Brian Conley
Birthday: Born in 1961-08-07 in Paddington, London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Brian Conley is one of the UK's most versatile and popular performers. He has become a household name thanks to such diverse characters as Dangerous Brian, Nick Frisby "It's a puppet", Doug Digby and the legendary Al Jolson. He was born and raised in West London and studied Performing Arts at The Barbara Speake Stage School and then at the age of 16 hit the road and made a living performing cabaret in nightclubs. He began his TV career as a warm up man for Terry Wogan, Noel Edmonds and Kenny Everett, but soon started appearing in front of the cameras with regular appearances in Five Alive and Live from the Palladium. He was soon snapped up by ITV and given his own starring vehicle to demonstrate his unique and versatile talents, this was Brian Conley - This Way Up which was followed by The Brian Conley Show. Taken from www.brianconley.com
TV Credits
The One Show
Character: Self
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One....
Strictly Come Dancing
Character: Self
A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?...
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Character: Self
A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances....
The Paul O'Grady Show
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The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4, where the show was produced by Olga TV. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions....
Survivors
Character: Michael
Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague – referred to as "The Death" – that kills nearly the entire human population of the planet....
The Grimleys
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The Grimleys is a nostalgic comedy-drama television series set on a council estate in Dudley, West Midlands, England in the mid-1970s. It was first broadcast by Granada TV for ITV in 1999, following a pilot in 1997, and concluded in 2001 after three series. The show was written by Jed Mercurio, who had trained as a doctor and whose first series, Cardiac Arrest - written under the pseudonym 'John MacUre' - had attracted critical plaudits for its dark portrayal of life in a disintegrating British...
Pointless Celebrities
Character: Self
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of....
GMTV
Character: Self
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010....
Busy Buses
Character: Narrator (voice)
The adventures of a loveable family of buses who live in the small town of Chumley, in the heart of the country-side. As they chat and argue, joke and tease one another, the buses go about their daily duties, and help each other out of all kinds of scrapes....
An Audience with...
Character: Self
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style....
Guessable
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Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. Sara Pascoe hosts the show with John Kearns on hand as her assistant. Alan Davies and Darren Harriott are the team captains, in a format that puts a twist on classic family games....
Bradley Walsh: The Laugh's on Me
Character: Self
The TV star gives a personal and honest account of his own life, joined by his nearest and dearest celebrity friends to tell the incredible story of his career....
Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Panellist
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games....
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction...
Celebrity Juice
Character: Self
The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show....
The Weakest Link
Character: Self - Participant
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?...
Blankety Blank
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Bradley Walsh presents the triumphant return of Britain's blank-iest game show. Can he control his celebrity panel and help contestants win the coveted cheque book and pen?...
Celebrity Catchphrase
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In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities....
Ready Steady Cook
Character: Self - Guest
Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes...
Last of the Summer Wine
Character: Boothroyd
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world....
Parkinson
Character: Self
Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show....
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Character: Self
Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally....
Pictionary
Character: Self - Team Captain
Game show hosted by Mel Giedroyc in which two celebrity captains lead contestants on a mission to draw images that match a word or phrase from a specific category, with their team-mates having to guess correctly to score....
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
Character: Self
The place to catch up on all things Celebrity Big Brother UK! Join Rylan Clark-Neal for the best mix of exclusive clips, news and reactions from the house, plus celebrity guests and live debates in the studio....
Movie Credits
Circus
Character: Bruno
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoi...
Brian Conley: Alive and Dangerous
Character: Self
Live special featuring Brian Conley...
Hotel!
Character: Inspector Cochrane
The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to by a host of wacky characters who obviously don't get out much....
Arthur's Dyke
Character: Dave
Twenty years ago, three men set out on the longest walk of their lives. They vowed to repeat the walk, but this time they are joined by a forty year old wife and mother who is in the midst of a mid-life crisis....
Cruise of the Gods
Character: Himself
Andy Van Allen, former hero of a cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy recieves an ususual offer - the Children of Castor fan club organising a cruise around the Greek islands with him as the prinicipal celebrity - a combination of Andy's cynicism, his fans' adoration, a misguided sexual encounter and an unexpected reunion with his more famous co-star, Nick Lee, ensure the paradise cruise is far from plain sailing....
An Audience With Brian Conley
Character:
Brian Conley: An Audience with...
Jackboots on Whitehall
Character: Stupid Farmer/Zeppelin Crew/Various (voice)
A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion....
Equilibrium
Character: Reading Room Proprietor
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system....
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
Character: Self
The end of an era as the studios where ITV filmed its many shows for 45 years closes its doors for the last time....
Still Working 9 to 5
Character: Self
Examines the 40-year evolution of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace since the 1980 release of the comedy film “9 to 5” starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman....
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
Character: Dandini
Danny La Rue plays Cinderella's wicked stepmother in this grand tradition of a Christmas pantomime....