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Gary Beadle

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Gary Beadle
Born (1965-07-08) 8 July 1965 (age 59)
Bermondsey, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present
Spouse
Tanya Findel-Hawkins
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(m. 2003; div. 2014)​
Children2
ParentMonica Beadle
RelativesRikki Beadle-Blair (brother)
Louis Rae(son)

Gary Beadle (born 8 July 1965) is a British actor.

Life and career

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Beadle was raised as one of five children in Bermondsey, South London,[1] where he was baptised a Roman Catholic.[1] 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.[2] Directed by Rikki who starred as Talula, Gary played janitor Fizzy.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3][4] Also that year, the crew recorded a session on BBC Radio 1 for John Peel[5] and performed at Electro Rock, an international hip hop event at the Hippodrome.[6]

He also worked as a comedian but started to work as an actor, and appeared in The Young Ones (BBC 1984);[7] 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).[8]

Immediately after completing filming of EastEnders, Beadle playing the Evil Queen's henchman in the Qdos Entertainment production of Snow White at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea, opposite Linda Lusardi. Since leaving EastEnders, Beadle has had roles in Holby City (2005), Doctors (2006) and the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Until Death, released in 2007.

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.[9] 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.[10] In 2015, he played Docker in BBC One drama The Interceptor[11] and also featured in the Ron Howard-directed film In the Heart of the Sea which was released in December 2015.[12]

In 2016, he performed as Abioseh, an ex-tribesman in the Royal National Theatre's production of Les Blancs.[1][2] He also starred as a Detective Chief Inspector in an episode of Silent Witness.

In 2017, Beadle appeared as Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo, Rev. Sidney Chambers's boss in series 3 of Grantchester.[13][14]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1986 Absolute Beginners Johnny Wonder
Playing Away Errol
1987 White Mischief African Servant
1996 The Imitators Rock
1998 Written in Blood Phill Hatton
2007 Until Death Mac
2009 Malice in Wonderland Felix Chester
2010 Fit Karmel's Dad
2011 Bashment The MC
2012 Cockneys vs Zombies Greg
2015 In the Heart of the Sea William Bond
2017 Hip Hop Cafe Hov Short film
2019 We Die Young Winslow
2020 Squall Ben Short film
2021 The Toll Elton
Demon David
Blank Shores Lenny Short film
Iniquity Rhys Short film
2022 Persuasion Mr. Musgrove
Suppression John Burns Short film
2023 Rye Lane Peter
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose Errol
My Jerome Ruddy Short film
2024 Opening Up Adam Short film

Television

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Year Film Role Notes
1980 The Squad Gary Episode: "Wheels"
1981 Theatre Box Fergus Episode: "Death Angel"
1982 Grange Hill Elroy Episode #5.13
Murphy's Mob Gonk 12 episodes
1983 Play for Today Victor Episode: "Shall I Be Mother?"
1984 The Young Ones First Mate Episode: "Time"
The Lenny Henry Show Various characters Episode #1.3
Stars of the Roller State Disco Derek Television film
1985 Relative Strangers Steve Episode #1.9
Just Like Mohicans Barrington Television film
Honeymoon Denver Television film
1987, 2001,
2010		 Casualty Denny / Steven Harris / Dom 3 episodes
1988 Scene Paul Episode: "QPR Askey Is Dead"
Blind Justice Boy on Train Episode: "White Man Listen"
1989–1991 Making Out Simon 19 episodes
1990 I Love Keith Allen Various roles
ScreenPlay Darren Episode: "Night Voice"
1990–2011 The Comic Strip Presents... Various characters 9 episodes
1992 Wail of the Banshee Gary Galahad Episode: "The Stone Round the Sword"
1992,
1995–1996		 Absolutely Fabulous Oliver 3 episodes
1995 The Detectives Uniformed Constable Episode: "Flash"
The Glam Metal Detectives Gary / Various roles / King 5 episodes
Numbertime Terry / Bobby Cube / Sammy Shape 5 episodes
1996 Thief Takers John Boyd Episode: "Going Under"
1997 Born to Run Muff Muffin 4 episodes
1997–1999 Operation Good Guys Gary Barwick 9 episodes
1998 Lost Souls Stuart Markle Television film
1999 The Bill P.C. Banster Episode: "A Day to Remember"
2001 Wit Code Team Blue 6 Television film
The Big Impression Paul Trueman Episode: "Christmas Special 2001"
2001–2004 EastEnders Paul Trueman 375 episodes
2005 The First Black Britons Presenter Television film
2005, 2018 Holby City Tim Webster /
Lennox 'Lennie' Jefferies		 2 episodes
2006, 2009,
2014		 Doctors Sean Patterson / PC Wilson /
Eugene Montgomery		 5 episodes
2007 Thieves Like Us DS Haynes 4 episodes
2008 The Sarah Jane Adventures Paul Langer 2 episodes
2012 Hustle Nick Episode: "The Con Is Off"
Crime Stories David Green Episode #1.19
2013 Common Ground John Kettle Episode: "Patricia"
2015 The Interceptor Docker 7 episodes
2017 Death in Paradise Samuel Palmer Episode: "The Impossible Murder"
Silent Witness DCI Tony Underhill 2 episodes
2017–2021 Grantchester Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo 9 episodes
2018 Patrick Melrose Chilly Willy 2 episodes
2019 Hatton Garden Shorty Episode #1.4
Summer of Rockets Courtney Johnson 6 episodes
Dark Money Malcolm Danvers Episode: "Shattered Dreams"
2020 Mangrove Dol Isaacs Part of the Small Axe anthology series
2021 Around the World in 80 Days Bass Reeves Episode #1.7
2022 Skint Gary Episode: "Regeneration"
Andor Clem Andor 3 episodes
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome Actaeon Television film
Midsomer Murders Damian Bennett Episode: "The Debt of Lies"
2023 Best Interests Frank 3 episodes
The Wheel of Time Elyas Machera 5 episodes
2024 The Gentlemen Thick Rick 3 episodes
2024 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Victor Amobi 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Fisher, Gillian (12 April 2016). "Gary Beadle, Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry – interview, National Theatre". Afridiziak Theatre News. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Cole, Emily (30 March 2016). "5 minutes with: Gary Beadle – 'When I did EastEnders people said you'll never work again'". What's on Stage. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "The City Limits Crew". Discogs.
  4. ^ "Survival Records".
  5. ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 15/01/1985 City Limits Crew & the Mutant Rockers".
  6. ^ "Electro Rock - A 1985 Bboy Event from London (1Of7)". YouTube.
  7. ^ The Young Ones - Time episode - Captain Blood Radio scene
  8. ^ Wilkes, Neil (10 April 2004). "'EastEnders' star "hates" exit storyline". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  9. ^ "The Doctor Who News Page". Gallifreyone.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008.
  10. ^ "Series 8 Guests". Hustle Fans Forum. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
  11. ^ Jeffery, Morgan (28 February 2014). "David Gyasi, EastEnders star Jo Joyner for BBC One's The Interceptor". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  12. ^ Folley, Tom (21 December 2015). "In the Heart of the Sea review: 'a gruelling voyage for all concerned'". Radio Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Grantchester returns to ITV for a third series". ITV Press Centre. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  14. ^ Doran, Sarah (4 August 2017). "Meet the cast of Grantchester series three". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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