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Tony Aitken
Born: 20th Jun 1946 Solihull, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Dept: Acting
Tony Aitken is an English actor, known for playing a variety of 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 five year career in theatre and TV, he has appeared regularly in series such as The Sweeney, Porridge, The Mistress, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Holby City, Casualty, End of Part One and No. 73, in films such as Robin Hood Junior, Jabberwocky, Quincy's Quest and The Remains of the Day in which he played the Postmaster. Sharpe (sharpe’s revenge) as a clark in the war office who hands sharpe his orders posting him to Yorkshire.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 23
Film: 9 (39%)
Television: 14 (61%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Mystery, Family, Music, Action & Adventure
Filmography
2013
A brilliant but misguided man feels that he has the right to decide who is worth their place on earth. ... view
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Aubrey
Feb 2000 (first aired)
My Hero is a BBC sitcom created by Paul Mendelson. The programme ran for six series, first broadcast in February 2000, and concluding in September 200 ... view
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Mr Lawrence (1 ep.)
1997
England, Summer 1814.
Sharpe returns to England, with his reputation fully restored. He is soon ordered to the North of England to take command of a ... view
Character:
Horse Guards Clerk
Nov 1995 (first aired)
Children's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes. ... view
Character:
Smithers (2 ep.)
1994
A writer begins to discover that his femme fatale character has come to life in the real world. ... view
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Oliver Khayam
1993
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with ... view
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Postmaster
Oct 1990 (first aired)
Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you th ... view
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TV Repairman (1 ep.)
Oct 1989 (first aired)
A situation comedy about divorcee James Shepherd, a charismatic vet, who struggles to run both a successful surgery and a home for his two teenage chi ... view
Character:
Artie (1 ep.)
Jan 1989 (first aired)
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poiro ... view
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Tommy Pinner (1 ep.)
Jun 1983 (first aired)
Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ag ... view
Character:
Minstrel (6 ep.)
Mad Beggar (1 ep.)
1982
The sketches include too many feet, Whicker's World looks at marriage, somewhere in Hell...1982, at look at the use of language in Arra Gemme, Bridesh ... view
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Jan 1982 (first aired)
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 ... view
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Unknown/various (159 ep.)
1979
It's the night before Christmas, and all the toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a ... view
Character:
Teddy
Apr 1979 (first aired)
End of Part One was a British television comedy sketch show written by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall, it was made by London Weekend Television. It ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (14 ep.)
1977
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened ... view
Character:
Flagellant
1977
The story of the love of writer and critic Willlam Hazlitt for the young daughter of his landlady in the 1820s. ... view
Character:
Cajah Walker
Feb 1976 (first aired)
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Ark ... view
Character:
Norman (1 ep.)
Jan 1975 (first aired)
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ... view
Character:
Shipping Clerk (1 ep.)
1975
Robin Hood Junior helps Maid Marion to escape from her wicked uncle. ... view
Character:
Jugge
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also t ... view
Character:
Chaplain (1 ep.)
Apr 1972 (first aired)
New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officer ... view
Character:
Jake (1 ep.)
Oct 1971 (first aired)
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at ... view
Character:
Mulligan (1 ep.)
Nov 1969 (first aired)
In Loving Memory is a British period sitcom set in an undertakers business that starred Thora Hird and Christopher Beeny. A pilot was transmitted in 1 ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)