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Voice of "Assistant Arcturan Pilot" in episode 7 of the BBC radio program "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", 1978

Voiceover for TV advert for Pedigree dogfood (2005).

Appeared in "Writer's Cramp", a new play by John Byrne - Edinburgh Festival (1977)/ Bush Theatre, London.

Is a founder member of the Scottish touring theatre company 7:84 with whom he has appeared in "The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black Oil" (1973) by John McGrath, among others.

Appeared in "Great Northern Welly Boot Show" by Billy Connolly - Edinburgh Festival (1972).

Made his debut in "The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht - Glasgow Citizens Theatre (1967).

Played Ken in "Who's Life Is It Anyway" adapted from Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1972) (TV) - Savoy Theatre, London (1979).

Played Porfiry in "Crime and Punishment" based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky - Lyric Theatre, London (1983).

His credits at London's Royal Court Thearte in include: "Death and the Maiden" a new play by Ariel Dorfman (1991, also West End), "A Man with Connections" a new play by Alexander Gellman (1988, also Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh) and "An Me Wi' a Bad Leg Tae" by Billy Connolly (1977).

Played Paul in "Misery" based on the novel by Stephen King - Criterion Theatre, London (1992).

Played in "A Mongrel's Heart" by Mikhail A. Bulgakov - Royal Lyceum Theatre, London (1994).

(1997) (Played "Lebedev" in Anton Chekhov's "Ivanoov" - Almeida Theatre, London (1997).

His National Theatre credits include: Jack in "Marriage Play" by Edward Albee(2001), Harry the Horse in the musical "Guys and Dolls", and the title role in "Schweyk in the Second World War" by Bertolt Brecht (1982).

(1974) He starred in Seán McCarthy's play, "The Fantastical Feats of Finn Maccool", at the Haymarket Ice Rink in Edinburgh, Scotland with Patrick Malahide, Dermot Crowley, Alex Norton, Tony Haygarth in the cast. Directed by Ian Ireland.

(1983) He acted in the stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", by director Yuri Lyubimov, who also adapted with Yuri Karyakin, at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Michael Pennington, Paola Dionisotti, Nicholas Farrell, Peter Kelly, Sheila Reid, Mia Soteriou and Gary Waldhorn in the cast.

(July 1979) He acted in Brian Clark's play, "Whose Life is It Anyway?", at the Savoy Theatre in London, England with Carole Nimmons, Hugh Quarshie and Richard Leech in the cast. Michael Lindsay-Hogg was the director.

(July 1982-September 1982) He acted in the British National Theatre Season Repertoire at the Cottesloe, Lyttelton, and Olivier Theatre in London, England in Georg Buchner's play, "Danton's Death;" Moliere's play, "Don Juan;" Frank Loesser's musical, "Guys and Dolls;" Anton Chekhov's play, "Uncle Vanya;" Arthur Wing Pinero's play, "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray;" Tom Stoppard and Johann Nestroy's play, "On The Razzle;" John Gay's play, "The Beggar's Opera;" Heinrich Von Kleist's play, "The Prince of Homberg;" Alan Ayckbourn's play, "Way Upstream;" Bertolt Brecht's plays, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," and "Schweyk In the Second World War;" Miguel De Cervantas's play, "Don Quixote;" Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest;" and Thomas Kyd's play, "The Spanish Tragedy:" with Michael Bryant, Ian Charleson, Julie Covington, Brian Cox, Judi Dench, J.G. Devlin, Edna Dore, Lindsay Duncan, Susan Fleetwood, Brian Glover, Nigel Havers, Tony Haygarth, Anthony Head, Greg Hicks, Bob Hoskins, Harold Innocent, Martin Jarvis, Paul Jones, Felicity Kendal, Dinsdale Landen, Patti Love, Cherie Lunghi, Alfred Lynch, Anna Massey, Julia McKenzie, John Normington, Paul Rogers, Paul Scofield, Nicholas Selby, Jack Shepherd, Imelda Staunton, Zoe Wanamaker, June Watson, and Janet Whiteside in the cast.

(November 1982) He acted in Bertolt Brecht and Eisler's play, "Schweyk In the Second World War", in a British National Theatre production at the Olivier Theatre in London, England with Julia McKenzie, Brian Glover, Imelda Staunton, Belinda Sinclair, James Carter and Ian Bartholomew in the cast. Richard Eyre was the director.

(February 1983 to March 1983; July 1983 to September 1983) He acted in the British National Theatre Season Repertoire at the Cottesloe, Lyttelton, and Olivier Theatres in London, England in Frank Leosser's musical, "Guys and Dolls;" John Gay's play, "The Beggar's Opera;" Alan Ayckbourn's play, "Way Upstream;" Bertolt Brecht and Eisler's play, "Schweyk In the Second World War;" Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest;" Thomas Kyd's play, "The Spanish Tragedy;" David Hare's play, "A Map Of the World;" George Bernard Shaw's play, "Major Barbara;" Peter Gill's plays, "A Kick for Touch," and "Small Change;" William Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer's Night Dream;" Harold Pinter's play, "Other Places;" Alfred Du Musset's play, "Lorenzaccio;" Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play, "The Rivals;" Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's play, "You Can't Take It With You;" Jean Giradoux's play, "The Trojan War Will Not Take Place;" John Marston and David A. Blostein's play, "The Fawn;" plays, "One Woman Plays;" Christopher Hampton's play, "Tales from Hollywood;" and David Mamet's play, "Glengarry Glen Ross;" with Clive Arrindell, Norman Beaton, Michael Bryant, Yvonne Bryceland, Kenneth Cranham, Annette Crosbie, Edward De Souza, Judi Dench, J.G. Devlin, Jane Downs, Susan Fleetwood, Barry Foster, Michael Gambon, Brian Glover, Stefan Gryff, Nigel Havers, Patricia Hayes, Tony Haygarth, James Hazeldine, Greg Hicks, Ronald Hines, Michael Hordern, Martin Jarvis, Karl Johnson, Paul Jones, Jane Lapotaire, James Laurenson, Patti Love, Brewster Mason, Anna Massey, Geraldine McEwan, Julia McKenzie, Bill Nighy, John Normington, Nicola Pagett, Trevor Peacock, Edward Petherbridge, Sian Philips, Diana Quick, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers, Patrick Ryecart, Paul Scofield, Roshan Seth, Fiona Shaw, Jack Shepherd, Belinda Sinclair, Imelda Staunton, Maggie Steed, Zoe Wanamaker June Watson, Billie Whitelaw, Penelope Wilton, and David Yelland in the cast.

(1989) He acted in Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Good Person of Sichuan", in a British National Theatre production at the Olivier Theatre in London, England with Fiona Shaw, Susan Engel, Pete Postlethwaite, Oscar Quitak and Maria Charles in the cast. Deborah Warner was the director.

(May 1989-December 1989) He acted in the British National Theatre Repertoire Season at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, and Olivier Theatre in London, England in Henrik Ibsen's plays, "Hedda Gabler," and "Whale;" David Lan and Joshua Sobol's play, "Ghetto;" William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet;" Moliere's play, "The Misanthrope;" David Storey's play, "The March on Russia;" Sean O'Casey's play, "Juno and the Paycock;" David Hare's play, "The Secret Rapture;" Harley Granville Barker's play, "The Voysey Inheritance;" Felix Lupe De Ovega's play, "Fuente Ovejuna;" Teatro Del Sur's production of the play "Tango Varsoviano;" Frank Galati's stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, "The Grapes of Wrath," in a Steppenwolf Theatre Company production from Chicago, Illinois; Dion Boucicault's play, "The Shaughraun;" David Mamet's play, "Speed-The-Plow;" the play, "The Long Wat Round;" Pedro Calderon De La Barca's play, "Schism in England;" Anton Chekhov's play, "Uncle Vanya," in a Moscow Art Theatre production from the Soviet Union; play, "Suicide for Love," in a Ninagawa Company production from Japan; Patricia Gordon's play, "The Magic Carpet;" Luigi Pirandello's play, "Man Beast and Virtue;" Georges Farquhar's play, "The Beaux Strategem;" Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Good Person of Sichuan;" Oliver Wilde's play, "Salome;" August Wilson's play, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom;" and Martin Sherman's play, "Bent;" with Sheila Ballantine, David Bamber, Steven Berkoff, Brenda Blethyn, Richard Bonneville, Michael Bryant, Suzanne Burden, David Burke, Anna Calder-Marshall, Jason Carter, Michael Cashman, John Castle, Constance Chapman, Maria Charles, Ian Charleson, Graham Crowden, Jonathan Cullen, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, Susan Engel, Trevor Eve, Oliver Ford-Davies, Maria Friedman, Aidan Gillen, Stella Gonet, Frank Grimes, Jane Gurnett, George Harris, Tony Haygarth, Janet Henfrey, Guy Henry, David Horovitch, Geoffrey Hutchings, Harold Innocent, Alex Jennings, Paul Jesson, Rachel Joyce, James Laurenson, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Mark Lockyer, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jeremy Northam, Richard O'Callaghan, Bill Owen, Clarke Peters, Edward Petherbridge, Angela Pleasance, Pete Postlethwaite, Hugh Quarshie, Stephen Rashbrook, Crispin Redman, Terence Rigby, Linus Roache, Norman Rodway, Clive Rowe, Patsy Rowlands, Katharine Schlesinger, Fiona Shaw, Malcolm Sinclair, Maggie Steed, Juliet Stevenson, Jo Stone-Fewings, Tilda Swinton, Sian Thomas, Susan Tracy, Bridget Turner, June Watson, Janet Whiteside, Toyah Wilcox, Emil Wolk, and John Woodvine in the cast.

(1983) He acted in Yuri Lyubimov and Kariakin's stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, "Crime and Punishment", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Michael Pennington, Paola Dionisotti, Nicholas Farrell, Peter Kelly, Sheila Reid, Mia Soteriou and Gary Waldhorn in the cast. Yuri Lyubimov was also the director.

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