Tony Aitken
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Tony Aitken is an English actor, known for playing small parts in popular television programmes.
He attended Belmont Abbey School
, Hereford
, 1959–64. He was active in the amateur dramatic society, appearing in many revues, plays and Gilbert and Sullivan
productions. He acted with Neville Buswell
another student at the school. Trained as a Drama and Art Teacher at St. Mary's University College
, London 1964–67.
Over a forty year career in theatre and TV, he has appeared regularly in series such as Porridge
, Agatha Christie's Poirot
, Holby City
, Casualty
, End of Part One
, No. 73
and played the Postmaster in the film of The Remains of the Day
.
His best known role is perhaps as the "Merry Balladeer" in the closing titles of Blackadder II
, in which he also played the madman ("pity poor Tom") in "Money
".
He now runs a broadcast audio studio, producing and voicing radio and TV commercials.
He attended Belmont Abbey School
Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire
Belmont Abbey, in Herefordshire, England is a Catholic Benedictine monastery that forms part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It stands on a small hill overlooking the city of Hereford to the east, with views across to the Black Mountains, Wales to the west...
, Hereford
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...
, 1959–64. He was active in the amateur dramatic society, appearing in many revues, plays and Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
productions. He acted with Neville Buswell
Neville Buswell
Neville Buswell is a British actor, best known for his role as Ray Langton in Coronation Street.Neville Buswell attended Belmont Abbey School near Hereford from 1955-1960...
another student at the school. Trained as a Drama and Art Teacher at St. Mary's University College
St. Mary's University College
St. Mary's University College may mean:* St. Mary's University College , Northern Ireland, UK* St. Mary's University College, Calgary, Canada* St. Mary's University College , England, UK...
, London 1964–67.
Over a forty year career in theatre and TV, he has appeared regularly in series such as Porridge
Porridge (TV series)
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland...
, Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios...
, Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
, Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, End of Part One
End of Part One
End of Part One was a British television comedy sketch show written by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall and produced by Simon Brett, it was made by London Weekend Television. It ran for two series on ITV, from 1979 to 1980 and was an attempt at a TV version of The Burkiss Way...
, No. 73
No. 73
No 73, later re-titled 7T3, was a British 1980s children's TV show produced by Television South for the ITV network. It was broadcast live on Saturday mornings and ran from 1982 to 1988...
and played the Postmaster in the film of The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day (film)
The Remains of the Day is a 1993 Merchant Ivory film adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols and John Calley. It starred Anthony Hopkins as Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton with James Fox,...
.
His best known role is perhaps as the "Merry Balladeer" in the closing titles of Blackadder II
Blackadder II
Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986...
, in which he also played the madman ("pity poor Tom") in "Money
Money (Blackadder)
"Money" is the fourth episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603.-Plot:...
".
He now runs a broadcast audio studio, producing and voicing radio and TV commercials.