Acting · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Born January 1, 1945
Blackburn born actor best known for playing the first Kryten and Talkie Toaster in Red Dwarf. He has appeared in several Alan Bleasdale productions including Boys from the Blackstuff, Scully and GBH and in the John Sullivan sitcoms Roger, Roger and The Green, Green Grass. He also played the anxious father Bevis in Jack Rosenthal's Eskimo Day and its sequel, Cold Enough For Snow
TVRed Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
2020
as Self
MovieRed Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
2017
as Self
TV32 Brinkburn Street
2011
as Frank
TVThe Green Green Grass
2005
MovieRed Dwarf A–Z
2003
as Talkie Toaster (voice, archive footage)
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Casten Zivkovic
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as DCI Edwards
TVOliver Twist
1999
as Mr. Bumble
TVVanity Fair
1998
as Mr Sedley
MovieBasil
1998
as Mr. Sherwin
TVRoger Roger
1998
as Baz
MovieCold Enough for Snow
1997
as Bevis Whittle
TVMelissa
1997
as Selwyn-Swanton
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Rodney Widger
MovieRoger Roger
1996
as Basil
MovieEskimo Day
1996
as Bevis
MovieRequiem Apache
1994
as Henry
TVWycliffe
1994
as Wainwright
MovieFair Game
1994
as Carl's Father
TVIf You See God, Tell Him
1993
as Mr Gudgeon
MovieSplitting Heirs
1993
as Sergeant Richardson
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Harry Pilbeam
TVG.B.H.
1991
as Mr Weller
TVIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Stephen Jewell
TVThe Brittas Empire
1991
as Pirate
MovieThe Zero Option
1988
as Nugent
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as Talkie Toaster (voice)
TVWatching
1987
as Registrar
TVCasualty
1986
as Lenny Shines
TVScully
1984
as Steve
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Inspector Martin
TVThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Inspector Martin
TVBoys from the Blackstuff
1982
as Donald Moss
TVBergerac
1981
as Harry Johnson
MovieDays at the Beach
1981
as Stationmaster
Leave it to Charlie
1978
as Harry Hutchins
Yanks Go Home
1976
TVThe XYY Man
1976
as Window Cleaner
