Jimmy Mulville
| Jimmy Mulville | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Thomas Mulville 5 January 1955 Liverpool, England |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, comedian, producer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
James Thomas "Jimmy" Mulville (born 5 January 1955) is an English comedian, comedy writer, producer and television presenter. Mulville is best known for co-founding in 1986 the British independent television production company Hat Trick Productions with Denise O'Donoghue and Rory McGrath (who left in 1992). In 2003, Mulville and O'Donoghue, as co-founders of Hat Trick, were listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
Brought up in Walton, Liverpool, Mulville went to Alsop High School. He began his career as an actor and writer for the Cambridge Footlights, whilst reading French and Classics at Jesus College. At Cambridge he met Rory McGrath with whom he both performed and wrote. He became president of Cambridge Footlights in 1977 and after graduating, went on to work for BBC Radio comedy for four years, producing shows such as Radio Active, before moving to television in 1984 as script editor and producer of Alas Smith and Jones.
He appeared in and co-wrote the cult TV show Who Dares Wins (1983–88). He was one of the cast of the British comedy series The Steam Video Company (1984). He starred in the ITV sitcom That's Love in the 1980s, along with Diana Hardcastle and Tony Slattery.
He co-wrote and starred with Rory McGrath in the two series of Chelmsford 123, a comedy set in Roman Britain, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1988 and 1990. They also co-wrote the Radio Comedy Glompus Van Der Hloed's Tales From The Crypt, which starred Andrew Sachs, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, which aired on Capital Radio in the early 1980s and subsequently released in an abridged version as an album. He featured on the radio version, as well as the television pilot, of UK improvisation show, Whose Line Is It Anyway, alongside Stephen Fry and Nonny Williams.
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