Keith Wickham

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Keith Wickham
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Occupation(s)Voice actor, comedian, screenwriter
Years active1996–present
Known for 64 Zoo Lane (1999–2000)
Website keithwickham.co.uk/

Keith Wickham is a British 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 .

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Career

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 ]

Other work

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.

Thomas & Friends – CGI version

Since 2009, Wickham has co-worked on the CGI version of the children's television series Thomas & Friends . Wickham co-provides the voices of various characters of the 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, and various other characters.[ 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 ]

Radio restoration

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]

Voice roles

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie Mr. Leach and Undertaker
2002 Return to Never Land Schroder
The King's BeardAdditional voices
2005Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess DanceWilliam Longtail and Mr. Maurice MouselingDirect-to-video
2006 Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest Le PèreEnglish version
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets SailWilliam Longtail and Mr. Maurice Mouseling
The Jungle Book: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi to the RescueBagheeraAs 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
2007Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter?Additional voices
The Three Musketeers: Saving the Crown
2009 Hero of the Rails Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat ControllerUK voice; direct-to-DVD
2010 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 Day of the Diesels Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)
Salty, Den, Norman, Paxton and Dowager Hatt
Direct-to-video
2012Blue Mountain MysteryEdward, Henry, James, Percy the Fat Controller and the Thin Controller (UK)
Skarloey and Sir Handel
2013 King of the Railway Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)
Skarloey
Moshi Monsters: The Movie Buster Bumblechops and Diavlo
2014Tale of the BraveEdward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)
Salty and a shunter
Direct-to-DVD
2015 Thomas (the Tank Engine) & 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
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 Journey Beyond Sodor Edward, Henry and Gordon (UK)
Sir Topham Hatt
2018Big World! Big Adventures!Edward, Henry, Gordon, Harold and the Thin Controller (UK)
Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, additional voices

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
1996–1998Douglas and Vince: The Two HeroesVinceAlongside Richard Pearce
1998-2007 Gamba no Bouken Noroi
1998–2000 Archibald the Koala ArchdukeAlongside Richard Griffiths
1999–2000 64 Zoo Lane various (UK version)52 episodes
2000–06 Cubeez BozzAlongside Marc Silk & Tara Newley
2002–06 Angelina Ballerina Mr. Mouseling, Grandpa Mouseling, William Longtail, Doctor Tuttle, various charactersAlongside Rob Rackstraw
2002Wilf the Witch's DogDoor, SlyAlongside Kerry Shale
2003–06 Watch My Chops CorneilAlongside Ben Small
2004–07 The Koala Brothers Frank and ArchieAlongside Rob Rackstraw
2005 Pitt & Kantrop Stef, Sariac, Vegas & AtlasAlongside 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 DailyAlongside Rob Rackstraw
2008 Frankenstein's Cat Trevor, Dr. Frankenstein, Mr. Crumble and PipsquawkAlongside Joe Pasquale
2008–10 The Mr. Men Show Mr. Small and Mr. TallAlongside Teresa Gallagher, Steven Kynman, Rob Rackstraw and Tim Whitnall; UK voice role
2009–13 Jungle Junction Bungo, Crocker and DozerAlongside 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 InklingAlongside Simon Greenall, Jo Wyatt, and Rob Rackstraw
2011–12 Fleabag Monkeyface Dr. Dirk SpamflexAlongside Bob Golding
2014–presentToot the Tiny TugboatOl' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright, Bryan the Ferryalongside John Hasler
2015–2016 Wissper Bert and MontyAlongside India Chesher-Good
2019 Ricky Zoom LoopAlongside Max Fincham
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the RescueEdward, Henry, Gordon, The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt, Salty, Den, Captain and Norman (UK/US)Television Special
2020Thomas & Friends: The Royal EngineHenry, Gordon, The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt, Thomas' Crew and a Stationmaster (UK/US)Television Special
Thomas & Friends: Marvelous MachineryEdward, 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 TBATBA

Video games

YearTitleRole
1996 Privateer 2: The Darkening Male Space Communications
1996 MindGym [10] The Narrator
1997City of Lost ChildrenAdditional 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
2013The Night of the RabbitGarden Rabbit
2017 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Niranira

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