Alan Ford (actor)
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| Alan Ford | |
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| Born | Alan Ford 14 March 1935 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | White British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Alan Ford (born 14 March 1935) is an English actor. Ford was trained at East 15 Acting School. He is perhaps best known today for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime capers Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, and guest starring in The Bill. He also appeared in Exorcist: The Beginning and, much earlier, as 'Roosta' in the original radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, along with a small speaking role in the British gangster film The Long Good Friday. Ford has also recently appeared in the 2010 music video 'For He's a Jolly Good Felon' by Welsh rockers Lostprophets.
Ford played Clifford Harding in G.F. Newman's Law & Order in 1978, then had a brief role in the film An American Werewolf in London, where he plays the taxi driver who says the line, "It puts you in mind of the days of the old demon barber of Fleet Street, doesn't it?" in response to the recent wave of murders around London. He has also proved himself a comic actor. He was involved in the Armando Iannucci production Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge, playing a boxing promoter called Terry Norton; and he worked again with Iannucci playing the 'East End Thug' in The Armando Iannucci Shows. He later appeared as a priest in every episode of Snuff Box.
The majority of Ford's roles portray a hard, no-nonsense gangster type character. He is a vegetarian. His voice is featured in the dubstep song Cockney Thug by Rusko (clips from the Iannucci Show), Crunch by Flux Pavilion and Datsik, the death metal song A Child Is Missing from the Illdisposed album The Prestige, the song "I am the Doctor" by TMF, the deathgrind song Iron Lotus from the Whorecore EP The Mundane Corruption, and the hip-hop song Sinister by Aesop Rock, Vast Aire and Yeshua from the 2001 Centrifugal Phorce compilation, Euphony. 2011 sees him starring as crime boss Carter in the British film noir Jack Falls alongside his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels co-stars Jason Flemying and Dexter Fletcher.
Ford wrote a novel, Thin Ice (2006) and provided voice acting to the video game Fable 2 as Arfur, a wanted criminal living in Bowerstone.
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[edit] Works
- Thin Ice (Orion Publishing Group, Limited; ISBN 978-0-7538-2103-9 / 2006, Orion Publishing Group, Limited; ISBN 978-0-297-84785-4)
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Sweeney | Harry | filming |
| Airborne | Max | ||
| 2011 | Strippers vs Werewolves | Harry | post-production |
| Cockneys vs Zombies | Ray Macguire | post-production | |
| Lethal | Simon | post-production | |
| Jack Falls | Carter | ||
| 2010 | Mission London | Sibling | |
| The Ballad of Mulla and Mullins | Johnson | ||
| 2009 | Dead Man Running | Sol | |
| 2008 | NightDragon | Hansen | |
| 2004 | Exorcist: The Beginning | Jefferies | |
| 2002 | The Great Dome Robbery | Narrator | |
| 2000 | Snatch | Brick Top | |
| Furry Story | Fredglob (voice) | ||
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Alan/Narrator | |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Warder | |
| 1991 | Buddy's Song | Phil | |
| 1981 | Venom | Peters | |
| An American Werewolf in London | Taxi Driver | ||
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday | Jack | |
| 1977 | The Squeeze | Taff |
[edit] TV
| Year | TV Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Casualty | Norman Danvers | 1 episode : Partners |
| 2010 | Hotel Trubble | Delgado | 1 episode : Hello Dolly |
| 2009 | My Almost Famous Family | Terry | 2 episodes : Beat Surrender / The Girl Is Mine |
| Doctors | George Swade | 1 episode : Mr Jelly | |
| The Legend of Dick & Dom | King of Kong | 1 episode : Rock Hard | |
| 2008 | Hotel Babylon | Terry McCaffrey | 1 episode: Episode #3.5 |
| Casualty | Tony Tillings | 1 episode : Thicker Than Water | |
| 2007 | The Real Outlaws | Himself - Presenter | |
| 2006 | The Bill | Davey Rolfe | 1 episode: 470 |
| Jane Hall | Dougie Stringer | 1 episode: Episode #1.1 | |
| Snuff Box | Rick - Priest | 1 episode : Rich's Mother | |
| 2004 | Passer By | Publican | TV |
| Keen Eddie | Longfellow | 1 episode: Sticky Fingers | |
| The Bill | George Dooley | 1 episode: 188 | |
| 2003 | Waking the Dead | Jack Ely | 2 episodes: Walking on Water: Part 1 / Walking on Water: Part 2 |
| William and Mary | Taxi Driver | 1 episode: Episode #1.1 | |
| 2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows | East End Thug | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Hero to Zero | Ron Warley | TV series |
| 1998 | Mosley | Prison Officer | 1 episode : Beyond the Pale |
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | City Receptionist | 1 episode | |
| 1997 | The Bill | Jimmy Robson | 1 episode : Joker |
| The Knock | Robbie Reynolds | 1 episode : Episode #3.7 | |
| 1996 | London Bridge | Ron | Episode #1.15 |
| No Bananas | Bernie Silver | 2 episodes: Sitzkreig / The Wedding | |
| Madson | Adrian | 1 episode : Episode #1.2 | |
| 1994 | The Bill | Eric | 1 episodes: Ducking and Diving |
| Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge | Terry Norton | 1 episode : Episode #1.5 | |
| Little Napoleons | Gerald Nowell | 1 episode: The Big Interview | |
| Class Act | Geoff the Builder | 2 episodes : Episode #1.2 / Episode #1.3 | |
| Murder Most Horrid | First villain | 1 episode : Smashing Bird | |
| Minder | Bennett | 1 episode: Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley | |
| Love Hurts | Punter | 1 episode: The Parent Trap | |
| 1993 | The Upper Hand | Barman | Minder |
| 1992 | The Bill | Maydell | 1 episode: On the Record, Off the Record |
| The Darling Buds of May | Danvers | 1 episode: Oh! To Be in England: Part 1 | |
| 1991 | The New Statesman | Police Inspector | 1 episode: Keeping Mum |
| 1990 | The Bill | Frank Litton | 1 episode: Old Wounds |
| Grange Hill | Mr. Ratcliffe | 3 episodes: Episode #12.2 / Episode #13.19 / Episode #13.20 | |
| 1989 | The Bill | Harry | 1 episode: Just for the Crack |
| Birds of a Feather | Prison Officer | 2 episodes: Substitute / Sailing | |
| 1988 | Bergerac | Sammy Kline | 1 episode: Private Fight |
| 1987 | Rockliffe's Babies | Tommy | 1 episode: It's All Happening |
| 1986 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | Unknown Role | 1 episode: Tranmere Dan and Tokyo Joe |
| Running Scared | Ron Martin | unknown episodes | |
| The Best Years of Your Life | Father | TV | |
| 1985 | The Bill | Tony Kemp | 1 episode : Home Beat |
| Summer Season | Harold | 1 episode : Rachel and the Roarettes | |
| 1983 | Keep It in the Family | Van driver | 1 episode : A Touch of the Orient |
| 1982 | BBC2 Playhouse | Actor | 1 episode: Jake's End |
| 1981–1982 | The Chinese Detective | Jack Arthur Bross | 2 episodes : Release / Oblomov |
| 1981 | Maybury | Mr. Clegg | 1 episode: Maisie and Mac |
| Smuggler | Giles Sawney | 2 episodes : The Respectable Traitor: Part 1 / The Respectable Traitor: Part 2 | |
| 1980 | Strangers | Johnny James | 1 episode: Clowns Don't Cry |
| Play for Today | Mr. Chancer | 2 episodes : The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something / The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice | |
| 1979 | Play for Today | Police sergeant | 1 episode : Waterloo Sunset |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Bill | 1 episode : The Limbo Connection: Part 1 |
| Law & Order | Clifford Harding | 3 episodes : A Detective's Tale / A Villain's Tale / A Brief's Tale | |
| 1976 | Softly, Softly: Task Force | Micky Dixon | 1 episode : Say It with Flowers |
| 1974–1975 | Romany Jones | Ken | 5 episodes |
| 1973 | Softly, Softly: Task Force | Tommy Buckley | 1 episode : Slip of the Tongue |
[edit] External links
- Alan Ford at the Internet Movie Database
