Michael Angelis

Michael Angelis
Born (1952-01-18) 18 January 1952
Liverpool, England
Residence Berkshire, England[1]
Occupation Actor
Years active 1972–present
Known for Thomas & Friends (UK)
Spouse(s)
Helen Worth
(m. 1991; div. 2001)
[2]
Jennifer Khalastchi (m. 2001)
Relatives Paul Angelis (brother)

Michael Angelis (born 18 January 1952) is an English actor and voice actor. He is the younger brother of fellow actor Paul Angelis. He is best known for his work on Thomas and Friends.

Career

Michael trained at the College of Dramatic Art, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, where, inter alia, he played roles in Brendan Behan's The Hostage and The Zykovs by Maxim Gorky. He was featured in Boys from the Black Stuff (1982) and G.B.H..

Michael appeared in comedies such as The Liver Birds (1975–78) and Luv (1993–94) and films such as A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979) and No Surrender (1985). In 1983, he appeared at the Manchester Royal Exchange in Harold Pinter's 'The Caretaker'. He was a villain in the revived television series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002), alongside former fellow Black Stuff star Alan Igbon. He narrated the UK version of Thomas & Friends TV series from 1991 to 2012, when he took over from Ringo Starr until Mark Moraghan took over him in 2013.

He narrated John Peel's autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes,[3] which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. In 2006, he starred in Fated, a film set in Liverpool, as well as in episodes of Midsomer Murders and The Bill in 2007. In September 2011, he participated in the BBC Radio 4 programme The Reunion talking with others cast members about his roles in the Boys from the Blackstuff.[4]

Personal life

Michael was married to the Coronation Street actress Helen Worth, but the couple divorced in 2001.[2]

Michael married Welsh model Jennifer Thomas Khalastchi in 2001.[5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978The Black StuffChrissie Todd
1979Me You and HimLucien
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquarePealer Bell
1980George and MildredCafé proprietor
1983Pride of our AlleyMonty Banks
1985No SurrenderMike
1994WoodcockCyril
1996Giving TongueWill Shaker
2000Thomas and the Magic RailroadJames and PercyVoices; film cut
Replaced by Susan Roman and Linda Ballantyne
2005Calling All Engines!UK Narrator
2006FatedTatty
2009Hero of the RailsUK Narrator
2010Misty Island RescueUK Narrator
2011Day of the DieselsUK Narrator
2012Blue Mountain MysteryUK Narrator
First Time LoserFather Malachie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972The Scobie ManFire Officer
The Thirty-Minute TheatreMike
Coronation StreetFranny SlaterEpisode 1226
1972, 1974Z-Cars Trev/BoboEpisodes: "Week Off", "Bits An Bats"
1974Village HallTerry ElliotSeason 1 Episode 1
1975–1979, 1996The Liver BirdsLucien/Lucian Boswell34 episodes
1976Rock FolliesStavros
1977Crown CourtLewis Van DorenEpisode: "The Family Business: Part 1"
1977, 1978Robin's NestNiarchos/WaiterSeason 1 Episode 3, Season 2 Episode 4
1979HazellScouse BennyEpisode: "Hazell Gets the Bird"
1980MinderNick
1981The Little World of Don Camillo (TV Series)1st Salesman
BBC2 PlayhouseFrankieSeason 7, Episode 15
World's EndDanny
1982Wood and WaltersChuck Sweeney/VisitorSeason 1, Episode 5 and 6
The Gaffer'Bad-Back' BarkerEpisode: "Unfit as a Fiddle"
Boys from the BlackstuffChristopher "Chrissie" Todd
The ProfessionalsLen ClarkeEpisode: "Lawson's Last Stand"
1983Reilly, Ace of SpiesArtuzovEpisodes: "The Last Journey, "Shutdown"
BergeracTony MorelEpisode: "Holiday Snaps"
1985I Woke Up One MorningMax
Summer SeasonJack ShaughnessyEpisode: "Time Trouble"
1987The Marksman (TV series)Irwin
1989BreadMr CossackSeason 5, Episode 2
The Russ Abbot ShowSeason 4, Episode 2 and 4
1990Single VoicesTerenceEpisode: "The Last Supper"
1991G.B.H.Martin Niarchos
1991–2012Thomas the Tank Engine & FriendsNarratorUK version
US version
Video 2004: 6 episodes/New Friends for Thomas
1992Wail of the BansheeMerlin
Between the LinesDet Insp KendrickSeason 1, Episode 6
BoonDon FeldmanEpisode: "Blackballed"
1993LovejoyTommy NorrisEpisode: "Second Fiddle"
LuvHarold CravenSeason 1 Episode 4
1993, 1995, 1998, 2015CasualtyGordon McCauley/Jez Ingrams/Ollie Yates/Stanley MomfordSeason 7 Episode 24, Season 10 Episode 14, Season 13 Episode 14, Season 29 Episode 21
1993–1995September SongArnie
1994Against All OddsEpisode: Snatched
1995JosephRueben
1996Whatever Happened to The Liver Birds? Lucien Hennessey
1997Common As MuckPeteSeason 2, Episode 4 and 5
A Touch of FrostReggie StansfieldEpisode: "Penny for the Guy"
MelissaD.I Kilshaw
Harry Enfield and ChumsAppeared in the episode Harry Enfield and Christmas Chums alongside Thomas & Friends narrator Mark Moraghan
1998The JumpDonald Lewis
2000Holby CityEddie BurkeSeason 2 Episode 10
HeartbeatFrank McCready
Playing the FieldChris/Chris HurstSeason 3 Episode 1–6, Season 4 Episode 4
2002Auf Wiedersehen, PetMickey Startup
Always and EveryoneFrankie HillsEpisode: "A New Breed"
2003Sweet MedicineLiamSeason 1 Episode 5
2004MerseybeatColin NivernEpisode: "Distant Vices"
2006Jack and the Sodor Construction CompanyUK NarratorSpinoff series of Thomas & Friends
2007Midsomer MurdersNicky HardingEpisode: "The Axeman Cometh"
The BillMartin DonnellyEpisode: "Good Cop Bad Cop"
2012Good CopRobert Rocksavage

Video games

YearTitleRole
1999Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival AdventureAll characters
2000Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks
2002Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line

References

  1. ↑ https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-born-actor-michael-angelis-delighted-3338384
  2. 1 2 Crawford, Sue (7 March 2010). "Coronation Street's Gail in Jail: Helen Worth on soap's hottest story". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Profile, audiogo.com; accessed August 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ BBC
  5. ↑ "Coronation Street's Helen Worth talks for the first time about her marriage break-up sadness". Daily Mirror. 12 March 2001. Retrieved 9 April 2015.


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