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Tony Hawks(I)

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Tony Hawks and Henry Kelly in Pointless Celebrities (2010)
Tony Hawks originally started out as a singer and song writer, however his first brush with the charts was with novelty pop act "Morris Minor and the Majors". Their first hit was the Beastie Boys parody "Stutter Rap" which in 1988 hit #4 in the UK charts, #2 in Australia and #14 in Canada. Their follow up single "This is the Chorus" a spot-on dig at the Stock, Aitken and Waterman music writing machine failed to live up to the first effort and entered the UK charts at #95. It faired only very marginally better in Australia hitting #22. After gaining the prestigious accolade of one-hit wonder Tony toured with the group for many years on the comedy circuit before departing from the act and even wrote and starred in UK series Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors (1989) which lasted 1 series.

These days a stand-up comedian, singer and writer he has recently been collaborating with music projects with sort of namesake Chesney Hawkes and Ash Alexander. He regularly appears as a panelist on radio and television including: Grumpy Old Men (2003), Have I Got News for You (1990) and was a regular favorite guest actor/voice on Red Dwarf (1988). He has written 4 books including: "One Hit Wonderland", written for obvious reasons; "Round Ireland with a Fridge" the result of a bet he'd made with a friend; "Playing the Moldavans at Tennis" another result of drunken bet and most recently "A Piano in the Pyrenees". Tony donated half of his royalties from "Playing the Moldovans at Tennis" to a trust fund for Moldova which was used to open the Hippocrates Centre, a medical centre that provides rehabilitative therapy for disabled children from socially vulnerable families. Tony continues to support this cause.
BornMay 12, 1960
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Alexander Armstrong, Tony Hawks, Kate Humble, Henry Kelly, Richard Osman, Norman Pace, Jayne Torvill, Mary Peters, and Louise Wener in Pointless Celebrities (2010)
Gareth Hale, Tony Hawks, Kate Humble, Henry Kelly, Norman Pace, Jayne Torvill, Mary Peters, and Louise Wener in Pointless Celebrities (2010)

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Tony Hawks in Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (2012)
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
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Tony Hawks in Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010)
Round Ireland with a Fridge
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Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, and Robert Llewellyn in Red Dwarf (1988)
Red Dwarf
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TV Series
  • Dispensing Machine
  • Caligula
  • Compere
  • Restaurant Advert Voiceover
  • Suitcase
  • The Guide
Saturday Stars
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Actor

  • Quarantea (2020)
    Quarantea
  • Tony Hawks in Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (2012)
    Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
  • Tony Hawks in Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010)
    Round Ireland with a Fridge
  • it²i² (2006)
    it²i²
  • Inside Clyde
  • Oh Doctor Beeching! (1995)
    Oh Doctor Beeching!
  • Saturday Live
  • Paul Merton: The Series (1991)
    Paul Merton: The Series
  • Absolutely (1989)
    Absolutely
  • Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, and Robert Llewellyn in Red Dwarf (1988)
    Red Dwarf
    • ...
  • Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987)
    A Bit of Fry and Laurie
  • Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
  • George Cole in Minder (1979)
    Minder
    • (uncredited)

Writer

  • Tony Hawks in Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (2012)
    Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
  • Tony Hawks in Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010)
    Round Ireland with a Fridge
  • Lights, Camera, Accident
  • Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
  • Saturday Stars

Composer

  • Tony Hawks in Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (2012)
    Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
  • One Hit Wonderland (2002)
    One Hit Wonderland

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    • Tony Hawks Website
    • May 12, 1960
    • Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
  • Other works
    TV commercial for 'Alpen' museli.
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    Young teenage skateboarding enthusiasts regularly confuse him with American skateboarding legend Tony Hawk (misconstruing the 's in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video game). So much so that after many emails sent to Tony Hawks asking for ollie advice, he appeared on Mastermind (1972) answering questions on Tony Hawk as his specialist subject.
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    Life is a lot more enjoyable if you take it less seriously.

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