Day, 14 February 2020. He was 77 years old. Filmography Television References External links 1942 births 2020 deaths Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge English male film actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands People educated at the City of London School Royal Shakespeare Company members