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 →
Death Strikes Three
Kevin McNally as Sir Alan Bruce · Series 25, Episode 3 (2025).
A booby-trapped cuckoo clock kills a guest after an engagement party at Godley Manor, leaving the intended target uncertain.
DCI John Barnaby investigates with DS Jamie Winter. Filming places for Death Strikes Three →
Published episode credits
3 sourced episodes as Orville Tudway, Gerald Farquaharson, Sir Alan Bruce.
