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Theatre, Television, Commercials,
Radio & Spoken Word
Equity
Membership Number: M00060941
Spotlight: 2005/2006
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For
Film, Television and Theatre: For Voice
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Training: Birmingham School of Speech and Drama (1966-1969).
Career: Prospect Theatre Company (1969-1970). Richard II and Edward II, (starring Ian McKellen and Timothy West, directed by Richard Cottrell and Toby Robertson). Edinburgh Festival, continental and UK tour, West End. Both productions televised.
Citizens'
Theatre, Glasgow (1970-72) leading roles included:
Gertrude in an
all-male Hamlet
The Player King in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
The Bishop in The Balcony
Young Marlow in She Stoops To Conquer
Tusenbach in The Three Sisters
Adam in The Four Seasons
Lord Foppington in The Relapse
Len in Saved
The Emperor in The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria
Butler in Tiny Alice ('a lithe, carnivorously affable performance
by the most promising new actor I have seen this year'. Irving Wardle, The Times).
Other theatre includes:
|
Role |
Play |
Venue |
Sir Peter Teazle |
The School for Scandal |
Derby / Northampton |
Bert Bently |
Red Peppers |
Jermyn St Theatre |
|
Lord Goring |
An Ideal Husband |
national tour |
|
Geoffrey Lymes |
Canaries Sometimes Sing |
national tour |
|
Three Men in a Boat |
Edinburgh Festival |
|
|
Dudley Moore |
Beyond the Fringe |
national tour |
|
Greg |
Relatively Speaking |
national tour |
|
Narrator |
Side by Side by Sondheim |
Leicester, Haymarket |
|
Compere |
The Ripper Show |
Sheffield, Crucible |
|
Jack Chesney |
Charlie's Aunt |
York |
|
Richard II |
Circle of Glory |
national tour |
|
Donald |
Loud Reports |
Bush Theatre |
|
Lord Brocklehurst |
The Admirable Crichton |
Greenwich |
|
Alan Howard |
French Without Tears |
Watford |
|
Young Marlow |
She Stoops to Conquer |
Watford |
|
Lenny |
The Homecoming |
Gardner Centre, Brighton |
|
Jimmy |
There's a Girl in My Soup |
Watermill, Newbury |
|
Hortensio / Young Man |
The Shrew |
Open Space |
|
Harold / Blake |
Meat Love |
Almost Free Theatre |
Leading or significant roles:
| Role |
Series/Play |
For |
Director |
Mr Green Q.C. |
Murder in Mind |
BBC TV |
Gerry Poulson |
| Talbot Booth |
Heartbeat |
Yorkshire TV |
Gerry Poulson |
| Berrington |
London's Burning |
LWT |
Ken Horne |
| Newspaper editor |
Stanley's Dragon |
Central |
Gerry Poulson |
| Bob |
Outside Edge |
Central |
Nick Hurran |
| Drunk |
The Bill |
Thames |
Bill Hays |
| Gerald |
Birds of a Feather |
Alomo/BBC |
Nic Philips |
| Simon |
The Upper Hand |
Central |
Martin Dennis |
| Tom |
Boon |
Central |
Chris Baker |
| Lewis Lake |
Wish Me Luck (series 3) |
LWT |
Bill Hays |
| John Maddingham |
Crossroads |
Central |
various |
| Pelham Beecher |
Making News |
Thames |
Geoff Sax |
| Uncle Bob |
Uncle Bob |
Channel 4 |
Sean Barton |
| Rodney Finch-Courtney |
King and Castle |
Thames |
Alan Bell |
| Jocelyn Gummer |
Prospects |
Thames |
John Crome |
| Tom Manners |
Mog |
Central |
Nic Philips |
| Sir Jonathan Sibley |
Bright Smiler |
Granada |
David Carson |
| Nathaniel Winkle |
The Pickwick Papers |
BBC |
Brian Lighthill |
| Harry Vernon |
Juliet Bravo |
BBC |
Paul Ciappessonni |
| Jeremy Jowling |
Rumpole |
Thames |
Bill Hays |
| Geoffrey |
Juliet Bravo |
BBC |
Oliver Horsburgh |
| Happy Endings |
Dr MacDonald |
BBC |
Simon Betts |
| Happy Endings |
Badger |
BBC |
Simon Betts |
| Bertram Potter |
The Tale of Beatrix Potter |
BBC |
Bill Hays |
| Colin |
Juliet Bravo |
BBC |
Leonard Lewis |
| Frank Truett |
When the Boat Comes In |
BBC |
David Reynolds & Jonathan Alwyn |
| Inigo Jollifant |
The Good Companions |
Yorkshire |
Bill Hays & Leonard Lewis |
| Anthony |
Echoes of Louisa |
Central |
David Dunn |
| Basin |
The Snow Queen |
BBC |
Paul Ciappessonni |
| Nick Somers |
Duchess of Duke Street |
BBC |
Cyril Coke |
| Vincent Boyd-Thomson |
The Avenue |
LWT |
Brian Parker |
| Michael C Regan |
Rhinestone Cowboy |
ATV |
Bill Hays |
| Lionel the Lynx Helicopter (voiceover) |
Budgie the Little Helicopter (1993-95, 39/39 episodes) |
ITV |
Various |
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|
Ferero Rocher (German campaign) 1982-95
Hamlet Cigars 'Sidecar' (award winning)
Bailey's Irish Cream
Ross Frozen Foods
Tennants Lager
British Telecom
Abbey National
Cadbury's Milk Tray
British Leyland's Maestro
Tjismenu (in Dutch)
RAC Club of Barcelona (in Catelan)
Lacon Lager and Lime
Twinings Tea (for Japan)
Abbey Life (in Australia)
...and dozens more.
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Leading roles:
Dr. Watson in Second
Holmes (Radio 4 series)
Nikki (the Ivor Novello role) in King's Rhapsody (Radio 2).
'J' in Three Men In A Boat and Three Men On The Bummel (Radio
4)
Dramatisation:
The Fast Gentleman by Keble Howard,
starring Michael Maloney and directed by Jane Morgan (August 2000,
Radio 4)
Readings:
Jerome K. Jerome |
Radio 4 & Argo |
|
Jerome K. Jerome |
Radio 4 & EMI |
|
My Life and Times |
Jerome K. Jerome |
Radio 4 |
The Fashion in Shrouds |
Margery Allingham |
Radio 4 & BBC Enterprises |
Mr Campion and Others |
Margery Allingham |
Radio 4 |
Coroner's Pidgin |
Margery Allingham |
Radio 4 |
The Warden |
Anthony Trollope |
BBC Transcriptions, Radio 4 & BBC Enterprises |
Barchester Chronicles |
Anthony Trollope |
BBC Transcriptions |
The Journal of a Disappointed Man* |
WNP Barbellion |
Radio 4 |
The Story of San Michele* |
Axel Munthe |
Radio 4 |
Carnival of the Animals* |
Jeremy Nicholas |
Radio 2 |
Babar the Elephant |
Jean de Brunhoff |
Radio 2 |
Peter and the Wolf* |
Prokofiev |
Naxos |
Trolls |
Peter Skellern |
Cramer |
Christmas is coming* |
anthology |
Hodder Headline** |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
Anthony Hope |
Hodder Headline |
Composers' Letters |
anthology |
Naxos |
Countryman Collection* |
|
EMI |
True Tilda |
|
Hodder Headline** |
The Phantom of the Opera |
|
Naxos |
* =
also adapted
** = also directed or produced
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