Simon Bates(I)

Actor

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Simon Bates in No 73 (1982)

A funny and often moving account of one of UK music's great lost treasures. Formed in 1974 by a group of school friends from Croydon, Johnny Moped were the band fronted by, and named after, the enigmatic Paul Halford aka Johnny Moped.

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Basically, Johnny Moped (2013)

Simon Bates was born on 17 December 1947 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Ashes to Ashes (2008), Jilting Joe (1998) and Take It or Leave It (1981).

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Known for

Philip Glenister and Keeley Hawes in Ashes to Ashes (2008)

8.1

TV Series

Radio DJ

Jilting Joe (1998)

6.1

Actor(voice)

1998

Take It or Leave It (1981)

Take It or Leave It

7.3

Radio One DJ(voice)

1981

The Royal (2003)

7.5

TV Series

Lennie Lemar

Credits

Actor

Ashes to Ashes
8.1
TV Series
- Radio DJ
- 2010
The Royal
7.5
TV Series
- Lennie Lemar
- 2003
Yes You Can
8.6
Short
- The Voice (voice)
- 2001
Jilting Joe
6.1
- (voice)
- 1998
Motormouth
6.6
TV Series
- 1990
Let It Be All Right on the Night
Video
- 1987
Take It or Leave It
7.3
- Radio One DJ (voice)
- 1981

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Personal details

Born
- December 17, 1947
- Birmingham, England, UK
Other works
He acted in Howard Barker's play, "A Hard Heart," at the Almeida Theatre in London, England with Angela Down, Anna Massey, James Clyde, Ewan Hooper, and Richard Mayes in the cast. Ian McDiarmid was director.
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- 1 Print Biography

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Trivia
Spent 16 years as a DJ on BBC Radio One.

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