Bowe was born in
Greasby, on the
Wirral in
Cheshire, England. His highest profile role was probably that of George Marlow in the first
Prime Suspect serial in 1991. He also played Duggie Ferguson in
Coronation Street from 1999 to 2002, having previously appeared in another of
Granada TV's soap operas,
Families. Other TV credits include:
Warship,
Secret Army,
Boon,
The New Statesman,
Capital City,
Class Act,
Lovejoy,
Silent Witness,
The Royal,
Dalziel and Pascoe,
Cleopatra and
Einstein and Eddington,
Tipping the Velvet,
The Hour and
DCI Banks and
Soldier Soldier. Film credits include
The Living Daylights (1987),
Resurrected (1989),
County Kilburn (2000), and
Gozo (2015). In 2007, Bowe played Dr. Morgan in the BBC series
Cranford. In 2009, he played Ralph Jarvis in episode 4 series 2 of
Ashes to Ashes. In April 2010, Bowe joined the cast of London's West End production
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – The Musical, playing the part of Bob. In September 2011, he appeared as
Judge Turpin in
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at
Chichester, a role he continued in the West End transfer in 2012. In September 2014, Bowe joined the cast of
Emmerdale, playing
Lawrence White, the former lover of Harold Birch, the husband of
Edna Birch (
Shirley Stelfox). He arrived with his daughter
Chrissie (
Louise Marwood), his grandson
Lachlan (Thomas Atkinson), and Chrissie's fiancé,
Robert Sugden (
Ryan Hawley), whom he openly despised. Bowe's departure from
Emmerdale was announced in April 2017, however, he did not leave until January 2018, when his character was killed off in a car accident. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, Bowe initially supported UK government measures. In April 2020, he reported contracting COVID-19 and "nearly dying" of the disease. However, over time, Bowe started objecting to the ongoing restrictions. ==Personal life==