Roy Hudd

Roy Hudd (b. May 16 1933, Croydon, Surrey) is a very tall British radio and television actor. He is also a playwright and author.

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May 16 - 1933 - Croydon, Surrey

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He is best known for his very long-running radio series The News Huddlines and recently for his role as the undertaker Archie Shuttleworth in the popular ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

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The News Huddlines - ITV - Soap opera - Coronation Street

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Hudd has written several books on Music Hall and Variety and is seen by broadcasters as an authority on the subject.

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Music Hall - Variety

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On radio, he has also given his voice to the roles of Max Quordlepleen in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and James Phillimore in The Singular Inheritance of Miss Gloria Wilson, an original Sherlock Holmes radio play. He is due to appear as his hero Max Miller in a Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play Pier Pressure in 2006.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Sherlock Holmes - Max Miller - Big Finish Productions - Doctor Who - Audio play - Pier Pressure - 2006

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