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Gary Beadle
Born: 8th Jul 1965 Bermondsey, London, England, UK
Dept: Acting
Gary Beadle (born 8 July 1965) is a British actor. Beadle was raised as one of five children in Bermondsey, South London, where he was baptised a Roman Catholic. As children, he and his elder brother Rikki produced a version of the 1976 youth musical-gangster film Bugsy Malone for Southwark London Borough Council. Directed by Rikki who starred as Talula, Gary played janitor Fizzy. Rikki tried to invite the original film's director Alan Parker to the performance, but his assistant did come, and used her connections to get Rikki, Gary and their younger sister into the community-based Anna Scher Theatre School. After developing a love of hip hop, and especially Run-D.M.C. and the Sugarhill Gang, Beadle moved to New York City in his early twenties. On his return to London, using the moniker 'Pretty Boy Gee', he formed a rap group called The City Limits Crew alongside 'Little Stevie Bee'. In 1985, the duo released two 12" singles, "Keep It On" (w/ "The Mutant Rockers") and "Fresher Than Ever" on the independent record label Survival Records. Also that year, the crew recorded a session on BBC Radio 1 for John Peel and performed at Electro Rock, an international hip hop event at the Hippodrome.
He also worked as a comedian but started to work as an actor, and appeared in The Young Ones (BBC 1984); the 1986 film Absolute Beginners; Jerusalem, the 1987 short film starring the Style Council pop group; Making Out in 1989–91 as Simon; the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, where he played the gay lover of Eddie's (Jennifer Saunders) ex-husband Justin; the TV series Born to Run in 1997; the ITV police drama The Bill and BBC medical drama Casualty (2001). In 2001, he started in the role of Paul Trueman in EastEnders. A loveable rogue, Beadle left the role when his contract was due to terminate - as he had not appreciated the director and script writers wanting his character to become a drug dealer. He therefore departed from the show and his exit featured the character being killed off by his gangland boss Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs). In 2007, he appeared in BBC Three comedy Thieves Like Us. In 2008, he appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 as Clyde Langer's father, Paul. In 2009, he appeared in Malice in Wonderland as DJ Felix Chester, a Cheshire Cat allusion. In 2010, he appeared in the Royal Court Theatre's Sucker Punch by Roy Williams. In 2012, he appeared in Hustle as a police officer. In 2015, he played Docker in BBC One drama The Interceptor and also featured in the Ron Howard-directed film In the Heart of the Sea which was released in December 2015. In 2016, he performed as Abioseh, an ex-tribesman in the Royal National Theatre's production of Les Blancs. He also starred as a Detective Chief Inspector in an episode of Silent Witness.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 84
Film: 49 (58%)
Television: 35 (42%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Adventure, Family, Documentary, Music, Soap, History, Fantasy, Kids, Talk, War
Filmography
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Erroll
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Frank (4 ep.)
2023
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2022
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2022
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Ben
Sep 2022 (first aired)
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Clem Andor (3 ep.)
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Mr. Musgrove
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Gary (7 ep.)
Dec 2021 (first aired)
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Elyas Machera (5 ep.)
2021
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Lenny
2021
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Elton
2021
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Nov 2020 (first aired)
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Dolston Isaacs (1 ep.)
2019
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2019
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Abioseh Matoseh
Jul 2019 (first aired)
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Malcolm Danvers (1 ep.)
May 2019 (first aired)
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Courtney Johnson (6 ep.)
May 2019 (first aired)
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Shorty (1 ep.)
2019
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Feb 2019 (first aired)
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Murry Yearwood (1 ep.)
2018
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Paul Trueman (archive footage)
May 2018 (first aired)
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Chilly Willy (2 ep.)
2015
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William Bond
Jun 2015 (first aired)
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Docker (7 ep.)
2012
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2012
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Greg
Oct 2011 (first aired)
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Samuel Palmer (1 ep.)
2011
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Butler/Pianist
2011
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2010
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Karmel's Dad
2010
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Felix Chester
Sep 2007 (first aired)
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Paul Langer (2 ep.)
2007
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2005
A look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents ... view
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Feb 2004 (first aired)
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Character:
Nick (1 ep.)
2001
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Code Team Blue 6
1999
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Stuart Markle
1998
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Phill Hatton
Dec 1997 (first aired)
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Unknown/various (8 ep.)
May 1997 (first aired)
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Muff Muffin (4 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
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Damian Bennet (1 ep.)
Nov 1996 (first aired)
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Self (1 ep.)
1996
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Oliver
1996
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Feb 1995 (first aired)
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Unknown/various (7 ep.)
1993
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1993
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1993
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Gary
1993
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Ronnie
Jan 1993 (first aired)
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Uniformed Constable (1 ep.)
1992
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Bill
Nov 1992 (first aired)
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Oliver (2 ep.)
1992
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Wazza
1990
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1990
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Darren
1990
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Sly
Jan 1989 (first aired)
Making Out is a British television series, shown by the BBC between 1989 and 1991.
The series, created by Franc Roddam, written by Debbie Horsfield, ... view
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Unknown/various (24 ep.)
1987
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1987
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Errol
Sep 1986 (first aired)
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Denny (1 ep.)
Steven Harris (1 ep.)
Dom (1 ep.)
1986
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Judge
1986
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model C ... view
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Johnny Wonder
Feb 1985 (first aired)
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Paul Trueman (3501 ep.)
1984
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Derek
Oct 1984 (first aired)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and d ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1983
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Victor
Nov 1982 (first aired)
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vy ... view
Character:
Smythe the Bosun (1 ep.)
Nov 1982 (first aired)
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events. ... view
Character:
Sly (1 ep.)
Waiter (1 ep.)
1981
Three young wrestling fans are eager to see the mysterious masked wrestler Death Angel. ... view
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Fergus
Oct 1980 (first aired)
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Gary (1 ep.)
Oct 1970 (first aired)
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Victor (1 ep.)