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| years_active = 1971–present |
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| notable_works = ''[[Carrott's Lib]]'' <br |
| notable_works = ''[[Carrott's Lib]]'' <br /> ''[[Jackanory]]'' <br /> ''[[EastEnders]]'' |
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Julie Dawn Cole]]|1991|2002|reason=divorced}} |
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| website = {{url|http://www.nickwilton.com/}} |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Wilton studied English and Drama at the [[University of Kent]].<ref name="bio">{{cite news|url=http://www.nickwilton.co.uk/nickwilton_002.htm|title=Nick Wilton (biography)|access-date=3 June 2011}}</ref> His first professional engagement was in 1979 as a bluecoat entertainer at a [[Pontins]] [[holiday camp]] |
Wilton studied English and Drama at the [[University of Kent]].<ref name="bio">{{cite news|url=http://www.nickwilton.co.uk/nickwilton_002.htm|title=Nick Wilton (biography)|access-date=3 June 2011}}</ref> His first professional engagement was in 1979 as a bluecoat entertainer at a [[Pontins]] [[holiday camp]]. He then spent two years as a stage manager in theatres, before moving into acting.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Craddock|first=Kate|date=2017-05-04|title=Training Grounds Editorial|journal=Theatre, Dance and Performance Training|volume=8|issue=2|pages=225–230|doi=10.1080/19443927.2017.1326722|issn=1944-3927|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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===Acting=== |
===Acting=== |
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Wilton made his acting debut in 1980 in the [[Whitehall farce]] ''Simple Spymen'', directed by [[Brian Rix]]<ref name="bio"/> and went on to play opposite Rix in the West End revival of ''Dry Rot'' at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in 1988.<ref name="bio"/> He has appeared in many television shows, such as the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'',<ref name="3j">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a81130/its-the-day-of-kevins-funeral.html|title=It's the day of Kevin's funeral|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|last=Green|first=Kris|date=3 January 2008|access-date=3 June 2011|location=[[London]]}}</ref><ref name="23may">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 23/05/2011 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011fpqh|series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director:Michael Owen Morris ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jeff Povey |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="21april">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 21/04/2011|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010mt7j|series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director:John Greening ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Christopher Reason |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=21 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="3jun">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 03/06/2011 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011mgx3 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: [[Clive Arnold]]; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jane Marlow |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=3 June 2011}}</ref> ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' (twice), ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'' (three times), ''[[Carrott's Lib]]'' (two series and Election Specials), ''[[The Omid Djalili Show]]'' and the children's show ''[[Scoop (TV series)|Scoop]]''.<ref name="NW">{{cite news|url=http://www.bcltd.org/actors/nick-wilton/|title=Burnett Crowther-Nick Wilton|access-date=3 June 2011}}</ref> He appeared as a guest in ''[[My Dad's the Prime Minister]]'', ''[[No. 73]]'' (five series), ''[[Saturday Superstore]]'' as |
Wilton made his acting debut in 1980 in the [[Whitehall farce]] ''Simple Spymen'', directed by [[Brian Rix]],<ref name="bio"/> and went on to play opposite Rix in the [[West End theatre|West End]] revival of ''Dry Rot'' at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in 1988.<ref name="bio"/> He has appeared in many television shows, such as the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'',<ref name="3j">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a81130/its-the-day-of-kevins-funeral.html|title=It's the day of Kevin's funeral|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|last=Green|first=Kris|date=3 January 2008|access-date=3 June 2011|location=[[London]]}}</ref><ref name="23may">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 23/05/2011 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011fpqh|series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director:Michael Owen Morris ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jeff Povey |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="21april">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 21/04/2011|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010mt7j|series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director:John Greening ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Christopher Reason |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=21 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="3jun">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 03/06/2011 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011mgx3 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: [[Clive Arnold]]; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jane Marlow |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=3 June 2011}}</ref> ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' (twice), ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'' (three times), ''[[Carrott's Lib]]'' (two series and Election Specials), ''[[The Omid Djalili Show]]'' and the children's show ''[[Scoop (British TV series)|Scoop]]''.<ref name="NW">{{cite news|url=http://www.bcltd.org/actors/nick-wilton/|title=Burnett Crowther-Nick Wilton|access-date=3 June 2011}}</ref> He appeared as a guest in ''[[My Dad's the Prime Minister]]'', ''[[No. 73]]'' (five series), ''[[Saturday Superstore]]'' as Mo the Crow and as Mr Seagrove for 11 episodes in ''Big Meg, Little Meg''.<ref name="NW"/> He was also a writer and performer for the children's sketch show ''[[Fast Forward (UK TV series)|Fast Forward]]'' for 19 episodes between 1984 and 1987. |
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He has appeared in many stage productions, such as [[Michael Cooney (film director)|Michael Cooney]]'s play ''Cash on Delivery'' at the [[Whitehall Theatre]] (now [[Trafalgar Studios]]), directed by Ray Cooney, and ''Tom, Dick and Harry'', as well as ''[[The Railway Children]]'', playing Mr Perks in four UK tours.<ref name="NW"/> On radio, he appeared in and wrote for ''[[In One Ear]]'' (3 series), ''[[Son of Cliché]]'' (2 series), ''Cover to Cover'', ''Aspects of the Fringe'' and ''The Story So Far''. He has written dialogue and provided voices for exhibitions at the [[London Transport Museum]]; presented the comedy channel for Emirates and [[SriLankan Airlines]] from 1998 to 2010,<ref name="bio"/> and made a recording of [[Ricky Gervais]]'s biography, ''The Story So Far''.<ref name="news">{{cite news|url=http://www.nickwilton.co.uk/nickwilton_003.htm|title=News/Nick Wilton|access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> In the late eighties, he also performed [[cabaret]].<ref name="NW"/> |
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Since 2000 he has appeared as [[Pantomime dame]] every Christmas.<ref name="Panto">{{cite news|url=http://nickwiltonpanto.blogspot.com/|title=BlogSpot|access-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> In 2011, he appeared in a [[Specsavers]] advert alongside chef [[Gordon Ramsay]]. The following year, he was cast in the film version of Ray Cooney's [[farce]] ''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]''. Wilton has also starred in international stage productions such as ''[[No Sex Please - We're British]]'', produced by the [[British Theatre Playhouse]] in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in May 2015, and ''[[A Bedfull of Foreigners]]'', produced by the same company in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com/star.html | title=British Theatre Playhouse – STARS – Kevin Oliver Jones, Billy Geraghty, Graham Lough, Bob Carlton, Peter Helmer, Matt Devitt, Steve Simmonds, Kevin Jones, Matt Devitt, Alexander Holt, Ally Holmes, Grant Dinwoodie, Sarah Whittuck, Maria Lawson, Jane Milligan}}</ref> |
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===Scriptwriting=== |
===Scriptwriting=== |
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Wilton is also a scriptwriter and has written for |
Wilton is also a scriptwriter and has written for [[Three of a Kind (1981 TV series)|''Three of a Kind'']], ''[[Play Away]]'', ''[[In One Ear]]'' (three series), ''[[The Smith and Jones Sketchbook]]'', [[Smack the Pony]], ''[[WYSIWYG (TV series)|WYSIWYG]]'' and wrote one episode of ''[[Jackanory]]''. In 1987 he wrote an episode for ''[[Les Dennis|The Les Dennis Laughter Show]]'' and in 1984 he wrote four episodes of ''[[Spitting Image]]''. Wilton also wrote for ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'', ''[[A Kick Up the Eighties]]'' and the TV series ''[[Alas Smith and Jones]]''. |
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| 1987 || ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' || [[Theatre Royal, Plymouth]] ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=It's Behind You – Pantomimes at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth|url=http://www.its-behind-you.com/plymouthpanto.html|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.its-behind-you.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Pantomime|url=http://www.nickwilton.co.uk/nickwilton_006.htm|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.nickwilton.co.uk}}</ref> |
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| 1991 || [[Millfield Theatre|Millfield Theatre, Edmonton]] |
| 1991 || ''[[Aladdin]]'' || [[Millfield Theatre|Millfield Theatre, Edmonton]] || <ref name=":0" /> |
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| 2002 || ''[[Mother Goose]]'' || [[Connaught Theatre|Connaught Theatre, Worthing]] || <ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mother Goose, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, until January 12|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5119915.mother-goose-connaught-theatre-worthing-until-january-12/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=The Argus|language=en}}</ref> |
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| 2005 || [[Kenneth More Theatre|Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford]] || |
| 2005 || ''Dick Whittington'' || [[Kenneth More Theatre|Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford]] ||<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Performance Diary – 2005–2006|url=http://www.its-behind-you.com/diary20052006.html|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.its-behind-you.com}}</ref> |
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| 2006 || ''Dick Whittington'' || [[Rhyl|Theatre Rhyl]] ||<ref name=":0" /> |
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| 2007 || [[Hull New Theatre]] || ''Jack & the Beanstalk'' |
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| 2009 || [[The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare]] |
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| 2017 || [[Theatre Royal, Bath]] || ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' |
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==Awards and nominations== |
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Wilton was nominated for the [[Perrier Award]] alongside his revue group, ''Writers Inc'' and won in 1982.<ref name="bio"/> He was in the "Carrott's Lib" team that won the [[BAFTA]] for Best Light Entertainment programme in 1983.<ref name="bafta">{{cite news|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?|year=1983|title=Awards Database |access-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> On radio he was in the two Sony Award-winning comedy series [[Son of Cliché]] (best comedy 1984), with [[Chris Barrie]] and Nick Maloney, which was written by ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' creators [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]], and [[In One Ear]] (best comedy 1985) with [[Clive Mantle]], [[Helen Lederer]] and [[Steve Brown]], produced by [[Jamie Rix]].<ref name="cliche">{{cite news|url=http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/s/so/son_of_cliche.html|title=Radio Listings/ Son of Cliche|access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> |
Wilton was nominated for the [[Perrier Award]] alongside his revue group, ''Writers Inc'' and won in 1982.<ref name="bio"/> He was in the "Carrott's Lib" team that won the [[BAFTA]] for Best Light Entertainment programme in 1983.<ref name="bafta">{{cite news|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?|year=1983|title=Awards Database |access-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> On radio he was in the two Sony Award-winning comedy series [[Son of Cliché]] (best comedy 1984), with [[Chris Barrie]] and Nick Maloney, which was written by ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' creators [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]], and [[In One Ear]] (best comedy 1985) with [[Clive Mantle]], [[Helen Lederer]] and [[Steve Brown (composer)|Steve Brown]], produced by [[Jamie Rix]].<ref name="cliche">{{cite news|url=http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/s/so/son_of_cliche.html|title=Radio Listings/ Son of Cliche|access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> |
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Wilton was formerly married to Julie Dawn Cole, with whom he has two children.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eames |first1=Tom |title=Here's where the kids from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are now |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/willy-wonka-cast-where-are-they-now/ |website=Smooth Radio |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=19 April 2019}}</ref> He later married actress Lynette McMorrough.<ref>{{cite web |title=Just the one for the road |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/just-one-road-4258030 |website=BerkshireLive |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=31 August 2007}}</ref> |
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|rowspan="2"| 1987 || ''[[In One Ear|Hello Mum]]'' || Various Roles || 6 episodes |
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| 2000–2001 || ''Big Meg, Little Meg'' || Mr Seagrove || 11 episodes |
| 2000–2001 || ''Big Meg, Little Meg'' || Mr Seagrove || 11 episodes |
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| 2005 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Robert Bewleigh |
| 2005 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Robert Bewleigh || episode: "Fat Chance" |
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| 2006 || ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' || Derek Taylor |
| 2006 || ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' || Derek Taylor || episode: "Great Expectations" |
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| 2007 || ''[[Bonkers (2007 TV series)|Bonkers]]'' || Client |
| 2007 || ''[[Bonkers (2007 TV series)|Bonkers]]'' || Client || 1 episode |
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| 2008 || ''[[Nuzzle and Scratch]]'' || Mr Squeaky / Launderette Man |
| 2008 || ''[[Nuzzle and Scratch]]'' || Mr Squeaky / Launderette Man || episode: "Launderette" |
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| 2008–2013, 2016–2018, 2020–2022|| ''[[EastEnders]]''|| [[Mr Lister]] || Recurring role |
| 2008–2013, 2016–2018, 2020–2022|| ''[[EastEnders]]''|| [[Mr Lister]] || Recurring role |
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| 2010, 2012 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Milo Millard, Nigel Cushing || 2 episodes |
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 11 May 2024
Nicholas Wilton | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1971–present |
Notable work | Carrott's Lib Jackanory EastEnders |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Nicholas Wilton is an English actor and scriptwriter. He has appeared as Mr Lister in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as a recurring character; he has also appeared in Carrott's Lib and Jackanory.
Early life
Wilton studied English and Drama at the University of Kent.[1] His first professional engagement was in 1979 as a bluecoat entertainer at a Pontins holiday camp. He then spent two years as a stage manager in theatres, before moving into acting.[2]
Career
Acting
Wilton made his acting debut in 1980 in the Whitehall farce Simple Spymen, directed by Brian Rix,[1] and went on to play opposite Rix in the West End revival of Dry Rot at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in 1988.[1] He has appeared in many television shows, such as the BBC soap opera EastEnders,[3][4][5][6] Doctors (twice), Casualty, Heartbeat, The Bill (three times), Carrott's Lib (two series and Election Specials), The Omid Djalili Show and the children's show Scoop.[7] He appeared as a guest in My Dad's the Prime Minister, No. 73 (five series), Saturday Superstore as Mo the Crow and as Mr Seagrove for 11 episodes in Big Meg, Little Meg.[7] He was also a writer and performer for the children's sketch show Fast Forward for 19 episodes between 1984 and 1987.
He has appeared in many stage productions, such as Michael Cooney's play Cash on Delivery at the Whitehall Theatre (now Trafalgar Studios), directed by Ray Cooney, and Tom, Dick and Harry, as well as The Railway Children, playing Mr Perks in four UK tours.[7] On radio, he appeared in and wrote for In One Ear (3 series), Son of Cliché (2 series), Cover to Cover, Aspects of the Fringe and The Story So Far. He has written dialogue and provided voices for exhibitions at the London Transport Museum; presented the comedy channel for Emirates and SriLankan Airlines from 1998 to 2010,[1] and made a recording of Ricky Gervais's biography, The Story So Far.[8] In the late eighties, he also performed cabaret.[7]
Since 2000 he has appeared as Pantomime dame every Christmas.[9] In 2011, he appeared in a Specsavers advert alongside chef Gordon Ramsay. The following year, he was cast in the film version of Ray Cooney's farce Run for Your Wife. Wilton has also starred in international stage productions such as No Sex Please - We're British, produced by the British Theatre Playhouse in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in May 2015, and A Bedfull of Foreigners, produced by the same company in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in September 2006.[10]
Scriptwriting
Wilton is also a scriptwriter and has written for Three of a Kind, Play Away, In One Ear (three series), The Smith and Jones Sketchbook, Smack the Pony, WYSIWYG and wrote one episode of Jackanory. In 1987 he wrote an episode for The Les Dennis Laughter Show and in 1984 he wrote four episodes of Spitting Image. Wilton also wrote for Not the Nine O'Clock News, A Kick Up the Eighties and the TV series Alas Smith and Jones.
Pantomime
He first performed in pantomime in 1987 and as a dame every Christmas since 2000.[11]
Year | Show | Theatre | Ref. |
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1987 | Dick Whittington | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | [12][13] |
1991 | Aladdin | Millfield Theatre, Edmonton | [13] |
2000 | Robin Hood & Babes in the Wood | Salisbury Playhouse | [13][14] |
2001 | Jack & the Beanstalk | Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch | [13] |
2002 | Mother Goose | Connaught Theatre, Worthing | [13][15] |
2003 | Aladdin | Connaught Theatre, Worthing | [13] |
2004 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Connaught Theatre, Worthing | [13] |
2005 | Dick Whittington | Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford | [13][16] |
2006 | Dick Whittington | Theatre Rhyl | [13] |
2007 | Jack & the Beanstalk | Hull New Theatre | [13][17] |
2008 | Aladdin | Festival Theatre, Malvern | [13] |
2009 | Snow White | The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare | [18] |
2017 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Theatre Royal, Bath | [19] |
2018 | Beauty and The Beast | Grand Theatre, Blackpool | [20] |
2019 | Beauty and The Beast | Theatre Royal, Bath | [21] |
2022 | Aladdin | Theatre Royal, Bath | [22] |
Awards and nominations
Wilton was nominated for the Perrier Award alongside his revue group, Writers Inc and won in 1982.[1] He was in the "Carrott's Lib" team that won the BAFTA for Best Light Entertainment programme in 1983.[23] On radio he was in the two Sony Award-winning comedy series Son of Cliché (best comedy 1984), with Chris Barrie and Nick Maloney, which was written by Red Dwarf creators Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and In One Ear (best comedy 1985) with Clive Mantle, Helen Lederer and Steve Brown, produced by Jamie Rix.[24]
Personal life
Wilton was formerly married to Julie Dawn Cole, with whom he has two children.[25] He later married actress Lynette McMorrough.[26]
Filmography
- Films
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2012 | Run for Your Wife | Taxi driver | |
2013 | Off the Aisle | Freddie Baker | [27] |
- Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Three of a Kind | Unnamed | 1 episode |
1982–1983 | Carrott's Lib | Unnamed | 17 episodes |
1982–1987 | Saturday Superstore | Mo the Crow | 5 series |
198? | Micro Live | Unnamed | 1 episode |
1984 | Play Away | Himself | 4 episodes |
1984 | No. 73 | Tony Deal | 10 episodes |
1984–1987 | Fast Forward | Himself | 19 episodes |
1985 | Glamour Night | Dave | episode: "Summer Season" |
1987 | Hello Mum | Various Roles | 6 episodes |
Hardwicke House | Peter Philpott | 2 episodes | |
1988 | Comic Relief | Himself | TV special |
Valentine Park | Gerald | episode: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | |
Colin's Sandwich | Postman | episode: "Back from Bengal" | |
1990–1993 | Jackanory | Storyteller / Martins Mice | 10 episodes |
199? | The 10 Percenters | Harry Shales | episode: "Libel" |
1995 | The Bill | Barry Pringle | episode: "A Year and a Day" |
The Plant | Rory | TV movie | |
1997 | Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's | Reporter | episode: "The Clerical Error" |
1998 | Noah's Ark | Kenny Fisher | episode: "Killing Time" |
Duck Patrol | John Able | episode: "The Siege of Mallory Wharf" | |
1999 | The Jim Tavaré Show | Scott | 1 episode |
The Bill | Roger Carlson | episode: "Long Term Investment" | |
2000 | The Thing About Vince | Mr Rogers | Miniseries, 1 episode |
2000–2001 | Big Meg, Little Meg | Mr Seagrove | 11 episodes |
2004 | The Bill | Mr. Turner | episode: "242: Suicidal Thoughts" |
My Dad's the Prime Minister | Banker | episode: "Marathoin" | |
2005 | Casualty | Robert Bewleigh | episode: "Fat Chance" |
2006 | Heartbeat | Derek Taylor | episode: "Great Expectations" |
2007 | Bonkers | Client | 1 episode |
2008 | Nuzzle and Scratch | Mr Squeaky / Launderette Man | episode: "Launderette" |
2008–2013, 2016–2018, 2020–2022 | EastEnders | Mr Lister | Recurring role |
2009 | The Omid Djalili Show | Hugh | 1 episode |
2009, 2010 | Scoop | Paulo, Rex de Lacey | 2 episodes |
2010, 2012 | Doctors | Milo Millard, Nigel Cushing | 2 episodes |
2023 | Dreamland | Doctor Beany | 1 episode |
- Radio
Title |
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Son of Cliché |
In One Ear |
Week-Ending |
Semi-Circles |
Fetlock P.I. |
The Story So Far |
Cinderella |
Puss In Boots |
Peter Claytons Nightcap |
Aspects of a Fringe |
Uncle Charlie |
Cover to Cover |
- Writer
Year | Title | Notes |
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1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News | not defined |
1981 | Three of a Kind | 8 episodes |
A Kick Up the Eighties | not defined | |
1984 | Alas Smith and Jones | not defined |
Spitting Image | 4 episodes | |
1987 | Hello Mum | 6 episodes |
The Les Dennis Laughter Show | 1 episode | |
1991 | Jackanory | 1 episode |
1992 | WYSIWYG | not defined (only writer credited, played eponymous character) |
1999 | Smack the Pony | 1 episode |
2006 | The Smith & Jones Sketchbook | 3 episodes |
- Online
Year | Title | Notes |
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2020 | Pantomonium | Online pantomime due to lockdown[28] |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Nick Wilton (biography)". Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ Craddock, Kate (4 May 2017). "Training Grounds Editorial". Theatre, Dance and Performance Training. 8 (2): 225–230. doi:10.1080/19443927.2017.1326722. ISSN 1944-3927.
- ^ Green, Kris (3 January 2008). "It's the day of Kevin's funeral". Digital Spy. London: Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ Director:Michael Owen Morris ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jeff Povey (23 May 2011). "Episode dated 23/05/2011". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ Director:John Greening ; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Christopher Reason (21 April 2011). "Episode dated 21/04/2011". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ Director: Clive Arnold; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jane Marlow (3 June 2011). "Episode dated 03/06/2011". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ a b c d "Burnett Crowther-Nick Wilton". Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "News/Nick Wilton". Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "BlogSpot". Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "British Theatre Playhouse – STARS – Kevin Oliver Jones, Billy Geraghty, Graham Lough, Bob Carlton, Peter Helmer, Matt Devitt, Steve Simmonds, Kevin Jones, Matt Devitt, Alexander Holt, Ally Holmes, Grant Dinwoodie, Sarah Whittuck, Maria Lawson, Jane Milligan".
- ^ Willows, Little (5 December 2019). "Top pantos to see near Bath this Christmas". Little Willows Day Nursery. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "It's Behind You – Pantomimes at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth". www.its-behind-you.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Pantomime". www.nickwilton.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "robin hood + the babes in the wood". www.traditionalpantomimes.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Mother Goose, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, until January 12". The Argus. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Performance Diary – 2005–2006". www.its-behind-you.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Review: Jack And The Beanstalk, Hull New Theatre". York Press. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Snow White Panto". vicki-michelle. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Harriet Thorpe set to take centre stage for this year's Theatre Royal pantomime". Bath Echo. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "A Grand Panto Cast Announcement". Blackpool Grand Theatre. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Review: Beauty and The Beast at Theatre Royal Bath". The Bath Magazine. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Aladdin at Theatre Royal Bath". The Bath Magazine. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Awards Database". 1983. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "Radio Listings/ Son of Cliche". Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Eames, Tom (19 April 2019). "Here's where the kids from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are now". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Just the one for the road". BerkshireLive. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Williams, Jennifer. "Off The Aisle Cast". Kate Metcalfe. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ "REVIEW: PANTOMONIUM! The Pantomime at the Blackpool Grand Theatre (Online)". Pocket Size Theatre. Retrieved 7 May 2021.