
Russ Abbot
Acting • Born 1947-09-16
Biography
Russ Abbot is an English musician, comedian and actor. Born in Chester, he first came to public notice during the 1970s as the singer and drummer with British comedy showband the Black Abbots, later forging a prominent solo career as a television comedian with his own weekly show on British television.
Filmography
27 credits
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Movie • 2022
Self

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Movie • 1998
Fagin

Run For Your Wife
Movie • 2012
Hospital Patient

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
Movie • 2018
Self

National Theatre: My Fair Lady
Movie • 2005

Spectreman vs. Russ Abbott
Movie • 2008
Himself

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Movie • 2007
Jules Rendell

The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV • 2007
Martin Trueman

Hotel Babylon
TV • 2006

Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Stanley Leroy

The Comedians
TV • 1971

The Russ Abbot Show
TV • 1986

Russ Abbot's Madhouse
TV • 1980

Freddie Starr's Variety Madhouse
TV • 1979

Married for Life
TV • 1996
Ted Butler

Daytime Live
TV • 1987

The Michael Ball Show
TV • 2010
Self

Last of the Summer Wine
TV • 1973
Hobbo

Funny Valentines
TV • 2015
Morris Roebuck

Boomers
TV • 2014
John

Live From Her Majesty's
TV • 1983
Self

Casualty
TV • 1986
Simon Lancaster

Casualty
TV • 1986
Malcolm Crowson

Dream Street
TV
Narrator/Tech/The Sleeping Policeman (voice)

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
CI Arthur Primer

September Song
TV • 1993
Ted Fenwick

Dream Street
TV • 1999
Narrator