Patrick Mower

Patrick Mower is an English actor best known for his role as Rodney Blackstock in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 2000. Born Patrick Archibald Shaw on 12 September 1938 in Oxford, Mower grew up as the youngest of three boys. After training as an engineering draughtsman, he graduated from RADA and began his acting career. Mower gained prominence in the early 1970s as the government assassin James Cross in the ITV spy series Callan. He also appeared in other notable TV shows like Special Branch and Target. In addition to his television work, Mower has appeared in various films, including Swizzlewick and The Devil Rides Out.