Michael Angelis
Born: 1944-04-29 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: 2020-05-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Angelis was an English actor and voice actor. Michael Angelis was one of the stars of the famous 1982 BBC drama serial Boys from the Black Stuff and another Alan Bleasedale drama G.B.H. (TV series). He also starred in comedies such as Luv and The Liver Birds, in which he appeared between series 5 and 9. He appeared as a villain in the revived television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet, alongside former fellow Black Stuff star Alan Igbon. Angelis is perhaps best known for narrating the British Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, which he has done since 1991, when he took over from Ringo Starr. Angelis was originally intended to provide some of the voices in the film adaptation of the series, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but he was dropped from the project when US test audiences thought he made the characters he originally voiced, James and Percy, sound too old. In 2007, he was reported to have stepped down from his role, with Pierce Brosnan taking over the role. However, Brosnan's narration was only heard in one feature special The Great Discovery, and Angelis has continued to provide the narration ever since. Angelis also narrated John Peel's autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes, on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. In 2006 he starred in the movie Fated, set in his home town of Liverpool, as well as in episodes of Midsomer Murders and The Bill in 2007. Angelis was married to the Coronation Street actress Helen Worth; however the two divorced in 2001 when Angelis admitted having an affair with model Jennifer Khalastchi Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Angelis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2012
- First Time Loser as Father Malachie
- Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery - The Movie as Narrator (voice)
- Good Cop as Robert Rocksavage
2011
- Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels - The Movie as Narrator (voice)
- Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails as Narrator (UK) (voice)
- Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas! as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
- Thomas and Friends - My First Thomas - With Diesel as Narrator (voice)
- Thomas and Friends - My First Thomas with the Fat Controller as Narrator (voice)
2010
- Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue as Narrator (voice)
- Thomas & Friends: The Lion of Sodor as Narrator (UK)
- Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish as Narrator (UK)
- Thomas and Friends - Heave Ho! as Narrator (UK/AUS/ZA)
- Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas as Narrator
- Thomas and Friends: My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold as Narrator (voice)
2009
- Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie as Narrator (UK) (voice)
2007
- Thomas & Friends: Rusty Saves The Day as Narrator (voice)
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
- Thomas & Friends: Together on the Tracks as Narrator
2006
- Jack and the Sodor Construction Company as Narrator
- Fated as Tatty
2005
- Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines! as Narrator (voice)
2004
- Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue as Narrator
- Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas as Narrator (voice)
2003
- The Virgin of Liverpool as Chalky White
- Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon as Narrator (UK)(voice)
1998
- The Jump as Donald Lewis
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Nicky Harding
- Melissa as D.I. Kilshaw
1996
- Stickin' Around
- Giving Tongue as Will Shaker
1995
- Joseph as Ruben
- The Thomas The Tank Engine Man as UK Thomas Narrator (uncredited)
1993
1992
- Heartbeat as Frank McCready
- A Touch of Frost
- Between the Lines
1991
- G.B.H. as Martin Niarchos
1990
- The Last Supper as Terence Halliday
1987
- The Marksman as Irwin
1985
- No Surrender as Mike
- Time Trouble as Jack
- I Woke Up One Morning
1984
- Thomas & Friends as Narrator (Voice)
1983
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Micky Startup
- Reilly: Ace of Spies as Artuzov
1982
- Boys from the Blackstuff as Chrissie Todd
- Wood and Walters
1981
- Bergerac as Tony Morel
- Bobby Wants to Meet Me as Frankie
1980
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square as Pealer Bell
- The Black Stuff as Chrissie Todd
- George & Mildred as Café Proprietor
1979
- Minder as Nick
1977
- The Professionals as Len Clarke
- Robin's Nest as Waiter
1974
- Playhouse as Frankie
- Village Hall as Terry Elliot
1973
- Censored Scenes from King Kong as Henry Benchgelter
1972
- Under the Age as Mike
1969
- The Liver Birds as Lucien