James Grout is an English television and radio actor. Grout attended RADA where he trained to be an actor. His radio appearances include Barliman Butterbur in the 1981 Radio 4 adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", the lead role in 10 series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series "King Street Junior" (1985 – 1998), the role of Professor Richard Whittingham in Andy Hamilton's Hell-based comedy "Old Harry's Game" (1995 – 2005), Rev. Wikipedia
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