Hogg is best known for his lead role in the
BBC1 television series ''
Rockliffe's Babies and its follow-up Rockliffe's Folly, playing Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe. He has played many television roles, appearing as Purishkevich in the film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), as Mike Cherry in EastEnders (1999), and as Alois Hitler in Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' (2003). Other television roles include the
BBC's second dramatisation of
Charles Dickens'
Bleak House (1985) as Inspector Bucket, and
Doctor Who as the villain Josiah Samuel Smith in the serial
Ghost Light (1989). He continued an association with
Doctor Who by voicing the part of General Voshkar in
The Sandman, a spin-off audio drama produced in 2002 by
Big Finish Productions. In 2002, he played the role of Ian Lane in the second episode of the first series of ''
Foyle's War'', entitled "The White Feather". Hogg played a chechaquo (newcomer) to the Yukon in
To Build A Fire, the film of Jack London's short story, in 1969. He played the role of Edmund in
Peter Brook's 1971 film version of
Shakespeare's King Lear, and his other film credits include
Marat/Sade (1967),
Tell Me Lies (1968),
The Last Valley (1971),
The Hireling (1973),
Dead Cert (1974),
Hennessy (1975),
The Legacy (1978),
Lady Jane (1986),
Little Dorrit (1987), and
The Pleasure Principle (1992). In the summer of 2008, Hogg played in repertory in
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, at the
Stephen Joseph Theatre, under the artistic direction of
Alan Ayckbourn. In 2010, Hogg appeared as the sensitive protagonist Murray in the
Student Academy Award-nominated short,
The Miserables. He played Sam in the drama film
Sink (2018). ==References==