Duggie Brown (born Barry Douglas Dudley; 7 August 1940 – 16 August 2022) was an English comedian and actor. He was the younger brother of actress and singer
Lynne Perrie
Lynne Perrie (born Jean Dudley; 7 April 1931 – 24 March 2006) was an English actress, singer and television personality, best known as Mrs Casper in Ken Loach's 1969 film '' Kes'', Mrs Petty in the television series '' Queenie's Castle'', and ...
.
Stage work
During the early 1960s, Brown was a guitarist/vocalist in a four-piece group called the "Kool Katz."
Brown was a cabaret artist who also appeared on
Granada Television
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...
's popular series ''
The Comedians''.
In 2012, ''The Comedians'' celebrated forty years with the release of a DVD, ''The Original Comedians LIVE – 40th Anniversary Show'', recorded live during a summer gig in 2011 held at the Blackpool Grand theatre. The DVD featured new performances from Brown, along with
Stan Boardman,
Roy Walker and
Mick Miller.
Brown performed his comedy on various other entertainment shows, including ''
The Good Old Days'', where he made appearances between 1971 and 1980.
Brown acted on stage in several productions. In 1999, he played "The Fool" in Shakespeare's ''
King Lear
''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...
'' for the Northern Broadsides Theatre Company nationwide tour.
In 2013, he took the role of Mr. Boo in ''Little Voice''.
Television and film work
Since the early 1970s, Brown had a successful acting career in television and film, one of his early roles being in the 1969
Ken Loach
Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (''Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessne ...
film ''
Kes'', based on a novel by
Barry Hines
Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL (30 June 1939 – 18 March 2016) was an English author, playwright and screenwriter. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native W ...
, in which he played a milkman; his sister Lynne Perrie also starred as the lead character's mother.
He appeared in
Jack Rosenthal
Jack Morris Rosenthal (8 September 1931 – 29 May 2004) was an English playwright. He wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.
...
's ''
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.'' (1972), which was part of
Granada Television
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's ''Sunday Night Theatre'' series. He also appeared in the film ''
For the Love of Ada
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'' (also 1972), the big screen spin-off of the television series of the same name. He worked alongside his sister (Perrie) again, in
Colin Welland
Colin Welland (born Colin Edward Williams; 4 July 1934 – 2 November 2015) was an English actor and screenwriter. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr Farthing in '' Kes'' (1969) and the Academy Aw ...
's factory drama ''Leeds United'' (1974) in the
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'' series. Brown appeared in another ''Play For Today'', ''
'', again directed by Ken Loach and based on the book by Barry Hines.
He then starred in ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' film as a foreign reporter.
Brown starred in the short-lived
'' (1979) and in the same period also presented the short-lived Saturday morning children's programme ''
''. He had a regular role as laboratory technician Phil Strong in the popular detective series ''
'' (1980).
From 1980 to 1982, he appeared in the comedy series ''The Glamour Girls''. Brown had a role in the highly acclaimed
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