Tony Melody
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Anthony John "Tony" Melody (18 December 1922 – ) was an English
television actor who appeared in a number of long running comedies and soap opera
s. He was a prolific character actor with over 100 television roles.
, where his father was in the Horse Guards
, but was raised in Yorkshire
, where his parents ran the Station public house
in Goole
, East Riding of Yorkshire
. He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic and attended Sacred Heart Church in Blackpool. During World War II
he served in the Royal Air Force
.
, performing for British troops in various countries along with Tony Hancock
and Norrie Paramor
. In 1952 he spent a season performing at the Windmill Theatre
in London where he appeared as a comedy singer, before returning to Yorkshire, where he performed semi-professionally in local clubs while working in a factory in Leeds
during the day. In 1955 he appeared on What Makes A Star? on BBC
local radio and he became a regular on regional radio, working with, among others, Jimmy Clitheroe
and Harry Worth
.
His acting career began in radio, appearing in the sitcom
, The Clitheroe Kid
which starred Jimmy Clitheroe, in 1957 as the grumpy taxi driver, Horatio Higginbottom, which he played until 1972.
This was followed by the role of compère
and singer with the BBC
's Northern Dance Orchestra, in the 1950s radio show The Straw Hat Club.
His first television role came on 6 December 1957 when he appeared in the comedy Be Soon alongside Hilda Baker. Between 1964 and 1966 he appeared on Just Jimmy and the following year he appeared on two episodes of Coronation Street
, playing two small different roles, as a coach driver and a taxi driver. Then in 1968 he made his third appearance on Coronation Street, this time as Harold Eaton, a decorator working at the Rovers Return. In 1969 he played a post office man on Parkin's Patch.
In the early 1970s he started to get regular television work with a number of minor television roles in programmes such as Steptoe and Son
(in 1970 and the episode which is the most repeated of all of the programmes)), Sykes
, Public Eye (both in 1972, by which time Melody said, "This is the first time in years I have turned down pantomime, up home in Blackpool, because I wanted to concentrate on television, to stretch myself with such roles.")
Other appearances included Z-Cars
(in 1973), Barlow at Large
and Bless This House (in 1974). In 1975 he had a starring role as George Bradshaw in the short-lived comedy Rule Britannia!.
In 1979 Melody appeared in the John Schlesinger
film Yanks
opposite Rachel Roberts
, playing Roberts' terminally ill husband. The following year he appeared in Little Lord Fauntleroy as Kimsey. He also played Station Sergeant Billy Machin in the comedy series The Nesbitts Are Coming and followed that up in 1981 by appearing as Archie in the comedy series, The Incredible Mr Tanner. Between 1981 and 1983 he played Chief in six episodes of the detective series, Bergerac
. On Channel 4
's opening night he appeared in Walter alongside Ian McKellen
in the title role.
His first appearance in Emmerdale
(then known as Emmerdale Farm) came in 1983 when he played Nicholas Martin. In 1985 he appeared in the drama series The Winning Streak and in 1986 he played Dave Sharkey in the sitcom, Jossy's Giants. In 1990 he appeared as the husband of Patricia Routledge
in Missing Persons, which was a feature-length pilot
for Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
.
He made a second appearance in Emmerdale in 1998 this time as the farmer, Jed Outhwaite. And in 2002 he made a fourth appearance on Coronation Street
, this time as the MC at a ballroom dance competition in Blackpool, which the characters of Norris Cole
and Vera Duckworth
were entered.
He appeared in the television drama film Shipman
in 2002, as Alfie, a patient who survived the real-life homicidal doctor, who was played by James Bolam
. and also appeared in the drama, A Good Thief as Alfie was well as a television advertising campaign for McDonalds. His last television appearance was in 2003 on Last of the Summer Wine
.
in Skegness
. They made their home in Bispham
, which was her home town, where he spent the rest of his life. Melody would say about living in Bispham, "Other actors can have London. I don't like it there, can't stand the trains, the noise, the hassle. Home is here." Offscreen Melody was a shy unassuming man, who rarely gave interviews and who shunned the "show business scene".
Melody had four children, three sons and one daughter from his first marriage.
after a short illness on 26 June 2008, aged 85. His funeral was held at Carleton Crematorium
, Poulton-le-Fylde
on 3 July.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television actor who appeared in a number of long running comedies and soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s. He was a prolific character actor with over 100 television roles.
Early life
Melody was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where his father was in the Horse Guards
Horse Guards
Horse Guards or horse guards can refer to:* A Household Cavalry regiment:** Troops of the Horse Guards Regiment of the British Army from 1658-1788** The Royal Horse Guards, which is now part of the Blues and Royals...
, but was raised in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, where his parents ran the Station public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
in Goole
Goole
Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...
, East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...
. He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic and attended Sacred Heart Church in Blackpool. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he served in the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
.
Career
Initially a dancer, Melody spent three years touring the Mediterranean with Ralph Reader's Gang ShowRalph Reader
William Henry Ralph Reader CBE , known as Ralph Reader, was a British actor, theatrical producer and songwriter, best known for staging the original Gang Show, a variety entertainment presented by members of the Scouting Movement.Reader was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, the son of a...
, performing for British troops in various countries along with Tony Hancock
Tony Hancock
Anthony John "Tony" Hancock was an English actor and comedian.-Early life and career:Hancock was born in Southam Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, but from the age of three was brought up in Bournemouth, where his father, John Hancock, who ran the Railway Hotel in...
and Norrie Paramor
Norrie Paramor
Norrie Paramor was a British record producer, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor.Although the term "producer" was not in circulation at the time Paramor started producing records , he effectively began this role in 1952 when he became Recording Director for EMI's Columbia...
. In 1952 he spent a season performing at the Windmill Theatre
Windmill Theatre
The Windmill Theatre, later The Windmill International, was a variety and revue theatre in Great Windmill Street, London. The theatre was famous for its nude tableaux vivants...
in London where he appeared as a comedy singer, before returning to Yorkshire, where he performed semi-professionally in local clubs while working in a factory in Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
during the day. In 1955 he appeared on What Makes A Star? on BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
local radio and he became a regular on regional radio, working with, among others, Jimmy Clitheroe
Jimmy Clitheroe
James Robinson Clitheroe was a British comic entertainer. He never grew any taller than 4 feet 3 inches, and could easily pass for an 11-year-old boy, the character he played in The Clitheroe Kid....
and Harry Worth
Harry Worth
Harry Worth was an English comedy actor and comedian...
.
His acting career began in radio, appearing in the sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
, The Clitheroe Kid
The Clitheroe Kid
The Clitheroe Kid was a long-running BBC radio comedy show featuring diminutive Northern comedian Jimmy Clitheroe in the role of a cheeky schoolboy, who lived with his family at 33 Lilac Avenue in an un-named town in the north of England. Jimmy's best friend was Ozzie, alias Oswald Higginbottom, a...
which starred Jimmy Clitheroe, in 1957 as the grumpy taxi driver, Horatio Higginbottom, which he played until 1972.
This was followed by the role of compère
Compere
Compère can refer to:* Loyset Compère, a French composer of the Renaissance* Louis Fursy Henri Compere , a French general in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars...
and singer with the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Northern Dance Orchestra, in the 1950s radio show The Straw Hat Club.
His first television role came on 6 December 1957 when he appeared in the comedy Be Soon alongside Hilda Baker. Between 1964 and 1966 he appeared on Just Jimmy and the following year he appeared on two episodes of Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, playing two small different roles, as a coach driver and a taxi driver. Then in 1968 he made his third appearance on Coronation Street, this time as Harold Eaton, a decorator working at the Rovers Return. In 1969 he played a post office man on Parkin's Patch.
In the early 1970s he started to get regular television work with a number of minor television roles in programmes such as Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old...
(in 1970 and the episode which is the most repeated of all of the programmes)), Sykes
Sykes
Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Eric Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and A... and Sykes and a Big, Big Show ....
, Public Eye (both in 1972, by which time Melody said, "This is the first time in years I have turned down pantomime, up home in Blackpool, because I wanted to concentrate on television, to stretch myself with such roles.")
Other appearances included Z-Cars
Z-Cars
Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...
(in 1973), Barlow at Large
Barlow at Large
Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role.Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and Softly, Softly: Taskforce series on BBC television during the 1960s and early 1970s...
and Bless This House (in 1974). In 1975 he had a starring role as George Bradshaw in the short-lived comedy Rule Britannia!.
In 1979 Melody appeared in the John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger
John Richard Schlesinger, CBE was an English film and stage director and actor.-Early life:Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician...
film Yanks
Yanks
Yanks is a 1979 John Schlesinger film, set in World War II in the village of Dobcross, in Greater Manchester, England. Starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody....
opposite Rachel Roberts
Rachel Roberts (British actress)
Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress noted for her fervour and passion; Roberts is best remembered for her forthright screen performances in two key films of the 1960s, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and This Sporting Life, in both of which she played the older mistress of the central male...
, playing Roberts' terminally ill husband. The following year he appeared in Little Lord Fauntleroy as Kimsey. He also played Station Sergeant Billy Machin in the comedy series The Nesbitts Are Coming and followed that up in 1981 by appearing as Archie in the comedy series, The Incredible Mr Tanner. Between 1981 and 1983 he played Chief in six episodes of the detective series, Bergerac
Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...
. On Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's opening night he appeared in Walter alongside Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE is an English actor. He has received a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction...
in the title role.
His first appearance in Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
(then known as Emmerdale Farm) came in 1983 when he played Nicholas Martin. In 1985 he appeared in the drama series The Winning Streak and in 1986 he played Dave Sharkey in the sitcom, Jossy's Giants. In 1990 he appeared as the husband of Patricia Routledge
Patricia Routledge
Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE is an English character comedy actress and singer. She is best known for her role as character Hyacinth Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp in the British television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates...
in Missing Persons, which was a feature-length pilot
Television pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
for Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a genteel British crime–comedy drama television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 on BBC One. The series starred Patricia Routledge as the title character , Derek Benfield as her patient husband Robert, Dominic Monaghan as their lodger Geoffrey Shawcross...
.
He made a second appearance in Emmerdale in 1998 this time as the farmer, Jed Outhwaite. And in 2002 he made a fourth appearance on Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, this time as the MC at a ballroom dance competition in Blackpool, which the characters of Norris Cole
Norris Cole
Norris Benjamin Cole is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Malcolm Hebden, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 11 March 1994 and remained until his departure on 14 April 1997, only to return on 1 December...
and Vera Duckworth
Vera Duckworth
Veronica "Vera" Duckworth , played by Elizabeth Dawn, is a fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street, first appearing in August 1974 and last appearing in episode 6,734 on 18 January 2008, where the character peacefully died in her sleep at the age of 70 from heart failure...
were entered.
He appeared in the television drama film Shipman
Shipman (television film)
Shipman is a 2002 ITV television drama film, about the life and crimes of serial killer Harold Shipman. The film was directed by Roger Bamford and written by Michael Eaton.-Cast:*James Bolam as Harold Shipman...
in 2002, as Alfie, a patient who survived the real-life homicidal doctor, who was played by James Bolam
James Bolam
James Christopher Bolam, MBE is a British actor, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Dr Arthur Gilder in...
. and also appeared in the drama, A Good Thief as Alfie was well as a television advertising campaign for McDonalds. His last television appearance was in 2003 on Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Bell produced and...
.
Personal life
Melody's first marriage was dissolved and he met his second wife, Maggie when they were both performing in pantomimePantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
in Skegness
Skegness
Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....
. They made their home in Bispham
Bispham, Blackpool
Bispham is a village roughly one-and-a-half miles north of Blackpool town centre on the Fylde coast in the county of Lancashire, England.-Geography and administration:...
, which was her home town, where he spent the rest of his life. Melody would say about living in Bispham, "Other actors can have London. I don't like it there, can't stand the trains, the noise, the hassle. Home is here." Offscreen Melody was a shy unassuming man, who rarely gave interviews and who shunned the "show business scene".
Melody had four children, three sons and one daughter from his first marriage.
Death
Melody died in a nursing home from cancerCancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
after a short illness on 26 June 2008, aged 85. His funeral was held at Carleton Crematorium
Carleton Crematorium
Carleton Crematorium, together with the adjacent necropolis, Carleton Cemetery, is a graveyard on Stocks Road in Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. It was opened on 18 July 1935....
, Poulton-le-Fylde
Poulton-le-Fylde
Poulton-le-Fylde is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,264. There is evidence of human habitation in the area from 12,000 years ago and several archaeological finds from Roman...
on 3 July.
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Be Soon | |
| 1964 | Just Jimmy | Jim Moreton |
| 1965 | Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... |
Coach driver |
| 1965 | Coronation Street | Taxi driver |
| 1968 | Coronation Street | Harold Eaton |
| 1969 | Parkin's Patch | Post Office Man |
| 1970 | Steptoe and Son Steptoe and Son Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old... |
Milkman |
| 1970 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Jack Scott |
| 1971 | Some Matters of Little Consequence | |
| 1972 | Home and Away | Godrey |
| 1972 | Play for Today Play for Today Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted... |
Official Receiver |
| 1972 | Sykes Sykes Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Eric Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and A... and Sykes and a Big, Big Show .... |
Milkman |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | Charles Change |
| 1972 | Love Story | Stan Truscott |
| 1973 | Z-Cars Z-Cars Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by... |
Brazendale |
| 1973 | Hadleigh Hadleigh (TV series) Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a sequel to the writer's earlier Gazette for the same company... |
Walter Unwin |
| 1974 | Barlow at Large Barlow at Large Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role.Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and Softly, Softly: Taskforce series on BBC television during the 1960s and early 1970s... |
Roger Tober |
| 1974 | Justice | Charlie Thompson |
| 1974 | Marked Personal Marked Personal Marked Personal was a British daytime television drama created by Charles Dennis and starring Stephanie Beacham and Heather Chasen. The series was made by Thames Television and consisted of 90 episodes, shown twice weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons during 1973-74... |
Steve Morris |
| 1974 | Bless This House | Owen |
| 1974 | Play for Today | Detective |
| 1975 | Sadie, it's cold outside | Bob |
| 1975 | The Main Chance | Sammy Dayton |
| 1975 | Rule Britannia | George Bradshaw |
| 1975 | Down the Gate | Len Peacock |
| 1978 | George and Mildred George and Mildred George and Mildred is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television that aired from 1976 to 1979. It was a spin-off from Man About the House and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as an ill-matched married couple, George and Mildred Roper... |
Ernest Groves |
| 1979 | Turtle's Progress Turtle's Progress Turtle's Progress is a British television series broadcast between 1979 and 1980.The series was an ITV ATV Drama, and dealt with a petty criminal named Turtle and his minder, "Razor" Eddie , who by accident come into possession of the proceeds of a major bank robbery... |
Colour Sergeant Arnold |
| 1980 | The Nesbitts Are Coming | Station Sergeant Billy Machin |
| 1980 | Juliet Bravo Juliet Bravo Juliet Bravo is a British television series, which ran on BBC1 between 1980 and 1985. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire.-Programme name:... |
Rodney Maskill |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Kimsey |
| 1980 | Play for Today | Harry |
| 1981 | The Incredible Mr Tanner | Archie |
| 1981–1983 | Bergerac Bergerac (TV series) Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show... |
Chief |
| 1982 | The Chinese Detective The Chinese Detective The Chinese Detective is a British television series, transmitted by the BBC between 1981 and 1982 and created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo.... |
Mr Morris |
| 1982 | Walter | Mr Hingley |
| 1983 | Crown Court Crown Court (TV series) Crown Court was an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.... |
|
| 1983 | Let Their Be Love | Steven |
| 1983 | Emmerdale Farm Emmerdale Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972... |
Nicholas Martin |
| 1983 | Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Bell produced and... |
Landlord |
| 1985 | The Winning Streak | Matt Hutton |
| 1986 | Jossy's Giants Jossy's Giants Jossy's Giants was a children's footballing comedy drama that ran on BBC1 between 1986 and 1987. The show's plot centred around the ups and downs of a boys' football team, the Glipton Giants , and their enthusiastic Geordie manager Joswell 'Jossy' Blair.The show was written by darts commentator and... |
Dave Sharkey |
| 1988 | The Nature of the Beast | Chunder |
| 1989 | All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small (TV serial) All Creatures Great and Small is a popular British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot.-Background:... |
Mr Skipton |
| 1989 | Boon Boon (TV series) Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV... |
Mr Brown |
| 1990 | Missing Persons | Robert Wainthropp |
| 1990 | Stay Lucky Stay Lucky Stay Lucky is a 1989–1993 British television comedy-drama series. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.-Plot:... |
Uncle Horace |
| 1991 | Plaza Patrol | Painter |
| 1992 | Moon and Son Moon And Son -Premise and Characters:The series starred Millicent Martin as a clairvoyant, Gladys Moon, and John Michie as her very attractive psychic son, Trevor Moon, who travelled between Folkestone in the UK and France, doing readings and selling occult and astrological goods from their mobile "salon" and... |
Bill Atley |
| 1992 | Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer which starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an ageing London barrister who defends any and all clients... |
Saggers |
| 1994 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Brian Miller |
| 1995 | Heartbeat | Walter Openshaw |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series) Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives... |
Harold Lapping |
| 1998 | Emmerdale | Jed Outhwaite |
| 1999 | Where the Heart Is Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series) Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone... |
Hughie Burridge |
| 2000 | Coronation Street | MC |
| 2002 | A Good Thief | Alfie |
| 2003 | Last of the Summer Wine | Landlord |
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Stick-Up | Tall Cop |
| 1979 | Yanks Yanks Yanks is a 1979 John Schlesinger film, set in World War II in the village of Dobcross, in Greater Manchester, England. Starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody.... |
Jim Moreton |
| 1985 | Mr Love | Ferris |
| 1985 | Invitation to the Wedding | Vine |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary Turtle Diary Turtle Diary is a 1985 British drama about "people rediscovering the joys of life and love," based on a screenplay adapted by Harold Pinter from Russell Hoban's novel Turtle Diary, directed by John Irvin, and starring Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Gambon.-Synopsis:Two lonely Londoners -... |
Garage Attendant with Bucket |
| 1987 | Pretorius | Huizinga |
| 2002 | Shipman Shipman (television film) Shipman is a 2002 ITV television drama film, about the life and crimes of serial killer Harold Shipman. The film was directed by Roger Bamford and written by Michael Eaton.-Cast:*James Bolam as Harold Shipman... |
Len Fallows |