Michael Angelis

Michael Angelis

1944-04-29 – 2020-05-30 (age 76) Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Michael Angelis was an English actor and voice actor.

Michael Angelis was one of the stars of the famous 1982 BBC drama serial Boys from the Black Stuff and another Alan Bleasedale drama G.B.H. (TV series). He also starred in comedies such as Luv and The Liver Birds, in which he appeared between series 5 and 9. He appeared as a villain in the revived television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet, alongside former fellow Black Stuff star Alan Igbon.

Angelis is perhaps best known for narrating the British Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, which he has done since 1991, when he took over from Ringo Starr. Angelis was originally intended to provide some of the voices in the film adaptation of the series, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but he was dropped from the project when US test audiences thought he made the characters he originally voiced, James and Percy, sound too old. In 2007, he was reported to have stepped down from his role, with Pierce Brosnan taking over the role. However, Brosnan's narration was only heard in one feature special The Great Discovery, and Angelis has continued to provide the narration ever since. Angelis also narrated John Peel's autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes, on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

In 2006 he starred in the movie Fated, set in his home town of Liverpool, as well as in episodes of Midsomer Murders and The Bill in 2007.

Angelis was married to the Coronation Street actress Helen Worth; however the two divorced in 2001 when Angelis admitted having an affair with model Jennifer Khalastchi

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Known For

Joseph
Joseph

1995

as Reuben

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails
Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails

2009

as Narrator (voice)

Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue
Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery
The Black Stuff
The Black Stuff

1980

as Chrissie Todd

The Virgin of Liverpool
The Virgin of Liverpool

2003

as Chalky White

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Giving Tongue

1996

as Will Shaker

Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!
George & Mildred
George & Mildred

1980

as Café Proprietor

Fated
Fated

2006

as Tatty

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995

as UK Thomas Narrator (uncredited)

Thomas & Friends: Sticky Situations
Thomas & Friends: Sticky Situations

2012

as Narrator (voice)

Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon
Thomas & Friends: Muddy Matters
Thomas & Friends: Muddy Matters

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Bobby Wants to Meet Me
Bobby Wants to Meet Me

1981

as Frankie