Photo shoot for The Spotlight
As Fred taken after the final performance. Lucy Kaufmann’s plays were performed in different venues and on the street.
As the Tasteless Man. On set at SAT1 television studio
in rehearsal. Directed and devised by Hilary Westlake with David Gale. Lumiere and Son theatre company.
1987 – portrait of ‘Hopkins’. Closing credits photo
As Detective Dan Rat with Mo Kat. ‘The Thriller Men’ are trapped in the opening titles of their own cop show. A still from ‘The Silent Treatment’ pilot.
Waiting in my trailer.
As Hopkins in ‘Simon and the Witch’. On location in Beaconsfield with Joan Sims, Nicola Stapleton and director, David Bell
With Cliff Richard, backstage in Bochum, Germany. My bare bottom made its debut television appearance.
Wrap party. Sunset in Rye, East Sussex . June 2010
Handelsblatt (this was in Focus magazine).
Performing with the band, Dr. Joe Joe on the street by Brockley station
On set during tech run. In Essen, Germany, two hours before live broadcast to 6 million viewers.
Taken during the show at The Lee Centre, SE13. With John Standeven and Peppino Finaldi
As Dr. Ignatiusz,, inventor of The Lukretian Flyer.
Performing on bass and lead vocal with Dr. Joe Joe at Woodfest, Hertfordshire
Photo session for The Spotlight
Photo shoot for The Spotlight. November 2016:
Backstage at photo shoot for Handelsblatt. (NB: the other photo was taken on set for ‘The Hotel Affair’ 1992 in Idstein, Germany)
Presenting this TV commercial. A clip of my other Argos commercial is in the ‘Showreel’.
Deutsche Telekom’s promotional film. Directed by Ralph Loop in Hamburg
August 2017. Selfie taken after a casting
As Detective Dan Rat, who, with Mo Kat, is trapped in the opening titles of their own cop show, ‘The Thriller Men’, A still from ‘The Silent Treatment’.
Wrap photo. Last day at Ealing Studios. I am on the far left in the white opera scarf
Harald Addington spying on the young detectives. One of many disguises
As Clownface. Forever applying for unsuitable jobs. A still from the pilot.
Taken with an iPhone
Photo session for The Spotlight
2004: Mr. Wrongshoes takes off his improbable footwear. He is one of several characters I conjured up for this more or less silent sketch show pilot.
As Mr. Andrews, the hotel manager. With Nigel Barber, Joseph MacNab and Angela Christofilou
As Mister Wrongshoes. He never wears the right shoes. A still from the pilot.
2019 Matera
Photo shoot for The Spotlight. November 2016:
Photo session for ‘The Spotlight’
As Mr. Chicky. Polaroid from photo shoot. Chicky is a fast food chain in Innsbrueck, Austria.
As ‘Hopkins’ in ‘Simon and the Witch’ for Children’s BBCtv.
As Patient One. On set in former nuclear bunker, High Wycombe.
2004: as Mister Wrongshoes. He never wears the right shoes. A still from the pilot.
Regency Gentleman at event. May 2018
The Spiv. Devised by Denzil Kilvington.
Cuckmere Haven near Beachy Head
Directed by Hilary Westlake, devised with David Gale and cast. Lumiere and Son theatre company.
December 2016: at Lewes Castle
Taken January 2017
The joy of spinach
Backstage at The Rivoli Ballroom, Brockley, SE4.
1986: as host of Joey Valentino’s Cabaret Club. Cracking jokes, also singing and playing in the house band (here with Ken Steedman).
Doing real work on a stucco balcony, working from my own scaffolding tower
Near El Medano, Tenerife.
No Time to Die – Hotel Porter
Photo used for The Spotlight directory, taken in November 2016
As Enzo Moretti, drug dealer. Cast photo after shoot. With Chris Walker, Fiona Wade and Tony Nasnath
No Time to Die – 2019 Matera
As Hopkins the butler. On set with Joan Sims at BBC Television Centre, London
Backstage pass, Pinewood Studios. Location assistant.
Botanical Garden in Madeira
As the English Bobby for Hollywood producer, David Zucker. Filmed by Chelsea Fire station and Trafalgar Square.
As the Street Musician for Hessischer Rundfunk. On location in Mainz
Wearing the kilt given to me by my father (my grandmother was born in Edinburgh).
In performance with the band, Dr Joe Joe
At the Olympic Games, London with Tony Grossi
As the English Bobby for Hollywood producer, David Zucker. Filmed by Chelsea Fire station and Trafalgar Square.
Lunchtime. A very young Felicity Montague, Caroline Stubbs, Denzil Kilvington, and Professor Alec Buchanan, now of Yale University.
Roald Dahl’s Centipede in ‘James and the Giant Peach’. With Juliet Grassby-Lewis and Deborah Garvey
2005: with Joel Edgerton and producer, Nick Barton.
The character, Harold Addington, in another disguise. Hastings Castle.
No Time to Die – 2019 Matera
Backstage, trying it on for size, backstage on the play.
1984: in KGB Comedy Cabaret with Denzil Kilvington. Taken on set.
Recording vocals for performers to mime to
2004: as Detective Dan Rat, who, with Mo Kat, is trapped in the opening titles of their own cop show, ‘The Thriller Men’, A still from ‘The Silent Treatment’.
In a four-seater plane shooting footage of Camber Castle for ‘TAT – Tabaluga Abenteuer Team”.
Harald Addington, here dressed as a Pirate, with young detectives and director, Diana Feil.
As Sonny Daze D.J. Thames Television series. In the make up room at Teddington Studios.
The character, Harold Addington, in another disguise, shot at midnight, Rye Citadel, Sussex.
The character, Harold Addington, disguised as the Italian Cyclist.
2004: as Jim Wonker. At the gym, he tries to look the part. A still from the pilot.
Nate Bunce, the mean farmer in ‘The Fantastic Mr. Fox’.
2005 at costume fitting for “The Da Vinci Code” in Middle Temple, London
Lewisham’s Broadway Theatre used as location
Two teachers dress up for their Christmas show. With Deb Kilvington
Photo shoot for The Spotlight
As Jim Tatler M.P., fascist leader from ‘Back to Front’ by LIvestock Theatre Company. Directed by Deb Kilvington.
The character, Harold Addington, disguised as the Angry Shepherd. Location, Camber Castle.
With Bert Koch as Space Travellers in a fantasy, performed live and on film at Frankfurt Airport Terminal Two. 75th anniversary event.
1995: Photo shoot for The Spotlight
Photo shoot for ‘The Spotlight’
November 2016: Session with Lewis Ziolek for new Spotlight photo
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