Alan Rothwell

 (9 February 1937 ) voiced Byzar Janto in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story The Twilight Kingdom.

Career
He is a stalwart of British television, with a career that stretches back to the late 1950s starting in radio in Children's Hour and The Archers. His first major TV role was that of in the 1962 Oliver Twist miniseries. At the same time, he was a regular on. In 1960 he was cast in the first episode of Coronation Street as the character of David Barlow, who he portrayed for the next 10 years. A prolific theatre/radio actor, he joined the cast of Brookside in the mid 1980s and then an active career thereafter, his next regular role wasn't until 2005's.

In the intervening years, he guested on some of the most iconic British series, including: Z-Cars, All Creatures Great and Small,, , and Casualty. He also guested on two of Russell T Davies pre-Doctor Who efforts, and. He also guest-starred in the feature films, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and Walk Like a Panther.