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Andrew Lynford (born 14 June 1972) is a British television presenter and
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. Since 2010, he has worked extensively as a theatre & television director, talent agent and casting director. He is widely remembered for playing
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, the brother of
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), in the popular
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'' EastEnders''. He also presented ''
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'' for Children's BBC in the early 1990s.


Career

Born in Essex, Lynford trained at the
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in
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. He has had many
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roles, including Ralph in ''Bouncers''; Tim in ''Up On The Roof'', Adrian in ''
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'' and Hal in '' Loot''. He is also a veteran) of musical theatre, starring in ''
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''; '' Oliver!''; ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 1996 Lynford joined the cast of ''EastEnders'', playing
Simon Raymond Simon Raymond is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Andrew Lynford. Simon is introduced in 1996 as the homosexual brother of Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon). His relationship with the bisexual characte ...
, the homosexual brother of
Martine McCutcheon Martine Kimberley Sherrie McCutcheon (formerly Ponting, born 14 May 1976) is an English actress and singer. She began appearing in television commercials at an early age and made her television debut in the children's television drama '' Bluebir ...
's character Tiffany Raymond. His character made headlines in the British press, following a
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with the show's resident bisexual,
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), who happened to be dating his sister at the time. Both Lynford and Homer left the show in 1999. After leaving ''EastEnders'', Lynford started presenting various shows for television, including ''Wild Thing'', ''Taste Today'', and the comedy quiz ''Arty Facts'', which he also devised. Lynford has also written a 1970s musical called ''Disco Crazee'', which was produced by Bruce James in 2005 at the
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, and subsequently toured Britain. More recently, Lynford directed ''The Cheeky Chappie'', a play about the comedian Max Miller, ''Side By Side By Sondheim'' and Ken Hill's ''The Curse of the Werewolf'' at the Union Theatre in London. In 2006/7/8 he directed the comedy ''Dirty Dusting'' at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, and on tour in Ireland and Scotland, and in 2008, '' Menopause - The Musical'' at the Tivoli Theatre, Dublin, and on tour. In 2009, he directed Menopause - The Musical on tour in the UK. He has worked as a theatre producer for Paul Holman Associates. He recently directed the UK theatre productions of ''Mum's The Word'' and ''Alf Ramsey Knew My Grandfather'' for producer Robert C. Kelly. He has contributed as a writer to the sketch show ''Tittybangbang'' and written gags for
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for the Sky One quiz ''Are You Smarter Than a Ten-Year-Old?''. He has also scripted many pantomimes across the UK. As of 2013, Andrew continues to be a prolifictheatre director, including productions of ''Wuthering Heights'' (with ''
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s
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and his '' EastEnders'' co-star
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in the cast), the UK tour of the
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play '' Steaming'' and Christmas shows for
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. He is chairman and artist manager for the Spaniel Talent House, who produce and manage the band Skip Ad. Lynford was recently) casting director at
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in Los Angeles, California, US, and returned to the UK in 2019 to take up the role of head of casting at leading UK theatre company Bill Kenwright Ltd).


References


External links

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Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynford, Andrew Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts English male soap opera actors Living people British television presenters English male musical theatre actors English male stage actors 1972 births