Keith Wickham
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Keith Wickham is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

 and voice actor.

He is well known for voicing Changed Daily in The Secret Show
The Secret Show
The Secret Show is a British animated show commissioned by BBC Children's in partnership with BBC Worldwide. First debuted in 2006, it currently airs on CBBC, The Den, ABC, BBC One, BBC Kids, MBC3 and TSR 2...

, Mr. Small, and Mr. Tall
Mr. Tall
Mr. Tall is the thirty-first book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.-Story:Mr. Tall hates his oversized legs. He meets Mr. Small, and when Mr. Small goes for a swim, Mr. Tall can't, but three other Mr. Men teach him that oversized body parts can be helpful. Mr. Tall decides his long legs...

 in The Mr. Men Show
The Mr. Men Show
The Mr. Men Show is an animated television series based on the original Mr. Men and Little Miss books created in the 1970s, 80s and 90s by British author Roger Hargreaves and his son Adam Hargreaves. Adapted from the published source material into a television variety program, The Mr...

 (UK version), Corneil in Corneil & Bernie (aka Watch My Chops), Mr. Mouseling and most of the male voices in Angelina Ballerina
Angelina Ballerina
Angelina Ballerina is a fictional mouse, created by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig, who is featured in a popular series of children's books...

, Nelson the Elephant, Victor the Crocodile and others in 64 Zoo Lane
64 Zoo Lane
-Synopsis:It features a 7 year-old girl named Lucy who lives at 64 Zoo Lane, next door to a Zoo. Each night she is told a story by the animals present there. Characters include Georgina the Giraffe, Nelson the Elephant, Tickles and Giggles the Monkeys, Boris the Bear, and Molly the Hippopotamus....

 and Frank Koala, Archie the Crocodile and Sammy the Shopkeeper in The Koala Brothers
The Koala Brothers
The Koala Brothers is an animated children's television show that features the adventures of two brothers, Frank and Buster, as they seek to help their neighbors in a sleepy town in the Australian Outback...

.

He is Polluto in Tommy Zoom
Tommy Zoom
-Heroes:* Tommy Zoom - A child superhero, complete with cape and large Z imprinted on his chest.* Daniel - Tommy's dog and sidekick, who often discovers the problem.-Villains:...

, the first in-house BBC animation production, The Professor, Pipsquawk, Trevor and Mr. Crumble in Frankenstein's Cat
Frankenstein's Cat
Frankenstein's Cat http://www.wimp.com/frankensteincat/ ISBN 0-689-84695-9), created by Curtis Jobling, is a children's picture book that follows the exploits of Doctor Frankenstein's first experiment. The cat is created by the Doctor out of nine different cats, leading to his name being Nine...

 and is also in Jungle Junction
Jungle Junction
Jungle Junction is a current CGI animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. It airs on Disney Junior in the United States, as well as Playhouse Disney in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and on Playhouse Disney in Asia. It is produced in the UK by...

, currently in production (Early 2009) for Playhouse Disney
Playhouse Disney
Playhouse Disney was Disney Channel's television block for programs aimed at entertaining preschool aged children, often airing as its own channel outside the United States. It was introduced in 1997 after Disney Channel's move to basic cable from premium cable, with a target audience of children...

 and Spider Eye Productions.

Other cartoons include: Vampires, Pirates & Aliens
Vampires, Pirates & Aliens
Vampires, Pirates & Aliens was a CITV children's television program based on a the book by Colin Hawkins and Jacqui Hawkins. The story follows the adventures of the vampire known as "the Blods", and features a ship names "The Mad Maggot" including the character "Captain Blunder" and crew.The show...

, Tails and The Thousand Tasks, The Way Things Work
The Way Things Work
The Way Things Work is a book by David Macaulay. It is intended to serve as an entertaining introduction to everyday machines. It covers machines as simple as levers and gears and as complicated as radio telescopes and automatic transmissions...

, and The Octonauts
The Octonauts
The Octonauts is a Children's TV Series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series was based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy of Meomi Design Inc....

 in which he plays both Professor Inkling and biologist Shellington. He has appeared in about 20 CD-ROM games including Fable and Fable II, and his voice is on numerous TV commercials. He appeared on stage as Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...

 in Round the Horne Revisited.

He is also recognised for playing Steff ant Sariac from Pitt and Kantrop.

Thomas & Friends

Since 2009, Wickham is working on the new CGI
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...

 version of the British Children's Television series Thomas and Friends.

Providing voices of various characters such as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Salty, Harold, Captain, Whiff, Dash, Den, Skarloey, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Mr. Bubbles, The Railway-Coal Inspector and of course "Sir Topham Hatt - The Fat Controller" (including his brother "Sir Loham Hatt" and mother "Mrs Dowager Hatt").

Other work

Wickham also worked as an actor and writer on the radio series Bits from Last Week's Radio
Bits from Last Week's Radio
Bits from Last Week's Radio was a radio programme that aired from Jan 1995-July 1996. There were 24 hour-long episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 1. It starred Greg Proops...

recorded by Ear Drum productions for BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

.

External links

  • http://www.cbeebies.com
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