Mike Reid
Birthday: Born in 1940-01-19 in Hackney, London, England, UK
Deathday: 2007-07-29
Michael Reid (19 January 1940 – 29 July 2007) was an English comedian, actor, author and occasional television presenter. He played the role of Frank Butcher in the soap opera EastEnders and hosted the children's game show Runaround. He was known for his gravelly voice and strong London accent. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TV Credits
EastEnders
Character: Frank Butcher
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough....
The Comedians
Character:
The comedians is a British television show of the 1970s produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television. The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Lennie Bennett, Stan Boardman, Jim Bowen, Jimmy Bright, Duggie Brown, Mike Burton, Dave Butler, Brian Carroll, Frank Carson, Mike Coyne, Jimmy Cricket, Colin Crompton, Pauline Daniels, Charlie Daze, Vince Earl, Steve Faye, Eddie Flanagan, Stu Francis, Ken Goodwin, Jackie Hamilton, Jerry Harris...
Underworld
Character:
A pair of unexceptional suburban siblings are drawn into a dark web of crime and danger....
Yus, My Dear
Character: Benny Briggs
Wally and Lil Briggs have moved from the caravan site where they lived for many years and now live in a council house. Wally has even got a well-paid job on a building site and life is looking good for them. The arrival of Benny, Wally's younger brother, spoils their happiness as he sponges off Wally while looking for a permanent place to stay. Lil is all too aware of his tricks even if the gullible Wally is not ......
The Secret Show
Character:
The Secret Show is a British animated show commissioned by BBC Worldwide in partnership with BBC Children's. Production of the show began in 2004 and first debuted in 2006. It currently airs on CBBC, ABC1, BBC One, BBC Kids, Teletoon+, MBC3, 2x2, Disney Channel Latin America, TVB Pearl, and TSR 2. It debuted on the American Nicktoons on January 20, 2007, and was later cancelled in 2011. It also used to air on Jetix Latin America...
Minder
Character: Vernon
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley....
Cilla
Character: Self
A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests....
EastEnders
Character: Frank
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough....
The Detectives
Character: Ronnie Richardson
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs....
The Sooty Show
Character: Banana Briggs
The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures and comedic day to day life of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo with their owner Harry Corbett, and in later years, his son Matthew....
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
Character: Self
A BBC variety entertainment summer series, for the first season presented from The Fort Regent Leisure Centre, Jersey and from The Dominion Theatre in London's Tottenham Court Road for the second....
Worzel Gummidge
Character: Fairground Owner
Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until 1981. Channel 4 reprised the show in 1987 as Worzel Gummidge Down Under, which was set in New Zealand....
Movie Credits
Snatch
Character: Doug The Head
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond....
Oh Marbella!
Character: Jack Winter
Marbella, the original Costa del Sol paradise for the rich and famous and for those wishing they were....
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Character: Frank Butcher
All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special....
Moussaka & Chips
Character: Shalom Godsall
Getaway driver Miles Foster is placed in witness protection after the murder of his friend Andres by Astin Brody, a shady underworld boss. Miles is hidden on the Greek Island of Zanthi with a recently graduated female MI6 officer, Charlotte Green. Shalom Godsall, Brody's disgruntled number two, has recommended two Irish assassins take out Miles, much to their surprise as a father and son assassin team they h ave a terrible track record. Godsall, however, is working with American secret service t...
Mike Reid - Alive & Kidding
Character: Self
Mike Reid's stand up performance at the Beck Theatre...
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Character: Thal (uncredited)
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks....
The Dirty Dozen
Character: Sergeant at War Games HQ (uncredited)
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences....
Making 'Snatch'
Character: Self
The making of Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch'....
Doctor Who: The War Machines
Character: Soldier
The TARDIS arrives in London in 1966 and the First Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower. There they meet Professor Brett, whose revolutionary new computer WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) can actually think for itself and is shortly to be linked up to other major computers around the world — a project overseen by civil servant Sir Charles Summer....
The Lock-In
Character: Frank Butcher
The Lock-In never ends. Consisting entirely of pub footage from the British soap opera EastEnders, it is endless inasmuch as its source is endless and its makers living....
Jack Said
Character: Guv'nor
Some journeys are measured by what you sacrifice to get there...
Pussy in Boots
Character:
Based on the tale of "Puss in Boots", Pussy in Boots follows 'Pussy' as she searches for her pantomime Prince. The role of Pussy is played by the adult actress Cindy Milo. Pussy is helped to find her Prince by Big Dick Whittington (played by Reid) and a fairy godmother known as 'Wonder Woman' played by Windsor....
The Magnificent Two
Character: Train Guard (uncredited)
Two salesmen travel to a small South American Country to peddle their wares. However the country is in the middle of a major conflict between the Government led by Diaz and the rebels led by Torez. When Torez is accidentally killed the rebels mistaken pick up one of the salesmen, Eric, as he looks like Torez. Eric and Ernie are promised millions to carry on the charade once the rebels take charge. However once Eric takes charge he finds himself back in danger as scheming general Carillo plans to...
Steptoe & Son
Character: Compere
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household....
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
Character: Major D'Omo
Danny La Rue plays Cinderella's wicked stepmother in this grand tradition of a Christmas pantomime....
Mike Reid: Live - Uncensored
Character:
Mike Reid, the TV Star, appears as you've never seen him before, in this special video presentation. No holds are barred as he delivers his uncensored and strictly adult only stand-up comedy routine. Devastatingly funny and totally unstoppable, it's a whirlwind of a performance which leaves no areas of life unmentioned. Sex, religion and politics all get the same down to earth treatment, as Mike Reid displays to a celebrity audience, the comic genius which first brought him to fame. An unforget...
Mister Ten Per Cent
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. When it's finished it arrives on the desk of a London impresario, when he wants to stage a flop....