Person
Russ Abbot
Acting · Born 1947-09-16 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK
Biography
Russ Abbot is an English musician, comedian and actor. Born in Chester, he first came to public notice during the 1970s as the singer and drummer with British comedy showband the Black Abbots, later forging a prominent solo career as a television comedian with his own weekly show on British television.
Known for
Casualty
Simon Lancaster
Agatha Christie's Marple
CI Arthur Primer
Heartbeat
Stanley Leroy
Last of the Summer Wine
Hobbo
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Martin Trueman
Daytime Live
1987
Hotel Babylon
2006
Boomers
John
The Comedians
1971
Dream Street
Narrator
Filmography
- 2022Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of LaughsSelf
- 2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We WereSelf
- 2015Funny ValentinesMorris Roebuck
- 2014BoomersJohn
- 2012Run For Your WifeHospital Patient
- 2010The Michael Ball ShowSelf
- 2008Spectreman vs. Russ AbbottHimself
- 2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresMartin Trueman
- 2007A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to WillesdenJules Rendell
- 2006Hotel Babylon
- 2005National Theatre: My Fair Lady
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleCI Arthur Primer
- 1999Dream StreetNarrator
- 1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron MackintoshFagin
- 1996Married for LifeTed Butler
- 1993September SongTed Fenwick
- 1992HeartbeatStanley Leroy
- 1987Daytime Live
- 1986CasualtySimon Lancaster
- 1986The Russ Abbot Show
- 1983Live From Her Majesty'sSelf
- 1980Russ Abbot's Madhouse
- 1979Freddie Starr's Variety Madhouse
- 1973Last of the Summer WineHobbo
- 1971The Comedians
- —Dream StreetNarrator/Tech/The Sleeping Policeman (voice)
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