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Russell Allan Abbot (born Russell Allan Roberts; 18 September 1947) [1] is an English musician, actor and comedian. Born in Chester, [2] 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.
The series originated as The Freddie Starr Variety Madhouse; with Russ Abbot, Mike Newman, Toni Palmer, Norman Collier and Bella Emberg.After one series in 1979, Freddie Starr left and the show was repackaged as Russ Abbot's Madhouse premiering on 12 April 1980, [4] with Liz Smith, Dustin Gee, Nicky Croydon and Billy Hartman joining the cast.
September Song was a British bittersweet comedy-drama series, originally broadcast on the ITV channel in the United Kingdom. The drama unfolded over three series broadcast from 1 March 1993 to 21 March 1995 and starred comedian and actor Russ Abbot, [1] [2] in one of his first 'straight' television roles, as recently widowed ex-teacher Ted Fenwick, opposite Michael Williams [3] as Billy Balsam ...
Her best-known role was in The Russ Abbot Show, where she played superheroine Blunderwoman alongside Abbot's Cooperman character. [3] The show ran from 1980 to 1996, and at its peak attracted 18 million viewers. [5] Emberg also starred in Mel Brooks' film History of the World, Part I (1981). [6]
Dream Street is a British children's television series that ran from 6 May 1999 to 2002 on CITV, and from 7 October 2002 to 28 February 2003 on Nick Jr UK.The show is narrated by British comedian Russ Abbot, and was aimed at children aged from 2 to 7.
Paul Shearer is an English actor, best known for his roles in The Fast Show and The Russ Abbot Show. [3] Together with Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, and Hugh Laurie, Shearer was a member of the Cambridge University's Footlights ensemble which won the first ever Perrier Comedy Award in 1981. [4] As of 2024, Shearer works as a property journalist. [5]
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Russ Vought, a key architect of "Project 2025," the controversial conservative plan to overhaul the government, to be director of the U.S ...
This group consisted of Russ Abbot as Luther Hobdyke, known as Hobbo, a former milkman who fancied himself as a secret agent, Burt Kwouk as the electrical repairman, "Electrical" Entwistle, and Murphy as Alvin Smedley. Sallis and Thornton, both past members of the trio, continued in supporting roles alongside the new actors.