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Jon Iles

Jon Iles is an English actor who is best known for playing DC Mike Dashwood in The Bill from 1984 to 1992. He returned to the series in 1996, promoted to DS for the antiques squad. As well as a prolific stage career, Iles' other TV credits include To the Manor Born, The Dick Emery Show, Doctors, Crown Court, Law and Disorder, Never the Twain, Fresh Fields and Super Gran.

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Jon Iles
Born (1954-05-17) 17 May 1954
OccupationsActor and voiceover artist
Years active1977-present
Websitehttp://www.joniles.net/

Jon Iles (born 17 May 1954 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor who is best known for playing DC Mike Dashwood in The Bill from 1984 to 1992. He returned to the series in 1996, promoted to DS for the antiques squad. As well as a prolific stage career, Iles' other TV credits include To the Manor Born, The Dick Emery Show, Doctors, Crown Court, Law and Disorder, Never the Twain, Fresh Fields and Super Gran.

He now specialises in voiceover work for websites, training courses, documentaries, and company videos, working from a recording studio in Devon. In 2016, he voiced a character for the video game Enderal and in 2017, he voiced the UK TV campaign for the martial arts movie Blade of the Immortal.1

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  1. "Home". joniles.net.
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