Roger Blake

Born: 1957-12-21

Roger Donald Blake (born 21 December 1957) is a Welsh actor, impressionist and entertainer. He is best known for his portrayal of Prince Philip in Spitting Image and The Big Impression and Noël Coward in television commercials, and narrated Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile, The Twits, as well as the Topsy and Tim animated series from 1984 to 1989. Blake had a steady career, he made appearances in British television sitcoms such as Blackadder II, Only Fools and Horses and Dear John. In 1990, he joined the cast of Spitting Image, where he became well known as the voice of Prince Philip, he also voiced other characters including George H. W. Bush, Robert Maxwell, John Prescott and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was on Spitting Image that he met Alistair McGowan, when the show was axed in May 1996, McGowan invited him to join him on his new television show The Big Impression, where again he voiced Prince Philip but also he became famous as the voice of Jim Royle in The Royle Family sketches. Blake was also known for his impression of Noël Coward, he played the playwright in television commercials for coffee and he appeared as Coward himself in the Series Four finale of Red Dwarf (Meltdown). He made a brief appearance in the film Patriot Games, as a Constable. He voiced a policeman, as well as a balloon seller, in the movie Flushed Away in November 2006.


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as Policeman / Balloon Seller (voice)
Released: 2006-10-22

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on...

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Don't See
as Constable
Released: 1992-06-04

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack...

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The Fix

as News Editor
Released: 1997-01-04

The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw...

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Buddy's Song

as Car Dealer
Released: 1991-03-01

Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than...

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Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

as Noel Coward
Released: 1994-01-01

Kryten presents a collection of bloopers from series 4 to 6 of Red Dwarf.

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Phoelix

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-01

An aged art connoisseur (Beaumont) and his young female neighbour (Coles), who has a job posing...

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Red Dwarf

as Noel Coward
First aired: 1988-02-15

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep...

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Blackadder

as Geoffrey Piddle
First aired: 1983-06-15

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders...

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Hustle

as CID Officer
First aired: 2004-02-24

A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.

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London's Burning

as ACO Baxter
First aired: 1986-12-07

London's Burning is a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television...

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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

as Giant Thor
First aired: 2001-12-02

Wealthy developer Jack Robinson is stunned when a gigantic human skeleton is discovered on his...

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Home Farm Twins

as Mr. Winter
First aired: 1999-01-07

Identical twin sisters Hannah and Helen move to their family's new Home Farm B&B surrounded by...

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Tittybangbang

as Various Characters
First aired: 2005-09-20

Tittybangbang is a female-led television sketch comedy, performed by Lucy Montgomery and Debbie...

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All Along the Watchtower

as Wing Commander Hilary Campbell-Stokes
First aired: 1999-02-28

All Along the Watchtower is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 1999 about an RAF base in...

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