Agent:

Cassie Mayer Ltd.
5, Old Garden House
The Lanterns, Bridge Lane
London SW11 3AD Tel +44-[0]20-7350-0880
cassie.mayer@cassiemayerltd.co.uk

Training:

Harrow School

A Level English, French, German

University of East Anglia

B.A.(Hons) History of Art

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Carleton Hobbs Radio Prize

Description:

Age: 56  Height: 6'3" (1.91m)  Eyes: Blue  Hair: Pepper & Salt.

Best known as:

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David Archer in the world's 
longest running soap,
THE ARCHERS

Think you're hard enough for the Cast Photo?

Tom Lacey,  Cavalier hero  in 
BBC Classic 20 part serial,
BY THE SWORD DIVIDED

Mark Fitzherbert, Chris Barrie's 
toff lawyer in the sitcom,
PRINCE AMONG MEN,  BBC.

Steve Nicholson, ex football star now 
running a wedding agency in Granada's series
MADE IN HEAVEN.

Nigel Barrington, the conniving 
estate agent in LWT's sitcom,
SQUARE DEAL.

The Pirate King at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 
in Joe Papp's PIRATES OF PENZANCE.

Wing Commander Raikes, the Boss of 
555 Squadron in Yorkshire TV's STRIKE FORCE.

Capt. Murray in 1st episode of Carlton's series,
SHARPE'S RIFLES. Filmed in the Crimea. 
Many adventures.

The evil Count Frederick, in 
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD. 
Absurd US TV series filmed in Lithuania.

Recently:

Cliff Lawton inTHE THICK OF IT
BAFTA winning series by Armando Iannucci

Judge Harrison in
KINGDOM. 
I look about 70!

Jacob Langley in
LEAD BALLOON. 
BBC Radio quizmaster with Jack Dee

Re-voiced lead role of Li Mu Bai for the English version 
of the Oscar-winning CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
3 intense days in Munich. A wonderful film.

The German U-Boat Commander in ENIGMA.
I'm speaking German with English subtitles.

Five different improvised characters of utter absurdity 
in the new Channel 4 comedy series THE ARMANDO IANNUCCI SHOWS 
- shown in September. Photos show Catholic priest whose 
congregation fall in love with him, and Mayor of Sheffield.

Sergeant Dumas in SIMON-AN ENGLISH LEGIONNAIRE, a new film about the French Foreign Legion, filmed in Morocco.

The voice of 007 on the Playstation game, 
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.
I get to say, "The name's Bond, James Bond". Bliss.

The Duke of Marlborough in A LONELY WAR 
with Albert Finney as Churchill and Vanessa Redgrave 
as Clementine.

The voice of Roger, the dogs' owner in
101 DALMATIONS PART 2. The cartoon sequel to the original. 
Roger composes and sings a song, then dances to it.


  Also thousands of voice-overs, dubbing and commercials.

The voice of 'Mind The Gap' on the Piccadilly Line


Special Skills:

Dubbing:

Very experienced and skilled lip synch artist and inventive loop group member.

Stage fighting:

BY THE SWORD DIVIDED, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM.

Singing:

Tenor & Rock/Pop.

Driving:

HGV Class 2

Languages:

German, French, Italian.

Song writing:

EASY MONEY (BBC Play). Guitar & Keyboard player.

Sports:

Ski-ing, Water Ski-ing, Horse riding (English & American) Scuba diving, Champion swimmer.

Misc.: 

Writer, Joiner, Electrician, Builder, Mechanic, Farmer, Computer programmer.
Inventor of THE HIPPO, a baby-carrying device, patented worldwide.
Writer of "AGENT", the computer program for voice agencies - as used by Castaway and Speakeasy
Writer of Conversion Calculator, no. 4 in the list of all-time top-selling shareware programs on the Psion 3a/3c/Siena/S5



Theatre includes:

The Pirate King

in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Hubert

in NIGHT MUST FALL at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with Jason Donovan

Bryce 

in ARCADIA at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, director Trevor Nunn.

Helmer

in A DOLL'S HOUSE at the National Theatre, Oslo

Tesman

in HEDDA GABLER at the King's Head Islington with Elizabeth Quinn.

Archer

in THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM at Nuffield Theatre Southampton

Frank Chesney

in CHARLEY's AUNT at Watford Palace Theatre

Tone

in RELUCTANT HEROES for the Theatre of Comedy, dir. John Alderton.

Henry

in Michael Wall's IMAGINARY WARS IN ENGLAND at the DOC.

Brendan

in Mark Power's BOYS FROM HIBERNIA at Coventry.

Also there, Chekov's THE BEAR and HENRY IV both parts.(Douglas, Hastings, Warwick)

Improvisation at the Donmar Warehouse in THEATRE SPORTS, and plenty of revue in Bristol
and at the Edinburgh Festival. Before that, a whole load of work in fringe theatres in Norwich,
Bristol and London.



Television:
(Most recent first. * denotes leading role)

LEAD BALLOON

- Jacob Langley - Quiz master, with Jack Dee

KINGDOM

- Judge Harrison - Two episodes of inbred judging

THE THICK OF IT SUMMER SPECIAL

- Cliff Lawton - "I'm Back!"

DOCTORS

- Ferdy Clark - Heart surgeon love interest - 8 eps

COMEDY PLAYHOUSE

- Steven Ainsworth - Alan Davies' next door neighbour

HEARTBEAT

- Simon Farr - Toff horse trainer who might have done it

LIVING THE QUAKE

- Abe Ruef - American politician during San Francisco Earthquake

SILENT WITNESS

-Guy Hammond - Dodgy pharmaceuticals importer

THE THICK OF IT

- Cliff Lawton - Sacked minister replaced by Chris Langham

ABSOLUTE POWER

- Jeremy Paxman - fronting Newsnight

FRANCES TUESDAY

- Dr. Gillighan - Plastic surgeon, cuts up Tamsin Outhwaite

MURDER IN SUBURBIA

- Nick Chichester - grieving Husband

SHADOW PLAY

- *Uncle Augustus - eccentric Victorian inventor.

D-DAY

- *General Speidel - in German with sub-titles.

BORN AND BRED

- *Hans Gothard - comes to Lancashire to find family of man he killed in war.

ARMANDO IANNUCCI SHOWS

- Loads of off the wall sketches.

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

- American panto rubbish!

PRINCE AMONG MEN  (12 eps.)

-*Mark Fitzherbert - Chris Barrie's toff lawyer.

CASUALTY

-Mac Macdonald - husband of health freak.

THE BILL

-Andy Gray - Company Director. Guest lead.

GRANGE HILL (14 eps.)

-Greg Mitchell - Dad. Londoner. Wife dies of Aids.

KAVANAGH QC.

- Solicitor acting

STRIKE FORCE

- *Wng Cmdr John Raikes - "Awesome in the air".

FAITH IN THE FUTURE

- Lynda Bellingham's love interest.

WHITE HOUSE FARM MURDERS

- David Archer incarnate.

SHARPE'S RIFLES

 - Captain Murray - Ep. 1 - riding, fighting + dying!

MADE IN HEAVEN (4 eps.)

- *Steve - 'Hugely Charismatic' partner of a wedding agency.

SQUARE DEAL (14 eps.)

-*Nigel - the nastiest Estate Agent in the boxing ring.

THREE UP TWO DOWN

- Barman acting.

THE FOUR MINUTE MILE

- fluent Finnish!

MELBA (Australian series)

- Aussie passport and a good horseman.

TIGERS OF KUMAON

- Young buffer of the Raj.

BOON

- Bastard property developer.

GRIFFINS

- Irish sports manager/stud. Pilot for TVS.

BY THE SWORD DIVIDED  (20 eps.)

-*Tom Lacey - Cavalier hero!

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED

- the chauffeur who did it, but actually didn't. With Denholm Elliot.

SMUGGLER

- Captain of a troop of horsemen. With Oliver Tobias.



Chat Shows and Quizzes:

WOGAN
CALL MY BLUFF
GMTV
AFTER FIVE
PEBBLE MILL AT ONE
GOING GOING GONE
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
BROADCASTING HOUSE (R4)
TODAY (R4)
RADIO 4 APPEALS
A GOOD READ (R4)
GRUMPY OLD MEN
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE



Films:

VANITY FAIR

- German casino owner

A LONELY WAR

-The Duke of Marlborough. dir. Richard Loncraine

SIMON - AN ENGLISH LEGIONNAIRE

-Sergeant Dumas of the French Foreign Legion. dir. Michael Duberry

ENIGMA

-German U-boat Commander. dir. Michael Apted

TWELFTH NIGHT

-First Officer dir. Trevor Nunn

YEAR OF THE COMET

-Richard Harwood wr. William Goldman, dir. Peter Yates

WINTER FLIGHT

-Polish worker with Jeremy Irons - dir. J. Skolimovski

PIRATES OF PENZANCE

-Pirate. dir. Wilford Leach

NORTH SEA HIJACK

-Harris, Roger Moore's right hand man. dir. Andrew V. McLaglen



Voiceovers:
Go to Voiceover Page for details and sound files.
The voice of "Mind The Gap" on the Piccadilly Line!

TV Commercials:
Includes: Ribena, Opal Fruits, Logger Bar, Guinness, Wall's Feast, Audi, Hemmeling, Nintendo,
Australian Tourist Board, Carlsberg, Ford, Knorr, Royal Mail, Herte, Austrian Airlines.

Radio:
Winner Carleton Hobbs Radio Competition. Radio repertory company 1978 Since then, recorded over 70 radio plays,
at least a third of them leading roles. Since 1982 David Archer in THE ARCHERS.
For more Archers info, do visit Archers Addicts

Music:
EASY MONEY, BBC. Theme tune and incidental music.
Jingles for Language tapes.
Expressive professional singer.
Inventive guitar and banjo player.
Years of experience with Cubase, ProTools and multi-track recording.

Go to my Music Page for MP3s.
Site Established 1993

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