| Birth date | 18 February 1944 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Years active | 1968–2006 |
| Alma mater | Rose Bruford College |
| Death date | 26 November 2006 (aged 62) |
| Death place | London, England |
| Birth name | Anthony Thomas Jackson |
Anthony Thomas Jackson (18 February 1944 – 26 November 2006) was an English actor. He appeared as the founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the BBC children's comedy series Rentaghost and as Sid Abbott's neighbour Trevor, in the sitcom Bless This House.
Jackson began his career with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He studied at Rose Bruford College and in 1965 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary.[1] Later he played at the Mermaid Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.
Roles
Jackson played the part of The Tale Bearer (a narrator not included in the original story) in the 1968 BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.[2]
Jackson also provided a large number of voices in the animated children's series Ivor the Engine[3][4] and went on to have roles in many long-running British television series. He also appeared in the sitcoms Bless This House, All Our Saturdays, Mind Your Language, Citizen Smith, The Detectives, Lovejoy, Softly, Softly, Barlow at Large and Only Fools and Horses. In his final years, he appeared in The Bill, Casualty, Footballers' Wives and Doctors.
Voiceover
Jackson also did voiceovers for animation including the TV series The Dreamstone, Budgie the Little Helicopter, Zokko!, The Ed and Zed Show, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Watership Down, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends and Testament: The Bible in Animation and the film A Monkey's Tale.
He also did voices in live-action shows and films including The Storyteller, Labyrinth and A.D.A.M.
He found a niche in The Godot Company,[5] and became one of its principal members.
Death
Jackson died of cancer in London on 26 November 2006,[6] having been ill during rehearsals of Waiting for Godot whilst the company was touring in Ireland.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Ape | Credited as Tony Jackson |
| 1975 | Jungle Burger | Voice | English version, Credited as Tony Jackson |
| 1976 | Dawnbreakers | Unknown | Short film |
| 1986 | Labyrinth | The Four Guards Goblin (voice) | |
| 1999 | A Monkey's Tale | Additional voices | English version |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Z Cars | Mick Bentley (as Tony Jackson) | Episode: "You Can't Win 'Em All!: Part 1" |
| 1969 | Doctor in the House | Ponsonby (as Tony Jackson) | Episode: "The War of the Mascots" |
| 1969 | Happy Ever After | Joe Fowler | Episode: "Fowler's Day" |
| 1968–1970 | Zokko! | Voice | 21 episodes |
| 1970 | Softly, Softly: Task Force | Corry | Episode: "The Hermit" |
| 1970 | Wicked Women | Richard Timms (as Tony Jackson) | Episode: "Anne Maria Moody" |
| 1970 | If It Moves, File It | Bill | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 1970 | Tales of Unease | Derek | Episode: "Ride, Ride" |
| 1970 | The Ed and Zed Show | Voice | 9 episodes |
| 1970 | Beyond Belief | Unknown | |
| 1971 | The Liver Birds | Wilf (as Tony Jackson) | Episode: "The Holiday Fund aka Housekeeping" |
| 1971 | Rules, Rules, Rules | Mr. Plenty | Episode: "Too Many Rules" |
| 1971 | Father, Dear Father | Milkman | Episode: "The Naked Truth" |
| 1971 | You're Only Young Twice | Benny | 6 episodes |
| 1972 | Mike and Bernie | Milkman | Episode: "The Dog It Was That Died" |
| 1972 | Three in a Bed | Bert | Television film |
| 1972 | Love Thy Neighbour | Malcolm | Episode: "The T.U.C. Conference '72" |
| 1972 | Thirty Minutes Worth | Unknown | Episode: #1.3 |
| 1973 | Barlow | Bernie Crane | Episode: "Review" |
| 1973 | All Our Saturdays | Frank Bosomworth | 6 episodes |
| 1973 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | The Voice of A.D.A.M. | Episode: "A.D.A.M.", voice |
| 1971–1976 | Bless This House | Trevor Lewis | 44 episodes |
| 1976 | Spring and Autumn | Jim the milkman | Episode: #4.3 |
| 1976 | Ivor the Engine | Dai Station Evans the Song Mr. Dinwiddy | 14 episodes, voice |
| 1977 | Whodunnit? | Bill Jennings | 2 episodes |
| 1977–1978 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Charles Richard Smith | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Mind Your Language | Mr Jarvis | Episode: "A Point of Honour" |
| 1976–1979 | Rentaghost | Fred Mumford | 24 episodes |
| 1980 | Citizen Smith | Italian Barman | Episode: "Buon Natale" |
| 1981 | Bognor | Barnabas | 6 episodes |
| 1982 | Frost in May | Lister | Episode: "The Sugar House" |
| 1982 | Only Fools and Horses | Juan the Spanish Prison Guard | Episode: "It Never Rains..." |
| 1984 | Bootle Saddles | Man (as Tony Jackson) | Episode: "Besieged, Bothered and Bewildered" |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Brian | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | EastEnders | Carpet Salesman | Episode: #1.122 |
| 1987 | Bust | Sales Manager | Episode: "Stag at Bay" |
| 1988 | The StoryTeller | Devil (as Tony Jackson) | Episode: "The Soldier and Death", voice |
| 1990 | The Dreamstone | Nug Mr. Blossom | Voice |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Puck | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", voice |
| 1992 | Boon | Bert | Episode: "Shot in the Dark" |
| 1994 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Policeman | Episode: "The Tale of Pigling Bland", voice |
| 1995 | The Governor | Matthew Effinger (uncredited) | Episode: #1.1 |
| 1995 | Rich Deceiver | Night Club Singer (as Tony Jackson) | Television film |
| 1996 | The Detectives | First copper | Episode: "Sacked" |
| 1994–1996 | Budgie the Little Helicopter | Don Ken (as Tony Jackson) | 39 episodes, voice |
| 1996 | The Upper Hand | Taxi-driver | Episode: "The Chunnel of Love" |
| 1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Jailer Trader (as Tony Jackson) | Episode: "Joseph", voice |
| 1997 | Screen Two | Caller | Episode: "Burn Your Phone" |
| 1997 | Backup | Talbot | Episode: "Something for the Weekend, Sir?" |
| 1998 | The Life of Confucius | Baron Chi Baron 3 Tzeng Tzu | |
| 1998 | Mosley | Returning Officer | Episode: "Rules of the Game" |
| 1999 | Santa's Last Christmas | The Postbear | Television film, voice |
| 2001 | Watership Down | Kehaar | 5 episodes, voice |
| 2001 | Casualty | Landlord | Episode: "Consequences" |
| 1993–2004 | The Bill | Fred Cross George Decker Quayle | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Footballers' Wives | Marco | Episode: #4.4 |
| 2001–2006 | Doctors | Leslie Broughton Mr. Eagles | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | ChuckleVision | Worthington Kent | Episode: "In a Pickle" |
Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Hobbit | The Tale Bearer | [7] |
| 1968 | The Hard Buy | Zarkas (ep 3 onwards) | [8] |
References
- ^ Carleton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018
- ^ "The Hobbit (Dramatised) (Audio Download): Paul Daneman, Anthony Jackson, Heron Carvic, J. R. R. Tolkien, BBC Worldwide Ltd: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "British actor Anthony Jackson dead at 62". The Big Cartoon Forum. 10 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- ^ DeMott, Rick (18 December 2006). "Ivor the Engine Actor Dies". Animation World Network. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "The Godot Company"
- ^ "Anthony Jackson – News Obituaries". The Independent. 9 December 2006. Archived 7 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- ^ "J R R TOLKIEN - THE HOBBIT & THE LORD OF THE RINGS". www.britishdrama.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "The Hard Buy". www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m001q68d. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
External links
- Anthony Jackson at IMDb