Michael Angelis
Acting • Born 1944-04-29 – Died 2020-05-30
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Angelis was an English actor and voice actor. Michael Angelis was one of the stars of the famous 1982 BBC drama serial Boys from the Black Stuff and another Alan Bleasedale drama G.B.H. (TV series). He also starred in comedies such as Luv and The Liver Birds, in which he appeared between series 5 and 9. He appeared as a villain in the revived television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet, alongside former fellow Black Stuff star Alan Igbon. Angelis is perhaps best known for narrating the British Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, which he has done since 1991, when he took over from Ringo Starr. Angelis was originally intended to provide some of the voices in the film adaptation of the series, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but he was dropped from the project when US test audiences thought he made the characters he originally voiced, James and Percy, sound too old. In 2007, he was reported to have stepped down from his role, with Pierce Brosnan taking over the role. However, Brosnan's narration was only heard in one feature special The Great Discovery, and Angelis has continued to provide the narration ever since. Angelis also narrated John Peel's autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes, on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. In 2006 he starred in the movie Fated, set in his home town of Liverpool, as well as in episodes of Midsomer Murders and The Bill in 2007. Angelis was married to the Coronation Street actress Helen Worth; however the two divorced in 2001 when Angelis admitted having an affair with model Jennifer Khalastchi Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Angelis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
69 credits
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie • 2007
Self
Joseph
Movie • 1995
Ruben
Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
Bobby Wants to Meet Me
Movie • 1981
Frankie
Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails
Movie • 2009
Narrator (UK) (voice)
No Surrender
Movie • 1985
Mike
Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
Movie • 2010
Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas!
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery
Movie • 2012
Narrator (UK) (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue
Movie • 2010
Narrator (UK) (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails
Movie • 2011
Narrator (UK) (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Lion of Sodor
Movie • 2010
Narrator (UK)
The Black Stuff
Movie • 1980
Chrissie Todd
Giving Tongue
Movie • 1996
Will Shaker
Thomas & Friends: Rusty Saves The Day
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
The Virgin of Liverpool
Movie • 2003
Chalky White
Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels
Movie • 2011
Narrator (UK) (voice)
Under the Age
Movie • 1972
Mike
Thomas & Friends: Together on the Tracks
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue
Movie • 2004
Narrator
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Movie • 1980
Pealer Bell
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Movie • 1995
UK Thomas Narrator (uncredited)
Fated
Movie • 2006
Tatty
Thomas and Friends - Heave Ho!
Movie • 2010
Narrator (UK/AUS/ZA)
George & Mildred
Movie • 1980
Café Proprietor
Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Time Trouble
Movie • 1985
Jack
Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish
Movie • 2010
Narrator (UK)
Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon
Movie • 2003
Narrator (UK)(voice)
Censored Scenes from King Kong
Movie • 1973
Henry Benchgelter
The Last Supper
Movie • 1990
Terence Halliday
First Time Loser
Movie • 2012
Father Malachie
Thomas and Friends - My First Thomas with the Fat Controller
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
My First Thomas with Thomas
Movie
Narrator (voice)
My First Thomas with Percy
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Thomas and Friends - My First Thomas - With Diesel
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
Thomas and Friends: My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Movie • 2000
Splatter / Dodge (voice) (uncredited)
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Nicky Harding
G.B.H.
TV • 1991
Martin Niarchos
Stickin' Around
TV • 1996
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Tony Morel
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV • 1982
Chrissie Todd
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Len Clarke
Between the Lines
TV • 1992
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Tommy Norris
Luv
TV • 1993
Wood and Walters
TV • 1982
I Woke Up One Morning
TV • 1985
Good Cop
TV • 2012
Robert Rocksavage
The Marksman
TV • 1987
Irwin
The Jump
TV • 1998
Donald Lewis
Minder
TV • 1979
Nick
Village Hall
TV • 1974
Terry Elliot
Casualty
TV • 1986
Gordon McCauley
Casualty
TV • 1986
Jez Ingrams
Casualty
TV • 1986
Ollie Yates
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TV • 1983
Micky Startup
The Liver Birds
TV • 1969
Lucien
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Frank McCready
Bread
TV • 1986
Mr. Cossack
Thomas & Friends
TV • 1984
Narrator (Voice)
Jack and the Sodor Construction Company
TV • 2006
Narrator
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV • 1983
Artuzov
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Frankie
Robin's Nest
TV • 1977
Waiter
Melissa
TV • 1997
DI Kilshaw