Mel Smith
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Image:MelSmithNTNON.jpg Mel Smith (born in London on December 3, 1952) is an English actor, film director, writer, and producer. He was educated at New College, Oxford.
He made his breakthrough in the topically satirical BBC television series Not the Nine O'clock News. This was followed briefly by Smith and Goody (with Bob Goody) and then the comedy sketch series Alas Smith and Jones, co-starring Griff Rhys Jones, its title being a pun on the name of the American TV series Alias Smith and Jones.
In 1981, Smith and Griff Rhys Jones founded TalkBack Productions, a company which has produced many of the most significant British comedy shows of the past two decades, including Smack the Pony, Da Ali G Show, I'm Alan Partridge and Big Train.
In 1987, he recorded a single with Kim Wilde for Comic Relief, a cover of the Christmas song Rockin' around the Christmas tree with some extra comedy lines written by Smith and Rhys Jones.
Mel Smith also guest starred on an episode of The Goodies.
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TV shows
Performer
- Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
- Smith And Goody (1980)
- Fundamental Frolics (1981)
- Alas Smith And Jones (1982)
- Weekend In Wallop (1984)
- Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
- The Home-made Xmas Video (1987)
- The World According To Smith And Jones (1987)
- Colin's Sandwich (1988)
- Smith And Jones (1989)
- Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
- Comic Relief (1991)
- The Night Of Comic Relief (1995)
- A Gala Comedy Hour (Best Of The Prince's Trust) (1996)
Writer
- Not The Nine O'clock News (1979)
- Smith And Goody (1980)
- Fundamental Frolics (1981)
- Alas Smith And Jones (1982)
- Weekend In Wallop (1984)
- Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
- Smith And Jones (1989)
- Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
- A Gala Comedy Hour (Best Of The Prince's Trust) (1996)
Producer
- Too Much Sun (2000)
Filmography
Director
- The Tall Guy (1989)
- Radioland Murders (1994)
- Bean (1997)
- High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
- Blackball (2003)
Actor
- Bullshot (1983) - Crouch
- Slayground (1983) - Terry Abbatt
- Morons from Outer Space (1985) - Bernard; also co-wrote the script with Griff Rhys Jones
- The Princess Bride (1987) - The Albino
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1988) - Mr. Grimshaw
- Wilt (from a novel by Tom Sharpe) (1989) - Inspector Flint
- Brain Donors (aka Lame Ducks) (1992) - Rocco Melonchek
- Twelfth Night (1996) - Sir Toby Belch