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Arms and the Dog
Season 4, Episode 5
A young demolition export deserts from the Army and his father hires Ken to try and find him. Michael Elphick stars
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Cast & Crew
Michael Elphick
(Actor)
.. Ken Boon
David Daker
(Actor)
.. Harry Crawford
Neil Morrissey
(Actor)
.. Rocky Cassidy
Bill Paterson
(Actor)
.. Peter Mortan
Sarah-Jane Holm
(Actor)
.. Alison Carter
Elizabeth Carling
(Actor)
.. Laura Marsh
Nicholas Monu
(Actor)
.. Ben Fowkes
Joseph Marcell
(Actor)
.. Charlie Fowkes
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Did You Know..
Michael Elphick
(Actor)
.. Ken Boon
David Daker
(Actor)
.. Harry Crawford
Neil Morrissey
(Actor)
.. Rocky Cassidy
Born:
July 04, 1962
in
Stafford
Best Known For:
Men Behaving Badly.
Early-life:
Neil Anthony Morrissey was born on July 4, 1962, in Staffordshire, one of four sons of Irish Catholic parents. He and brother Stephen were caught by police during a spree of petty pilfering. They were separated, sent to a children's home and grew up in care. Morrissey didn't have many prospects on leaving school, but turned his life around after enrolling at the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama. On graduating, he landed a job in panto.
Career:
Morrissey made ends meet by taking on advertising work, eventually making his TV debut in a 1984 Juliet Bravo episode. The same year he had a small role in The Bounty alongside Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. Morrissey's big break came in Boon, playing sidekick Rocky for five years before quitting in 1992. Six series of Men Behaving Badly turned him into a major TV star. Other projects include A Woman's Guide To Adultery, Happy Birthday Shakespeare, Hunting Venus, Up 'n' Under, My Summer With Des, The Match and Paradise Heights. He was the original voice of Bob the Builder and had hit records as the character.
Quote:
'If someone wants to pay me millions to be lazy on a big fat project in the sun, then I'm more than happy to take it.'
Trivia:
He appeared on the stage in 2006 in Acorn Antiques: The Musical.
Bill Paterson
(Actor)
.. Peter Mortan
Born:
June 03, 1945
in
Glasgow
Best Known For:
A number of small-screen TV roles.
Early-life:
Bill Paterson was born on June 3, 1945, in Glasgow. He spent three years as a quantity surveyor before doing a teaching course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He was about to accept an educational role when he was offered a place with the Citizen's Theatre. His big break came at the Edinburgh Festival in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, a satire by Billy Connolly about striking shipbuilders.
Career:
Paterson's TV debut came in 1977's Bafta-winning Licking Hitler. A year later he appeared in The Vanishing Army and Smiley's People. He went on to feature in such films as The Killing Fields, A Private Function, Defence of the Realm, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Chaplin, Bright Young Things and Truly, Madly, Deeply. Other TV projects include The Singing Detective, Traffik, The Crow Road, Doctor Zhivago, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Law & Order: UK. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Bertolt Brecht's Schwekyk in the Second World War in 1982 and has done extensive voiceover work on TV and radio.
Quote:
'I don't think acting has ever been my passion, but it's a very nice way of making a living.'
Trivia:
Paterson turned down one of the leads in Alien.
Sarah-Jane Holm
(Actor)
.. Alison Carter
Elizabeth Carling
(Actor)
.. Laura Marsh
Born:
October 20, 1967
in
Middlesbrough
Best Known For:
Playing Selena in Casualty
Early-life:
Born in Middlesbrough in 1967. She has two older siblings and a twin sister called Laura. She enjoyed drama from an early age and after leaving school attended Billingham Technical College to study an arts foundation course and an A Level in Theatre Studies. At 18, she moved to London to join the National Youth Theatre, before heading back to Newcastle, where she appeared in numerous stage productions.
Career:
After appearing in touring productions of The Rocky Horror Show and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Carling got her big TV break in 1989 when she landed the role of Laura Marsh in Boon. She followed that with appearances in Crocodile Shoes and Men Behaving Badly, and in 1997 replaced Dervla Kirwan as cockney barmaid Phoebe in the sitcom Good Night Sweetheart. She also starred in Border Cafe and Barbara before making a brief appearance in Casualty in 2003. A year later she became a regular on the medical drama when she accepted the role of Selena.
Quote:
On medical terms: 'You try to learn them as well as you can but it's like learning Swahili. It's not English and it doesn't come tripping off the tongue.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, Carling is a trained singer and released a big band album, Goodnight Sweetheart, in 1999.
Nicholas Monu
(Actor)
.. Ben Fowkes
Joseph Marcell
(Actor)
.. Charlie Fowkes
