Jon Glover
English actor (b. 1952)
Jon Glover
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Jonathan Philip Glover
( 1952-12-26 ) 26 December 1952 (age 70) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1972–present |
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Jonathan Philip Glover (born 26 December 1952) is an English actor. He has appeared in various television programmes including Play School , Survivors , the Management consultant in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , Casualty , Bodger & Badger and Peak Practice .
He provided the voices of several characters in the Animals of Farthing Wood animated series , and is also known for voice-acting for Noah's Island , Spitting Image [1] and the character King Trode in the English language version of the PlayStation 2 game Dragon Quest VIII . He often appears in radio plays for Radio 4 . [2] [3] He was a regular on the Radio 4 satirical programme Week Ending during the 1980s. He played the upper crust English character Mr Cholmondley-Warner in spoof 1940s government documentaries in Harry Enfield's Television Programme with excessive Received Pronunciation .
His voices for Spitting Image included Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , weather forecaster Ian McCaskill , Melvyn Bragg , Oliver Reed , South African State President P.W. Botha and snooker player Steve Davis .
He also did voices on other animated programmes such as Little Ghosts , The Adventures of Paddington Bear , Mr. Bean (2002), Ludwig , and Metalheads .
Glover has played theatrical agent Maurice Skellern in BBC Radio 4 adaptations of the Charles Paris mysteries; [4] [5] and in May 2013 played the roles of Lord Portico & Stockton in a BBC radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere , adapted by Dirk Maggs.
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- ↑ Arnell, Stephen (5 March 2020). " 'And what about the vegetables?' " . mediatel.co.uk . Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
- ↑ Hemley, Matthew (1 November 2012). "BBC Radio celebrates Michael Frayn's 80th | News" . The Stage . Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
- ↑ "Mr Standfast - S1 - Episode 1" . Radio Times . Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - A Charles Paris Mystery, Cast in Order of Disappearance, Episode 1" . BBC . Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
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