Keith Wickham | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Voice actor, comedian, screenwriter |
Years active | 1996–present |
Known for | 64 Zoo Lane (1999–2000) |
Website | keithwickham.co.uk/ |
Keith Wickham is an English voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series 64 Zoo Lane and in the British children's series Thomas and Friends .
Wickham voiced Changed Daily in The Secret Show , Mr. Small, and Mr. Tall in The Mr. Men Show (UK version), Corneil in Watch My Chops , Mr. Mouseling and most of the male voices in Angelina Ballerina , Nelson the Elephant, Reginald the Lion, Victor the Crocodile and the others in 64 Zoo Lane , Frank the Koala, Archie the Crocodile and Sammy the Shopkeeper in The Koala Brothers and Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright and Bryan the Ferry in Toot the Tiny Tugboat.[ citation needed ]
He voiced Polluto in Tommy Zoom , the first in-house BBC animation production, The Professor, Pipsquawk, Trevor and Mr. Crumble in Frankenstein's Cat and in 2009, participated on voice in Disney Channel's Jungle Junction , for then Playhouse Disney and Spider Eye Productions.[ citation needed ]
Other cartoons include: Vampires, Pirates & Aliens , Tails and The Thousand Tasks, The Way Things Work , and The Octonauts in which he plays both Professor Inkling and biologist Shellington. He has appeared in about 20 CD-ROM games including Fable and Fable II, and voiced TV commercials.[ citation needed ] He appeared on stage as Kenneth Williams in Round the Horne Revisited.[ citation needed ]
He is also recognised for voicing Steff and Sariac from Pitt and Kantrop.[ citation needed ]
Wickham worked as an actor and writer on the radio series Bits from Last Week's Radio recorded by Ear Drum productions for BBC Radio 1, as well as voicing Jack of Blades in the 2004 video game Fable .[ citation needed ]
He can also be heard in the podcast The Offcuts Drawer as part of the cast.[ citation needed ]
In addition, he has done acting work for the company iHASCO, [2] [3] and demonstrates through some of their interactive training, on issues such as asbestos awareness [4] Bullying & Harassment training, [5] Equality & Diversity, [6] Health & Safety in the workplace, [7] Food Allergy Awareness [8] amongst others.
From 2009 until 2021, Wickham provided the voices of various characters in the CGI series: Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash and Harold in the UK, and Harvey, Glynn, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Stafford, Salty, Den, Norman, Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt in both the UK/US, among others.[ citation needed ]
In 2020, Wickham reprised his roles as Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt in Rainbow Sun Productions' 20th anniversary celebration reading of Thomas and the Magic Railroad.[ citation needed ]
Wickham has been involved in restoration of archive BBC Radio comedy shows. He traced missing episodes of the series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again , which were repeated on BBC Radio 7, and restored episodes for broadcast. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | Mr. Leach and Undertaker | |
2002 | Return to Never Land | Schroder | |
The King's Beard | Additional voices | ||
2005 | Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance | William Longtail and Mr. Maurice Mouseling | Direct-to-video |
2006 | Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Le Père | English version |
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail | William Longtail and Mr. Maurice Mouseling | ||
The Jungle Book: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi to the Rescue | Bagheera | As part of the BKN Classic Series trilogy | |
A Christmas Carol | Scrooge's Father, Jacob Marley, Collector of the Orphanage # 1, Ghost of Christmas Past and Ghost of Christmas Present | ||
2007 | Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter? | Additional voices | |
The Three Musketeers: Saving the Crown | |||
2009 | Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller | UK voice; direct-to-DVD |
2010 | Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, Harold and the Fat Controller (UK) Salty and Captain | Direct-to-video |
Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island | Leonardo | ||
2011 | Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK) Salty, Den, Norman, Paxton and Dowager Hatt | Direct-to-video |
2012 | Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery | Edward, Henry, James, Percy the Fat Controller and the Thin Controller (UK) Skarloey and Sir Handel | |
2013 | Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK) Skarloey | |
Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Buster Bumblechops and Diavlo | ||
2014 | Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK) Salty and a shunter | Direct-to-DVD |
2015 | Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins | Edward, Henry, Gordon and James (UK) Glynn, Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Director, Gordon's driver, James's guard, the Knapford Station speaker, some workmen and some signalmen | |
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Percy (UK) Salty, Arlesdale Bert, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller, a diver, some workmen and a policeman | ||
2016 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | Edward, Henry, Gordon and James (UK) Salty, Den, Norman, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Arlesdale Bert and Sir Topham Hatt | |
2017 | Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor | Edward, Henry and Gordon (UK) Sir Topham Hatt | |
2018 | Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie | Edward, Henry, Gordon, Harold and the Thin Controller (UK) Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, additional voices |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996–1998 | Douglas and Vince: The Two Heroes | Vince | Alongside Richard Pearce |
1998-2007 | Gamba no Bouken | Noroi | |
1998–2000 | Archibald the Koala | Archduke | Alongside Richard Griffiths |
1999–2000 | 64 Zoo Lane | various (UK version) | 52 episodes |
2000–06 | Cubeez | Bozz | Alongside Marc Silk & Tara Newley |
2002–06 | Angelina Ballerina | Mr. Mouseling, Grandpa Mouseling, William Longtail, Doctor Tuttle, various characters | Alongside Rob Rackstraw |
2002 | Wilf the Witch's Dog | Door, Sly | Alongside Kerry Shale |
2003–06 | Watch My Chops | Corneil | Alongside Ben Small |
2004–07 | The Koala Brothers | Frank and Archie | Alongside Rob Rackstraw |
2005 | Pitt & Kantrop | Stef, Sariac, Vegas & Atlas | Alongside Emma Tate |
2005–08 | Planet Sketch | Alongside Morwenna Banks, John Sparkes and Bert Kwouk | |
2007 | Tommy Zoom | Polluto and Bad Polluto Drawings | |
2007–08 | The Secret Show | Changed Daily | Alongside Rob Rackstraw |
2008 | Frankenstein's Cat | Trevor, Dr. Frankenstein, Mr. Crumble and Pipsquawk | Alongside Joe Pasquale |
2008–10 | The Mr. Men Show | Mr. Small and Mr. Tall | Alongside Teresa Gallagher, Steven Kynman, Rob Rackstraw and Tim Whitnall; UK voice role |
2009–13 | Jungle Junction | Bungo, Crocker and Dozer | Alongside Jimmy Hibbert |
2009–21 | Thomas & Friends | Edward, Henry, Gordon, Whiff, Dash, Harold and Mr. Percival (UK) The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt (US; 2015 onwards / UK), Harvey, Glynn, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Arlesdale Bert, Stafford, Salty, Den, Norman, Bertie, Captain, Dowager Hatt and Lord Callan | Succeeded by Nigel Pilkington as the role of Percy (UK) and Rob Rackstraw as the role of James |
2010–present | The Octonauts | Shellington, Professor Inkling | Alongside Simon Greenall, Jo Wyatt, and Rob Rackstraw |
2011–12 | Fleabag Monkeyface | Dr. Dirk Spamflex | Alongside Bob Golding |
2014–present | Toot the Tiny Tugboat | Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright, Bryan the Ferry | alongside John Hasler |
2015–2016 | Wissper | Bert and Monty | Alongside India Chesher-Good |
2019 | Ricky Zoom | Loop | Alongside Max Fincham |
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue | Edward, Henry, Gordon, The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt, Salty, Den, Captain and Norman (UK/US) | Television Special | |
2020 | Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine | Henry, Gordon, The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt, Thomas' Crew and a Stationmaster (UK/US) | Television Special |
Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery | Edward, Gordon (UK) Harvey, Salty, Harold, Sir Topham Hatt, The Policeman, and the Station Master (UK/US) | Television Miniseries | |
2021 | The Smurfs: A New Touch of Blue | TBA | TBA |
Year | Title | Role |
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1996 | Privateer 2: The Darkening | Male Space Communications |
1996 | MindGym [10] | The Narrator |
1997 | City of Lost Children | Additional voices |
2004 | Fable | Jack of Blades |
2005 | Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King | Dhoulmagus |
Shinobido: Way of the Ninja | Goh the Bear and Kenobi Ninja | |
2006 | Medieval II: Total War | Additional voices |
2007 | Genji: Days of the Blade | Genji Warrior (Guard B), Heishi Warrior A and Yoritomo |
2008 | Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors | Colonel Cutlass, Briquet and a soldier |
Fable II | Additional voices | |
Memento Mori | ||
2009 | Cursed Mountain | Edward Alexander Bennett |
2013 | The Night of the Rabbit | Garden Rabbit |
2017 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Niranira |
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