Tim Healy (actor)
| Tim Healy | |
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Healy in 2007
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| Born |
Timothy Malcolm Healy 29 January 1952 Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK |
| Residence | Wilmslow, Cheshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Known for |
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) Boys from the Bush (1991–1992) Heartburn Hotel (1998–2000) Waterloo Road (2009) Derren Litten's Benidorm (2009–present) Still Open All Hours (2014–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Denise Welch (m. 1988; div. 2012) Joan Anderton (m. 2015) |
| Children | 2: including Matthew |
Timothy Malcolm "Tim" Healy (born 29 January 1952) is an English actor, best known for playing Dennis Patterson in the television series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Les/Lesley in the ITV comedy-drama series Benidorm and Gastric in Still Open All Hours.
The son of Timothy Malcolm Healy Sr. and Sadie (née Wilson) who married in 1943, originally Tim Healy was a welder in a factory, also serving part-time in the 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment (Territorial Army). In 1973 he successfully responded to an advert for the Northern Arts School, obtaining a student grant and moving into acting. He was an early member of the Live Theatre Company on Tyneside, a touring company which put on drama productions in community halls and working men's clubs.
In 1982, Healy appeared in A Captain's Tale, depicting the triumph of West Auckland F.C. in the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup. In 1983, Healy was brought to public attention for his role in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet a TV comedy drama series about British builders working in Germany. During the mid-80s, Healy played Barney Bodger, the blundering handyman in the Children's ITV series Tickle on the Tum, becoming favourite with young viewers.
In the early-1990s, he appeared as a cockney ex-pat in the BBC series Boys From The Bush and played a binman in Common as Muck. In 2001, Healy appeared in the surreal BBC situation comedy Breeze Block, playing the head of a strange family. Healy had high hopes for the series, but was reportedly upset when it was only screened on the digital channel BBC Choice (later relaunched as BBC Three) and never broadcast on BBC One or BBC Two. He starred as a folk musician in the first episode of comedy series, Phoenix Nights. His band, "Half a Shilling", sang a song called "Send the Buggers Back", supposedly about a set of Holy Communion shoes, but clearly intended (to those who are themselves racist) as a racist anthem. He played Jackie Elliot in the West End musical Billy Elliot.
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