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Nettles in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: John Vivian Drummond Nettles
Place of Birth: St Austell, Cornwall, England
Date of Birth: 11 October, 1943
Ethnicity: * biological mother – Irish
John Nettles is a British actor, writer, and historian. He is known for his role as Chief Inspector Barnaby on Midsomer Murders and Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac on Bergerac .
His birth mother was an Irish nurse, who became pregnant while working in England during World War II. John was adopted at birth by Elsie and Eric Nettles, a carpenter. The identity of his biological father is not known, but John later found out that he has a biological brother and two sisters.
John is married to Cathryn Sealey. He has a daughter with his former wife Joyce Middleton.
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