Performer file

Kevin McNally

Yes — Kevin McNally played Orville Tudway in Blood Will Out (Series 2, 1999).

Kevin McNally’s Midsomer roles

Kevin McNally has three distinct Midsomer characters in the supplied cast credits. Orville Tudway belongs to Blood Will Out, Gerald Farquaharson to The Noble Art, and Sir Alan Bruce to Death Strikes Three. These are separate people in separate investigations, not successive chapters in one character’s life. Keep each name with its episode title when comparing the appearances. The series and year shown below place them across different phases of the programme, with the published cast source attached to each credit.

That spread makes McNally a useful subject for a role-by-role rewatch. Begin with the earliest case if you want the programme’s sequence, or choose the investigation whose premise interests you most. The short episode descriptions below explain the surrounding story without adding unsupported actions or motives to his characters. Follow the case pages for their full cast and filming connections, and leave the sealed solution closed on a first viewing. Recognising a performer in several parts is a pleasure of the ensemble format, but it should not become evidence that the fictional people know one another or share a hidden history.

The cases in context

Blood Will Out

Kevin McNally as Orville Tudway · Series 2, Episode 4 (1999).

The arrival of two travelling communities intensifies an old feud in Martyr Warren before a local magistrate is killed.

DCI Tom Barnaby investigates with DS Gavin Troy. Filming places for Blood Will Out →

The Noble Art

Kevin McNally as Gerald Farquaharson · Series 13, Episode 6 (2010).

A world boxing champion returns home as a Victorian prize-fight commemoration exposes money trouble and old loyalties.

DCI Tom Barnaby investigates with DS Ben Jones. Filming places for The Noble Art →

Published episode credits

3 sourced episodes as Orville Tudway, Gerald Farquaharson, Sir Alan Bruce.