James Coombes

James Coombes (born 8 October 1956 in Newport, Monmouthshire) is a British actor with a number of television and theatre credits to his name. He was educated at Glasllwch Primary School and then Duffryn High School. He trained as an actor at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama from 1975–78. He is known for his role as Pierre Challon during the final series of the BBC drama Howards' Way, and Grendel in HTV's Robin of Sherwood. He also appeared as Paroli in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Warriors of the Deep. Previously, he was to have provided the voice of the Krargs in the story Shada but his voice-overs were never recorded as the story was halted by industrial action at the BBC. He has appeared in many films including Murder with...