Nick Wilton

For the Australian footballer, see Nick Wilton (footballer).
Nick Wilton
Born (1957-03-08) 8 March 1957[1]
Stalham, Norfolk, England, UK
Residence Whitstable, Kent
Nationality British
Occupation Actor
Years active 1971–present
Notable work See below
Television Jackanory
EastEnders
Fast Forward
Spouse(s) Julie Dawn Cole
(1991-2002; divorced)
Lynette McMorrough
(m. 2006)
Children 2
Website http://www.nickwilton.com

Nick Wilton (born 8 March 1957) is an English actor and scriptwriter. Best known for playing Mr Lister in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as a recurring character, Wilton has also appeared in Carrott's Lib, Fast Forward and Jackanory.

Early and personal life

Wilton was born on 8 March 1957[1] in Stalham, Norfolk. He studied English and Drama at the University of Kent.[2] He currently resides in Whitstable, Kent with his third wife, the actress Lynette McMorrough.[3] He has two children with his second wife, Julie Dawn Cole, whom he met in 1988 in the revival of the Whitehall farce "Dry Rot"; they were divorced in 2002.[3] He is a patron of The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.[4]

Career

Acting

Wilton made his acting debut in 1980 in the Whitehall farce Simple Spymen, directed by Brian Rix[2] and went on to play opposite Brian in the West End revival of Dry Rot at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in 1988.[2] He has appeared in many TV shows such as the BBC soap opera EastEnders,[5][6][7][8] Doctors (twice), Casualty, Heartbeat, The Bill (three times), Carrott's Lib (two series and Election Specials), The Omid Djalili Show and the children's show Scoop with former EastEnders star, Shaun Williamson.[9] He appeared as a guest in My Dad's the Prime Minister, No. 73 (five series), Saturday Superstore as 'Mo the Crow' and as 'Mr Seagrove' for 11 episodes in Big Meg, Little Meg.[1][9] He was also in and wrote for the children's sketch show Fast Forward for 19 episodes between 1984-87.[1]

He has appeared in many stage productions such as Michael Cooney's play, Cash on Delivery at the Whitehall Theatre (now Trafalgar Studios), directed by Ray Cooney and Tom, Dick and Harry, as well as The Railway Children, playing Mr Perks in four UK tours.[9] On Radio he was in and wrote for In One Ear (3 series), Son of Cliché (2 series), Cover to Cover, Aspects of the Fringe and The Story So Far. He has written dialogue and provided voices for exhibitions at the London Transport Museum; presented the comedy channel for Emirates and SriLankan Airlines from 1998 to 2010 [2] and made a recording of Ricky Gervais's biography, The Story So Far.[10] In the late eighties he also performed cabaret.[9] Since 2000 he has appeared as Pantomime dame every Christmas.[11] In 2011, he appeared in a Specsavers advert alongside chef Gordon Ramsay. In 2012 he was cast in the film version of Ray Cooneys farce Run for Your Wife. Nick has also been starred in international stage productions, such as No Sex Please - We're British produced by the British Theatre Playhouse in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in May 2015, and A Bedfull of Foreigners produced by the same company in Singapore Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in September 2006.[12]

Scriptwriting

Wilton is also a scriptwriter and has written for "Three of a Kind", "Playaway", "In One Ear" (radio / three series)The Smith and Jones Sketchbook TV series, Smack the Pony in 1999, TV series, WYSIWYG and wrote one episode of Jackanory.[1] In 1987 he wrote an episode for The Les Dennis Laughter Show and in 1984 he wrote four episodes of Spitting Image.[1] He also wrote for Not the Nine O'Clock News, A Kick Up the Eighties and the TV series Alas Smith and Jones.[1]

Awards and nominations

Wilton was nominated for the Perrier Award alongside his revue group, Writers Inc and won in 1982.[2] He was in the "Carrott's Lib" team that won the BAFTA for Best Light Entertainment programme in 1983.[13] On radio he was in the two Sony Award winning comedy series Son of Cliché (best comedy 1984), with Chris Barrie and Nick Maloney, which was written by Red Dwarf creators Rob Grant & Doug Naylor [14] and In One Ear (best comedy 1985), which went out live for three series, and which he created with the producer Jamie Rix.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role References
2013 Off the Aisle Freddie Baker [15]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1981-83 Three of a Kind Unknown 1 Episode
1982-83 Carrott's Lib Unknown 16 Episodes
1982-87 Saturday Superstore Mo the Crow 5 Series
1983-87 Micro Live Unknown 1 Episode
1984 Play Away Himself 4 Episodes
1984 No. 73 Tony Deal 10 Episodes
1984-87 Fast Forward Himself 19 Episodes
1985Glamour Night Unknown 1 Episode
Summer Season Dave 1 Episode
1987 Hello Mum Various Roles 6 Episodes
Hardwicke House Peter Philpott 2 Episodes
1988 Comic Relief Himself 1 Episode
Valentine Park Gerald 1 Episode
Colin's Sandwich Postman 1 Episode
1990-93 Jackanory Storyteller/Martins Mice 10 Episodes
1991 Silver Jackanory Fishtale 1 Episode
1994-96 The 10 Percenters Unknown 1 Episode
1995 The Bill Barry Pringle 1 Episode
The Plant Rory 1 Episode
1997 Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's Reporter/Eric 1 Episode
1997-98 Noah's Ark Kenny Fisher 1 Episode
1998Duck Patrol John Able 1 Episode
1999 The Jim Tavaré Show Scott 1 Episode
The Bill Roger Carlson 1 Episode
2000 The Thing About Vince Mr Rogers 1 Episode
2000-01 Big Meg,Little Meg Mr Seagrove 11 Episodes
2004The Bill Mr. Turner 1 Episode
My Dad's the Prime Minister Banker 1 Episode
2005 Casualty Robert Bewleigh 1 Episode
2006 Heartbeat Derek Taylor 1 Episode
2007 Bonkers Client 1 Episode
2008 Nuzzle and Scratch Mr Squeaky/ Launderette Man 1 Episode
2008-13, 2016 EastEnders Mr Lister Recurring Role
2009The Omid Djalili Show Hugh 1 Episode
Scoop Paulo 1 Episode
2010 Doctors Milo Millard 1 Episode
Scoop Max de Lacey 1 Episode
Radio
Title
Son of Cliché
In One Ear
Week-Ending
Semi-Circles
Fetlock P.I.
The Story So Far
Cinderella
Puss In Boots
Peter Claytons Nightcap
Aspects of a Fringe
Uncle Charlie
Cover to Cover
Written
Year Title Notes
1979 Not the Nine O'Clock News 1 Episode
1981 Three of a Kind 1 Episode
A Kick Up the Eighties 1 Episode
1984 Alas Smith and Jones 1 Episode
Spitting Image 4 Episodes
1987 Hello Mum 1 Episode
The Les Dennis Laughter Show 1 Episode
1991 Silver Jackanory 1 Episode
1992 WYSIWYG 1 Episode
1999 Smack the Pony 1 Episode
1999 The Smith & Jones Sketchbook 1 Episode
TV commercials
2011 Specsavers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nick Wilton at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nick Wilton (biography)". Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 Biography for Nick Wilton at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Music Hall Guild". Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Green, Kris (3 January 2008). "It's the day of Kevin's funeral". Digital Spy. London: Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Director:Michael Owen Morris ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jeff Povey (23 May 2011). "Episode dated 23/05/2011". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
  7. ↑ Director:John Greening ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Christopher Reason (21 April 2011). "Episode dated 21/04/2011". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
  8. ↑ Director: Clive Arnold; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jane Marlow (3 June 2011). "Episode dated 03/06/2011". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Burnett Crowther-Nick Wilton". Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "News/Nick Wilton". Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "BlogSpot". Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  12. ↑ http://www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com/star.html
  13. ↑ "Awards Database". 1983. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  14. ↑ "Radio Listings/ Son of Cliche". Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  15. ↑ Williams, Jennifer. "Off The Aisle Cast". Kate Metcalfe. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.