Which actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series "Casualty," has an early appearance in Gonks Go Beat?
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Gonks Go Beat Gonks Go Beat is a 1965 British science fiction / musical fantasy film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis. It stars Kenneth Connor and Frank Thornton. "Gonks Go Beat" is loosely based on the "Romeo and Juliet" storyline and features 16 musical numbers performed by a variety of artists, including Lulu and the Luvvers, The Nashville Teens and members of the Graham Bond Organisation including Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Dick Heckstall-Smith. Other musical contributors were – and remained – obscure. The film includes an early appearance by the actor Derek Thompson performing with his twin sister Elaine (credited as Elain).
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Derek Thompson (actor) Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a Northern Irish actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series "Casualty". Thompson has played the role since the series' inception in 1986.
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List of Holby City episodes "Holby City" is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama "Casualty". It is set in the same hospital as "Casualty", Holby General, in the fictional city of Holby, however "Holby City" is filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, while "Casualty" is filmed in Cardiff. Occasional crossovers between the two shows are broadcast as "Casualty@Holby City". In 2006, "HolbyBlue", a police procedural spin-off from "Holby City", went into production. Its second season launched with a "Holby City" crossover episode.
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Ralph Riach Ralph Riach (born 1936) is a Scottish actor from Elgin, Moray. He is best known for his role as "John McIver" (better known as "TV John") in BBC One Scotland's comedy/drama "Hamish Macbeth". His career began at the age of 45, when he appeared in "Lost Empires" (1986). He has appeared in television shows including "Chancer", "Mosley", "Taggart", "Monarch of the Glen", "Peak Practice", "Doctor Finlay", and "Tutti Frutti". Film appearances include "The House of Mirth" (2000), "" (1999), "Braveheart" (1995) and "Copying Beethoven" (2006). He also portrayed John Laurie in the story of the making of Dad's Army.
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Ray Smith (actor) Ray Smith (1 May 1936 – 15 December 1991) was a Welsh actor who played the tough-talking police chief, Detective Superintendent Gordon Spikings, in the television series, "Dempsey and Makepeace". He was the first actor to play Brother Cadfael for BBC radio.
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Ian Saynor Ian Saynor is a British film and television actor. He has appeared in various TV dramas set in Wales, including the film "The Corn is Green" and episodes of "The District Nurse", but is best known for playing Merak in the 1979 "Doctor Who" serial "The Armageddon Factor". He is well known in and around Wales having done work for various production companies, notably S4C, BBC (including BBC Wales and BBC South), and has been involved in many stage productions, mostly in Cardiff and London. He currently lives in the Cotswolds and is still acting today.
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Richard Mayes Richard Mayes (born Derek Leonard Richard Mayes; 26 December 1922 in Luton, Bedfordshire, - died 22 October 2006 in England) was an English stage and television actor. A well-known face on British television, he was primarily a theatrical actor. He appeared in many roles on stage and small screen, including roles in "Doctor Who" and as Jebediah Dingle in "Emmerdale". He suffered a stroke in 2004 but recovered and resumed acting as a corpse.
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Lee Otway Lee Otway (born 4 January 1982) is an English actor best known for his role as David "Bombhead" Burke in the British television drama "Hollyoaks", and 'Ben West' in the BBC drama 'The Syndicate'. Otway had previously appeared in ITV Drama 'Heartbeat'.
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Victor Brooks (actor) Victor Brooks (11 November 1918 – 19 January 2000) was a prolific English film and television actor. He specialised in character roles, police officers in particular. His best known roles in film were "Goldfinger" (1964), "The Brides of Dracula" (1960) and "Billy Budd" (1962). On television, he was noted for playing a pipe-smoking authority figure in crime series like "Dixon of Dock Green", "Gideon's Way", "Detective", "Z Cars" and "Crown Court". He also appeared in the television series "Raffles", in the recurring role of the Albany porter.
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Gray O'Brien Gray O'Brien (born Gerard O'Brien, 11 August 1968) is a Scottish television and film actor, best known for his portrayal of the villainous Weatherfield businessman Tony Gordon in the popular ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" from 2007-10, and as Dr. Richard McCaig on the BBC medical drama "Casualty" from 1996-98.
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Critical (TV series) Critical, styled with a time-clock format as CR:IT:IC:AL, is a British medical drama series that debuted on Sky 1 on 24 February 2015. The series is set in a fictional major trauma centre (MTC), City General Hospital, which treats critically ill patients. Each episode is based on one patient and efforts to save his or her life within one hour. Created by Jed Mercurio ("Line of Duty" and "Bodies"), the drama follows the team of medical professionals whilst they make life-changing decisions. The title refers to critical condition, the most serious medical state, as well as the decisions and actions of the staff; everything done within the first hour is absolutely vital and could determine whether a patient lives or dies. Despite receiving positive reviews, the show was cancelled on 14 July 2015 due to low ratings.
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Arthur Digby Arthur Digby is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama "Holby City", played by actor Rob Ostlere. He first appeared in the series fifteen episode "Blood Ties", broadcast on 2 January 2013. Arthur arrives at Holby City hospital to start his first year of the Foundation Programme. To prepare for the role Ostlere visited a hospital and shadowed a registrar and foundation doctors on their rounds. He has been described by "Holby City's" publicity department as "naïve and socially awkward" plus holding an "encyclopaedic knowledge" on unusual subjects. Ostlere's first days on-set influenced various aspects of Arthur's characterisation such as his "preppy attire", fidgeting with his glasses and his clumsy nature. Arthur is a talented doctor and his skills are awarded the medical prize titled, Junior Doctor of the Year. Arthur's storylines have focused on his career on the hospital's Keller and AAU wards, alongside the various characters that staff them. In his first year on-screen he works closely with mentor Antoine Malick (Jimmy Akingbola) and staff nurse Chantelle Lane (Lauren Drummond). The latter he develops romantic feelings for which are not reciprocated. Their friendship dominates his initial story and together they become victims of a vicious mugging and a car crash which is caused by Arthur.
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Michael French Michael French (born Michael Clark) is an English actor, known for his roles as David Wicks in "EastEnders", and consultant Nick Jordan in "Casualty" and former cardiothoracic registrar in its spin-off series "Holby City".
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Lofty Chiltern Ben "Lofty" Chiltern is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama "Casualty", played by actor Lee Mead. He first appeared in the series twenty-eight episode "The Last Chance Saloon", broadcast on 1 March 2014. The character was introduced to fill the role left by Jamie Collier, following actor Daniel Anthony's decision to leave. Mead had previously appeared on the show in its twenty-sixth series as a patient and was honoured to be invited back. Lofty was originally a staff nurse but was promoted to senior staff nurse in 2016.
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Charlie Fairhead Charlie Fairhead, played by Derek Thompson, is a fictional character from the BBC British medical drama "Casualty". He is the longest-serving character having played the role of Charlie for over 30 years and the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on 6 September 1986. Thompson chose to take a nine-month break from the show in early 2004. Charlie left the show in series 18 on 17 July 2004 and after five months, returned on 1 January 2005 in series 19. At the end of series 19, Charlie left again as Thompson returned to his break from the show, with Charlie's exit scenes airing on 20 August 2005. After four months off-screen, Charlie returned in the series 20 Christmas crossover with "Holby City", which aired on 24 December 2005. Thompson has remained with the show since, but regularly takes breaks of around two months every year.
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Jack Doolan (actor) Jack Doolan is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Tyler Boyce in the BBC sitcom "The Green Green Grass" alongside John Challis and Sue Holderness. Doolan has guest starred in other television shows such as "Spooks", "EastEnders", "The Bill" and "Peep Show" and more recently had a lead part in "Cemetery Junction", a comedy drama film by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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Cathy Shipton Catherine Ellen "Cathy" Shipton (born 27 March 1957) is an English actress from Lewisham, London, most notable for her role of Lisa "Duffy" Duffin in "Casualty".
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Katy Murphy Katy Murphy is a Scottish actress who has appeared in "Takin' Over the Asylum", "Mike and Angelo", "Spatz", "B&B", "The Steamie", "The River", "Casualty", "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Your Cheatin' Heart", and "Tutti Frutti". She played the part of Jenny Wren in three of four episodes of the BBC Two adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Our Mutual Friend". She played the part of Janet in the Radio 4 series "Adventures of a Black Bag". most recently, she has appeared in the TV drama "Prime Suspect" (2006) and the 2008 drama series "Honest".
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Philip McGough Phillip McGough is an English television actor best known for his 2010 role of Dr. Charlie Bradfield in the BBC Birmingham based soap opera, "Doctors".
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George Harris (actor) George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor of film, stage, television, radio and musical theatre. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the "Harry Potter" film series, Captain Simon Katanga in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and Clive King in popular medical drama "Casualty", where he was one of the original cast members. He also played real-life Somali warlord Osman Ali Atto in the 2001 film "Black Hawk Down".
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Ian Hendry Ian Mackendrick Hendry (13 January 1931 – 24 December 1984) was an English film, television and stage actor. He was best known for his work on several British TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, including the lead in the first series of "The Avengers" and "The Lotus Eaters", as well as for his roles in films such as "The Hill" (1965), "Repulsion" (1965), "Get Carter" (1971), and "Theatre of Blood" (1973).
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Laurence Harrington Laurence Harrington (born 30 September 1938) is a British actor who has played DS Probert in "Z-Cars", Lunar Guard in "Doctor Who", George Latimer in "Softly, Softly", the Lawyer in "The Sweeney", Jackson in "", Gary in "Agony", Jeff Sadler in "Boon", Cyril Harrington-Morse in "Lovejoy", Vic Lawson in "Love Hurts" and James Palfrey in "Dalziel and Pascoe". He has also guest-starred in "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "The Bill", "Casualty", "Holby City" and "Doctors", and appeared in films such as "The Boys in Blue" (1982), "Don't Open till Christmas" (1984), "Car Trouble" (1986), "Out of Order" (1987) and "Afraid of the Dark" (1991). Harrington also appeared in the British band Naked Eyes' 1984 music Video "(What) In the Name of Love".