Fred Feast

Fred Feast

Nacimiento : 1929-10-05, Scarborough, England

Muerte : 1999-06-25

Historia

Scarborough born actor Fred Feast was best known for his role as the idle Rovers Return potman Fred Gee in the long running soap opera Coronation Street from 1975 to 1984. Prior to showbusiness, Feast was a PT instructor in the Parachute Regiment, driving instructor, butcher, trawlerman, dolphin trainer, computer systems analyst, nightclub owner, personal shopper, publican and maître d' at a Michelin star Algarve restaurant. He entered showbusiness as a variety artist and stand up comic, and appeared in TV plays such as Alan Bennett's A Day Out, Ken Loach's Days of Hope and Jack Rosenthal's Another Sunday and Sweet FA, alongside serials such as Sam and the sitcom Nearest and Dearest. He left Coronation Street in 1984 due to repeated bouts of ill health (depression) and a fear of becoming typecast or set in his ways. Instead he took on a three year stint on the BBC rural drama All Creatures Great and Small as knackerman Jeff Mallock. One of his last roles was that of Arthur the pigeon fancier in the 1998 film Little Voice, shot in his native Scarborough.

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Fred Feast

Películas

Little Voice
Arthur
Marcada por la muerte de su padre y una madre que no le presta demasiada atención, una joven vive encerrada en su mundo interior y opta por el silencio. No pronuncia ni una sola palabra, pero, gracias a la inmensa colección de discos que le dejó su padre, es capaz de reproducir al cantar cualquier voz, desde Judy Garland a Marilyn Monroe, pasando por Marlene Dietrich. El nuevo novio de su madre, un buscador de talentos, descubre en ella una mina de oro y su gran oportunidad aunque, para conseguirlo, tenga que emplear las tácticas más rastreras... El oscarizado Michael Caine protagoniza esta comedia musical basada en una de las obras de teatro de mayor éxito en Londres.
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Kenneth - Sound Recordist
A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career. He has two crucial lines in a television film, but nothing goes according to plan.
Todas las criaturas grandes y pequeñas
Farmer in Cinema
En 1937 el veterinario recién titulado James Herriot (Simon Ward) viaja a Yorkshire para solicitar el puesto de ayudante en la consulta de Siegfried Farnon (Anthony Hopkins), donde aprenderá a adaptarse a la vida rural mientras se esfuerza en superar el escepticismo con que la comunidad local contempla sus habilidades.
There Is a Happy Land
Mr Longbottom
Keith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood.
A Day Out
Gamekeeper
Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
Parker Street Coach
Mr. Armistead is the referee for an amateur league Sunday Football match. Disliked and abused by all the players he tries to play fair and ensure they follow the rules. By the end of the match he's had enough and really uses his head to show them that he's not as useless as they all think.