{Film / TV} Uncredited role?! There is what looks like a very famous face on-screen, but the name of that face is nowhere to be seen in the credits . . . ! So WAS it this person, or not?
As this was often an early role by that actor - and frequently a blink-&-you'll-miss-them performance - maybe a lack of accreditation is not so surprising. After all, IMDb only has the data it is given to upload . . . ! And anyway, back in the day, credits in TV and film production were far less complete than they are nowadays.
So WAS it this person, or not? . . . Will we ever know?! ,-)
So WAS it this person, or not? . . . Will we ever know?! ,-)
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Gordon Angus Deayton known professionally as Angus Deayton, is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was the original presenter of the satirical panel game Have I Got News for You, a job from which he was dismissed in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid allegations about his personal life. He also played Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series One Foot in the Grave, and George Windsor in the final three series of Waterloo Road.
The youngest of three sons of a Prudential plc insurance broker/manager and a home economics school teacher, Deayton was brought up in Banstead, Surrey, and attended Oakhyrst Grange School and Caterham School. He showed early promise as a footballer, and had a trial with Crystal Palace. He was captain of the Caterham U16 Rugby team.
Deayton read languages at New College, Oxford, where he was recruited into the Oxford Revue, performing with them at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This led to the creation of the parody band the Hee Bee Gee Bees in 1980, with the songs written by Richard Curtis and Philip Pope. Their best-selling single "Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices)" (plus the B-side "Posing in the Moonlight") was a parody of the falsetto style of disco hits by the Bee Gees.
Deayton founded his career on Radio Active, a parody of British local radio stations broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1981 and 1987, which he co-wrote and performed. It transferred to television as KYTV between 1989 and 1993. Deayton presented a tribute to Radio Active and KYTV colleague and friend (and long-time BBC producer) Geoffrey Perkins for BBC Radio 4 on 4 October 2008.
Deayton was frequently a straight man alongside Rowan Atkinson. He starred with Atkinson as a pool attendant and a man on a park bench in the Mr. Bean episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean" and appeared opposite Atkinson in the Black Adder episode "Born to be King" (1983) as one of the Jumping Jews of Jerusalem.
From 1988-91, Deayton was a featured player in all three series of the Emmy award-winning sketch comedy series Alexei Sayle's Stuff.
In 1990, Deayton was cast as the Meldrews' neighbour Patrick Trench in the British suburban sitcom One Foot in the Grave and was selected as host of Have I Got News for You. The same year, he featured on television advertising the Vauxhall Nova. Andre Ptaszynski tried to persuade him to take the lead role in Steven Moffat's sitcom Chalk, a role eventually taken by David Bamber.
Deayton's suave manner as host of Have I Got News for You led to his being nicknamed "TV's Mr Sex", by a Time Out listings writer. He was much in demand as a presenter of television specials including the BBC's New Year's Eve show and the BAFTA Awards. He also featured in a series of advertisements for Barclaycard and the films Savage Hearts and Elizabeth.
In an episode of Coupling, he appears in a fantasy sequence with Mariella Frostrup. In addition, he hosted the late-1990s BBC show Before They Were Famous, which showed early and frequently embarrassing clips of TV and film stars (including Deayton himself) when they were relatively unknown.
In May 2002, the News of the World suggested he had taken cocaine and had sex with prostitutes.
He was ridiculed by Paul Merton and Ian Hislop in the following episode of Have I Got News For You but continued as presenter. Deayton began the episode with: "Good evening and welcome to Have I Got News For You, where this week's loser is presenting it." He added later, "For those watching at home, don't adjust your sets, my face really is this red."
After more allegations in October, Deayton was sacked two episodes into the new series after Merton and Hislop repeatedly implied during the programme that Deayton should resign.
After Have I Got News for You, his work included a reunion of the Radio Active cast in a new episode in December 2002. In 2003, he guest-starred as Downing Street's spin doctor in an episode of the BBC comedy Absolute Power, starring Stephen Fry and John Bird. In January 2004, he starred in the BBC comedy Nighty Night. Deayton had a cameo role as a hotel receptionist in the 2004 Fat Slags film. A few months later, he presented the quiz Bognor or Bust. In January 2006, he hosted an ITV show based upon self-help videos called Help Your Self.
Deayton is associated with Comic Relief/Sport Relief and featured in its broadcasts. He co-presented the Sport Relief charity programme Only Fools on Horses in July 2006. Deayton appeared for the England team as a second-half substitute in the Soccer Aid match in support of UNICEF on 27 May 2006. He returned as a starting player for England in the 7 September 2008 rematch.
In 2007, he was in Casualty, playing an exaggerated version of himself in a Comic Relief-related story. In June 2007, Deayton returned to the BBC to host panel show, Would I Lie to You?. In November 2007, he was censured by the BBC for making a "pungently personal" joke about Jimmy Savile and his mother on the show. Deayton left the show in 2009.
On 12 December 2012, Deayton joined the BBC drama series Waterloo Road as a cynical teacher and for a further season as deputy head, George Windsor. He made his first appearance in episode 27 of the eighth series in 2013.
At Oxford, Deayton was in a relationship with actress Helen Atkinson-Wood (a co-star on Radio Active and KYTV). While touring with the HeeBeeGeeBees in Australia in the 1980s, Deayton saved Atkinson-Wood's life when he rescued her after she was caught in a rip tide while swimming off Sydney's Manly Beach.
From 1991 to 2015, he was in a long-term relationship with scriptwriter Lise Mayer.Surely that was Angus Deayton as an extra - a workman briefly seen in a newspaper morning despatch depot - in a brief scene in the pilot episode of the TV series 'Lytton's Diary' (1985–1986) (www.imdb.com/title/tt0159889/), starring Peter Bowles.
The pilot was initially screened in 1983 as part of a 1-off drama episode of another series: 'Storyboard' (1983–). This was a 13-episode drama series (www.imdb.com/title/tt0400036/).
The pilot episode was aired on 30 Aug 1983
(www.imdb.com/title/tt0946681/).
Angus Deayton is NOT cited in the episode credits. Nor at IMDb as being in either 'Storyboard' or 'Lytton's Diary'. He is cited at IMDb as having his first on-screen role in 'Tiswas' (TV Series) in an episode of 1981, playing character of "Garry Cibb (uncredited)" (www.imdb.com/title/tt0071061/).
But, nonetheless, the character in 'Lytton's Diary' is IMO 90%-defo Angus Deayton!
He has no lines, though his character talks inaudibly into someone's ear on screen, so I can't recognise his voice, but IMO it IS his face.- Actress
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Julia McKenzie was born on 17 February 1941 in Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Notes on a Scandal (2006), Bright Young Things (2003) and Cranford (2007). She was previously married to Jerry Harte.Surely that was Julia McKenzie as a hotel maid in a brief scene in a 1971 film 'Catch Me a Spy' (www.imdb.com/title/tt0067297/). The film stars Kirk Douglas, Trevor Howard, etc. It has a screenplay by the great British comedic writers Clement & Frenais.
Julia McKenzie is NOT cited in the film credits. Nor at IMDb as being in this film. She is cited at IMDb as having her first on-screen role in 'BBC Show of the Week' (TV Series) in an episode of 1973, playing an unnamed character (www.imdb.com/title/tt9835236/).
But, nonetheless, the character in this film - that was released 2 years earlier than IMDb's first cited role for Julia McKenzie - is IMO 99%-defo Julia McKenzie!
Both the face - & her voice - are recognisable!- Ainsley Harriott was born on 28 February 1957 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Tabloid (2001), Davro (1990) and Red Dwarf (1988). He is married to Claire. They have two children.Surely that was Ainsley Harriott, playing the role of a - wait for it! - sous-chef/kitchen assistant (!), in a brief scene in a 1994 episode of TV drama 'Anna Lee' (www.imdb.com/title/tt0513392/).
The episode is E4 of the drama, an episode entitled "The Cook's Tale". The scene is halfway through the episode. It is located in a restaurant kitchen, with all the kitchen staff rushing about, including Adrian Edmondson as the head chef. So they are all wearing chef's whites!
Ainsley Harriott is NOT cited in the episode credits. Nor at IMDb as being in this episode/drama. He is cited at IMDb as having one of his first on-screen roles in 'Hale and Pace' (TV Series) (www.imdb.com/title/tt0090442/) in 5 episodes of 1988, playing various unnamed characters, in E1, E2, E3, E4 & E6 of Series 1.
But, nonetheless, the character in this drama - that was released 6 years after IMDb's first cited role for Ainsley Harriott - is IMO 99%-defo Ainsley Harriott!
He was - just a few months later - to become known to TV audiences AS a chef, on the daytime magazine show 'Good Morning... with Anne and Nick'. Plus the following year (1995) was to start filming one of his pivotal chef roles on TV's 'Can't Cook Won't Cook'.
Both the face - & his voice (few words though he speaks in the episode) - are recognisable!