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Michael Angelis

Michael Angelis

Birthday: 1952-01-18 | Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Michael Angelis (18 January 1952 - 30 May 2020) 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
2012
Good Cop

as    Robert Rocksavage

2011
Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails

as    Narrator (UK) (voice)

2011
2011
Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas!

as    Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

2010
Thomas & Friends: The Lion of Sodor

as    Narrator (UK)

2010
Thomas and Friends - Heave Ho!

as    Narrator (UK/AUS/ZA)

2010
Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue

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)

2005
Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!

as    Narrator (voice)

2004
Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas

as    Narrator (voice)

2003
The Virgin of Liverpool

as    Chalky White

1997
Melissa

as    D.I. Kilshaw

1997
Melissa

as    D.I. Kilshaw

1996
Giving Tongue

as    Will Shaker

1995
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

as    UK Thomas Narrator (uncredited)

1991
G.B.H.

as    Martin Niarchos

1987
The Marksman

as    Irwin

1985
No Surrender

as    Mike

1982
Boys from the Blackstuff

as    Chrissie Todd

1981
Bobby Wants to Meet Me

as    Frankie

1980
George & Mildred

as    Café Proprietor

1980
The Black Stuff

as    Chrissie Todd

1980
1972
Under the Age

as    Mike