Patrick Barlow | |
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| Born | Evan George Patrick Barlow (1947-03-18)18 March 1947 (age 78) Leicester, England |
| Occupations | Actor, playwright, comedian |
| Years active | 1968–present |
Evan George Patrick Barlow (born 18 March 1947) is an English actor, comedian and playwright. His comedic alter ego,Desmond Olivier Dingle, is the founder, artistic director and chief executive of the two-manNational Theatre of Brent, which has performed on stage, on television and on radio. Barlow was born inLeicester.
Barlow is the scriptwriter, as well as lead performer, in many National Theatre of Brent productions, in particularAll the World's a Globe (1987),Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (1995) andThe Arts and How They Was Done (2007). In non-Theatre of Brent performances, he wrote and played in the four-part situation comedy for radio calledThe Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience which ran for four weeks from January 1999.
He played the part of Om in the radio adaptation ofTerry Pratchett'sSmall Gods (2006), which was adapted byRobin Brooks.
InIs It Legal? (1995–1998), Barlow played Bob whose character is besotted with his co-starImelda Staunton; he played the part of the vicar inJam & Jerusalem. He has also written and directed hisNational Theatre of Brent material for television, and played the part of Max in series 2 and the 2004 special ofAbsolutely Fabulous.
Barlow appeared inVictoria Wood As Seen on TV as well asFrench & Saunders.
He had a brief but scene-stealing cameo as Maurice Morrison, the wedding caterer/planner for Cully Barnaby's nuptials inMidsomer Murders episode 61 (series 11, ep 2) "Blood Wedding", first shown 2008.
In "Uptown Downstairs Abbey" forComic Relief2011 Barlow played the part of Carter, spoofing Jim Carter's character Carson inDownton Abbey.
Barlow wrote a stage adaptation ofJohn Buchan's novelThe 39 Steps andAlfred Hitchcock'sfilm of the same name, based on the novel, which premiered in June 2005 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.[1] After revision, the play opened at London'sTricycle Theatre in August 2006,[2] and after a successful run transferred to theCriterion Theatre inPiccadilly in September 2006.[3] The play has also been performed onBroadway since early 2008, in Australia by theMelbourne Theatre Company in April 2008.[4] and in Wellington, New Zealand, byCirca Theatre in July/August 2009 and in Bancroft, Ontario by Blackfly Theatre in July 2011. This play was performed in Ottawa, Ontario, by Seven Thirty Productions 7–24 September 2011, and in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the Neptune Theatre in January–February 2015.[citation needed]
Barlow wrote the script forThe Young Visiters [sic] and had a cameo as the priest. His one-time Theatre of Brent partnerJim Broadbent co-starred withHugh Laurie.
Most of his film work has been in cameo roles, for example:
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