Daniel Peacock (born 2 October 1958) is an English actor, director, writer and carer. He has worked with the team of '' The Comic Strip Presents...'' and played "Mental Mickey" in ''

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''.

Early and personal life

Peacock was born on 2 October 1958 in

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, London. He is the son of late actor and composer

Trevor Peacock Trevor Edward Peacock (19 May 1931 – 8 March 2021) was an English actor, screenwriter and songwriter. He made his name as a theatre actor, later becoming known for his Shakespearean roles. Later in his career, he became best known for playing ...

(who played Jim Trott in ''

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'') and Iris Jones and the half-brother of actor Harry Peacock (a regular ''

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). He attended Ashmole School in

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, London.

Career

He attended the Central School of Speech & Drama before leaving early to pursue a career as a comedian in an act called the 'Diamond Brothers'. He worked as a blue coat for a Pontins Holiday camp in

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, West Sussex in 1978. Daniel has also had success as a television series writer credited with ''

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'' (C4), Sister Said, ''

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'' (BBC) and other successful series. He moved into acting and writing and his credits as an actor include the following television series: '' Assaulted Nuts'', '' The Young Ones'', '' Little Armadillos'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' as Nord the Vandal in the serial

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, ''

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'' and ''

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''. Peacock has also starred in the second series of ''

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'' as DK's estranged father who has just left prison. His film appearances include ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Riding High'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Party Party'', ''

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'', Bull in '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', and ''

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''. He also played young

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in ''

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'' and he appeared in ''

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'' as the special effects maestro. He was one of the regular cast in Nick Hyde and Glen Cardno's ''Valentine Park'' for ATV Network starring Ken Jones,

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and Liz Smith and wrote ''

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'' starring

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and

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, ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Very Big Very Soon'' for Central TV starring

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, Sheila White,

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and

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, as well as adapting ''

'' for TV. He voiced a Beeposaurus in "

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". He appeared in a series of musical adverts in the 1980s for the

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chain of

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stores along with another ''Comic Strip'' actor, Ron Tarr, and the

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Steakhouse advertisement featuring the song "We Hope It's Chips", sung to the tune of "

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". Daniel also stars as a thug in "Billy's Christmas Angels" which was shown on Channel 4 in 1988 alongside Nabil Shaban who was Sil the Slug in Doctor Who and Steve Johnson from Terror Towers CITV and Motormouth. His credits as a director include the

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'', ''Morris 2274'', ''Billie: Girl from the Future'' and ''

''. For a short time he was the lead singer in a 5 piece band called The wild men of Wonga, releasing a single in 1985 . They played at least one gig at the now defunct Rock Garden in Covent Garden in the early - mid 1980's. His latest sitcom,

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, revolves around a woman called Marley Wise who finds she can communicate with the dead. The series first aired on

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in September 2015. Since around 2019, Peacock has been working as a carer at Hastings Court Care Home in East Sussex, resulting in a nomination for a National Care Award in 2022.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peacock, Daniel 1958 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors British male television writers English male film actors English male television actors English television directors English television writers Male actors from London Peacock family People from Hammersmith The Comic Strip