Tom Farrell (Gimme Gimme Gimme)
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Thomas Thessolonius "Tom" Farrell, played by James Dreyfus
, is the gay flat mate of Linda La Hughes
in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Unemployed actor Tom Farrell has a vague ambition to become the British Tom Cruise, but his career is going nowhere, and his love life isn't too hot either.
Tom is a constantly out of work actor, who manages to get only minor parts, usually as an extra, on T.V. He had a part in (the fictional) soap opera Doctor Deaf, but was promptly fired after being set up by former acting-college friend Bart (now a nurse in the local NHS Hospital.)
His parents are Sheila and Vernon Farrell, who declared to their son in the episode (Dirty Thirty) that they were swingers and that they has booked him a male escort for his birthday, but Tom seems to ardently hate both of them.
Tom had a brief attempt at running his own acting school, although Linda said she didn't want "to wake up and find fifteen anorexics chucking up in me loo", he only had one pupil, Sugar Walls (formerly Sharon Hughes), Linda's attractive, promiscuous and celebrity sister.
Tom left the series after getting a job as Billy the bellboy in Crossroads. He nearly turned the part down when Linda lied and told him she had Gastro Ginger Vivianitis and only had 3 weeks to live because she didnt want him to leave her, but he soon finds out the truth and decides to go.
James Dreyfus
- Early life and career :Born in London, Dreyfus was educated at Harrow School and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His parents divorced when he was very young. He is openly gay....
, is the gay flat mate of Linda La Hughes
Linda La Hughes
Linda Lolita Lulu La Hughes nicknamed "Olive" is a fictional character who appeared in the 1999-2001 British sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme...
in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Unemployed actor Tom Farrell has a vague ambition to become the British Tom Cruise, but his career is going nowhere, and his love life isn't too hot either.
Tom is a constantly out of work actor, who manages to get only minor parts, usually as an extra, on T.V. He had a part in (the fictional) soap opera Doctor Deaf, but was promptly fired after being set up by former acting-college friend Bart (now a nurse in the local NHS Hospital.)
His parents are Sheila and Vernon Farrell, who declared to their son in the episode (Dirty Thirty) that they were swingers and that they has booked him a male escort for his birthday, but Tom seems to ardently hate both of them.
Tom had a brief attempt at running his own acting school, although Linda said she didn't want "to wake up and find fifteen anorexics chucking up in me loo", he only had one pupil, Sugar Walls (formerly Sharon Hughes), Linda's attractive, promiscuous and celebrity sister.
Tom left the series after getting a job as Billy the bellboy in Crossroads. He nearly turned the part down when Linda lied and told him she had Gastro Ginger Vivianitis and only had 3 weeks to live because she didnt want him to leave her, but he soon finds out the truth and decides to go.