Z-Cars been running for seven years but which some considered 'cosy'. The one character present throughout the entire run (though not in every episode) was Bert Lynch, played by James Ellis (though John Phillips as Det. Chief Supt. Robins would reappear sporadically during the show's run – by the end of the series he had become Chief Constable). Other characters in the early days were Stratford Johns (Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt Watt), Robert Keegan (Sgt Blackitt), Joseph Brady (PC "Jock" Weir) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Also in 1960s episodes as David Graham was Colin Welland, later a screenwriter.
Mark Jones (actor) Sexplorer" (1975), "Secrets of a Superstud" (1976), "The Medusa Touch" (1978), "Can I Come Too?" (1979), "Bear Island" (1979), "Don't Open till Christmas" (1984), and the "Star Wars" saga film "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980). Mark Jones (actor) Mark Jones (22 April 1939 – 14 January 2010) was an English actor, who appeared frequently in various films and television series. Credits include: "A Family at War", "Z-Cars", "Van der Valk", "Doctor Who" (in the serial "The Seeds of Doom"), "The New Avengers", "The Onedin Line", "Target", "Secret Army", "Tales of the Unexpected", "Buccaneer", "Blott on the Landscape", "Casualty", "Call Me