Tony Aitken

Tony Aitken (born 20 June 1946 in Solihull, Warwickshire) is an English actor, known for playing a variety of parts in popular television programmes.

Tony Aitken
Born (1946-06-20) 20 June 1946
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1968–present

He attended Belmont Abbey School, Hereford, 1959–64. He was active in the amateur dramatic society, appearing in many revues, plays and Gilbert and Sullivan productions. He acted with Neville Buswell another student at the school. Trained as a Drama and Art Teacher at St. Mary's University College, London 1964–67.

Over a forty five year career in theatre and TV, he has appeared regularly in series such as The Sweeney, Porridge, The Mistress, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Holby City, Casualty, End of Part One and No. 73, in films such as Robin Hood Junior, Jabberwocky, Quincy's Quest and The Remains of the Day in which he played the Postmaster.’’Sharpe (sharpe’s revenge) as a clark in the war office who hands sharpe his orders posting him to Yorkshire.’’

His best-known role is perhaps as the "Merry Balladeer" in the closing titles of Blackadder II, in which he also played the madman ("pity poor Tom") in "Money".[1] In addition to his acting career, he now runs a broadcast audio studio, producing and voicing radio and TV commercials.[2] In 2011 he played the part of solicitor "Ben Dean" in several episodes of Coronation Street. He played "Professor Aubrey" in the Feature Film "The Arbiter" 2013.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1975Robin Hood JuniorJugge
1977JabberwockyFlagellant
1979Quincy's QuestTeddy / Father Christmas
1987Hearts of FireReporter #1
1993The Remains of the DayPostmaster
2013The ArbiterAubrey
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gollark: Also perhaps stargates and other long-range teleporters if I fiddle with the recipes.
gollark: For example, in my very WIP pack, Botania items (especially advanced elven/gaia ones), NuclearCraft fusion reactor/dense energy storage/radiation remover systems, compact machine factories, that sort of thing, require lots of investment in one mod or something like that, so people will probably try and make and sell those.
gollark: Really? As far as I've seen people just set up their own basement farms.
gollark: Nobody's done it on SC yet, though automated commodity markets would be extremely cool.

References

  1. "Blackadder II – Blackadder Hall". Blackadder Hall. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. http://www.tonyaitken.co.uk



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