Clive Russell is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in Ripper Street, Angus O'Connor in Happiness and Brynden Tully in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Russell in 2018
Frederick George Abberline was a British chief inspector for the London Metropolitan Police. He is best known for being a prominent police figure in the investigation into the Jack the Ripper serial killer murders of 1888.
An 1885 illustration of Abberline
Frederick Abberline in January 1888
Frederick Abberline (The Illustrated Police News, November 1888)
Detail from a group shot of H Division at Leman Street police station in London c. 1886. Authors Wolf Vanderlinden and Donald Rumbelow tentatively identify this as Abberline.