Martin Ball
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Martin Ball is an experienced English theatre and television actor who recently played his last performance (14th July 2007) starring as Doctor Dillamond in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre London.
Martin Ball was born & grew up in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, and graduated in 1992.
Career
Recent theatre includes Harry Bright in Mamma Mia! Richard in Terry Johnson's Dead Funny at the Nottingham Playhouse, Colin in Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends, directed by Ayckbourn at his Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, Lord Fancourt Babberley in Charley's Aunt at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, and Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest on a national tour.
Martin's television work includes playing Mr Steel, the Headmaster, in two series of Bernard's Watch; the twins' dad in two series of Home Farm Twins; Andrew in two series of Keeping Mum; Dan McGill in two series of Chalk; Reverend Tim in Down To Earth; Dr Dave Masters in Casualty and Reverend Mordaunt in Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Other recent roles include Tim Frazier, QC in Family Affairs, Clive in Everything I Know About Men, Tim in Wild West, Dr. Harry in Strange, Paul, the games master in My Dad's The Prime Minister, Frank in Back Home, Robert in Preserves (three-hander with Phyllida Law and Elizabeth McGovern), Stephen Millar in The Bill, Henry in Human Remains, Dennis Cooke in Badger, Simon Mugham in The Missing Postman, Harper in Wycliffe, Jeff Hawkes in The Bill, Simon Lester in Anna Lee, Herr Koch in Genghis Cohen and a small part as Roger Davey in the 2008 Doctor Who series premiere Partners in Crime.
Radio work includes Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer and Jeffrey (plus various other characters) in The Cricket Plays, Brian Dixon in Clare In The Community, all for the BBC.
MusicalTalk
Martin Ball now presents for MusicalTalk - The UK's Musical Theatre Podcast. Such topics discussed thus far by Martin include Wicked, "Stagedooring" and The Drowsy Chaperone. At the time of publishing, future discussions include Avenue Q, Stage Management and The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
Personal life
Ball was once engaged to the English actress, Letitia Dean, most famous for playing the role of Sharon Watts in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders.[1]
After splitting with Dean, Ball allegedly dated her close friend and EastEnders co-star Susan Tully.[2]
References
- ^ "The Diary: LETITIA TO WED", Sunday Mirror. URL last accessed on 2006-12-20.
- ^ "Lost her Bottle", LetitiaDean.co.uk. URL last accessed on 2006-12-20.
External links
- Martin Ball's first MusicalTalk Episode - Martin Ball presents his first episode of this British Musical Theatre podcast.
- Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
- Something Good – Martin Ball's official fan site
- Martins blog – Martin Ball's blog
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