George Rainsford

From repertory theatre to long-running television

George Rainsford is a British stage and screen actor whose United Agents credit record spans National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company productions, independent theatre, film and television. He trained at LAMDA. His most sustained screen role in the agency record is Ethan Hardy in the BBC medical drama Casualty; the same character appears in Holby City.

This is a professional biography based on published credits, not a claim to a complete chronology. Birth details, family information and current residence are omitted because they are not needed to understand the work and are not established by the cited professional source.

Stage, television and film

United Agents lists Rainsford as Mike Webster in the National Theatre’s Dear England, Bertram in All’s Well That Ends Well at the National Theatre, Sam on the UK tour of 2:22 A Ghost Story, and DSI Roy Grace in stage productions of Picture You Dead and Wish You Were Dead. The same record includes Love Love Love at the Royal Court and Days of Significance on an RSC tour.

His listed television work includes Casualty, Holby City, Call the Midwife, Father Brown, Law & Order: UK, Waking the Dead and Doctors. Listed films include Bank of Dave 2, The Monkey’s Paw and Wild Target. These are selected credits rather than a complete filmography.

Broadcaster and representative records

• BritBox: 2026 Christmas-special cast and production announcement
• United Agents: biography, training, representation and stage, television and film credits

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