Daniel Peacock

For other people named Daniel Peacock, see Daniel Peacock (disambiguation).

Daniel Peacock
Born (1958-10-02) October 2, 1958 (age 66)
Hammersmith, London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • writer
  • lifesytles co-ordinator
Years active1978–present
Notable work
  • Only Fools and Horses
  • The Comic Strip Presents...
  • Cavegirl
  • Marley's Ghosts
ParentTrevor Peacock (father)
RelativesHarry Peacock (half-brother)

Daniel Peacock (born 2 October 1958) is an English actor, director, writer and carer. He has worked with the team of The Comic Strip Presents... and played "Mental Mickey" in Only Fools and Horses.[1]

Early and personal life

Peacock was born on 2 October 1958 in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of late actor and composer Trevor Peacock (who played Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley) and Iris Jones and the half-brother of actor Harry Peacock (a regular Star Stories satirist). He attended Ashmole School in Southgate, London. As of 2024, he has four children and one grandchild.

Career

He attended the Central School of Speech & Drama before leaving early to pursue a career as a comedian in an act called the 'Diamond Brothers'. He worked as a bluecoat for a Pontins Holiday camp in Selsey, West Sussex in 1978.[citation needed]

Daniel has also had success as a television series writer credited with Teenage Health Freak (C4), Sister Said, Cavegirl (BBC) and other successful series. He also wrote and starred in the film Party Party.

In the early 1980s Daniel fronted a short lived band called The Wild Men of Wonga.

He moved into acting and writing and his credits as an actor include the following television series: Assaulted Nuts, The Young Ones, Little Armadillos, Only Fools and Horses,[1] Robin of Sherwood, The Bill, Doctor Who as Nord the Vandal in the serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy,[2] Casualty and One Foot in the Grave.[3]

Peacock has also starred in the second series of Coming of Age as DK's estranged father who has just left prison.

His film appearances include Bloody Kids, The Supergrass, Riding High, Porridge,[4] Quadrophenia,[4] Gandhi, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, Party Party, Whoops Apocalypse, Bull in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,[5] and Carry On Columbus. He also played young Jacques Clouseau in Trail of the Pink Panther and he appeared in The Jewel of the Nile as the special effects maestro.

He was one of the regular cast in Nick Hyde and Glen Cardno's Valentine Park for ATV Network starring Ken Jones, David Thewlis and Liz Smith and wrote Men of the World starring John Simm and David Threlfall, Cavegirl,[6] Harry and Cosh, Mud, Very Big Very Soon for Central TV starring Paul Shane, Sheila White, Shaun Curry and Tim Wylton, as well as adapting Teenage Health Freak for TV. He voiced a Beeposaurus in "The Beeps".

He appeared in a series of musical adverts in the 1980s for the Do It All chain of DIY stores[7] along with another Comic Strip actor, Ron Tarr, and the Birds Eye Steakhouse advertisement featuring the song "We Hope It's Chips", sung to the tune of "Que Sera Sera".

Daniel also stars as a thug in "Billy's Christmas Angels" which was shown on Channel 4 in 1988 alongside Nabil Shaban who was Sil the Slug in Doctor Who and Steve Johnson from Terror Towers and Motormouth.

His credits as a director include the metaseries Harry and Cosh, Morris 2274, Billie: Girl from the Future and Cavegirl.[6]

His latest sitcom, Marley's Ghosts, revolves around a woman called Marley Wise who finds she can communicate with the dead. The series first aired on Gold in September 2015.[8]

In 2016, Peacock played the role of Maurice in Spencer Hawken's No Reasons.[9]

Since around 2019, Peacock has been working as a lifestyles co-ordinator at Hastings Court Care Home in East Sussex, resulting in a nomination for a National Care Award in 2022.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hole in One/It's Only Rock and Roll, Double Bills, Only Fools and Horses – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy – Details". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Daniel Peacock". IMDb. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b Gifford, Denis (2001). The British film catalogue (3 ed.). London: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 893. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
  5. ^ Nollen, Scott Allen (2008). "Appendix A: films about the English Robin Hood". Robin Hood: a cinematic history of the English outlaw and his Scottish counterparts. Jefferson: McFarland. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-7864-3757-3.
  6. ^ a b Klossner, Michael (2006). Prehistoric humans in film and television: 579 dramas, comedies, and documentaries, 1905–2004 (1 ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-7864-2215-7.
  7. ^ "UK TV Adverts – Daniel Peacock". www.uktvadverts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "'Ghosts are more possible than time travel...': News 2015: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  9. ^ Russell, Rickey (5 February 2014). "Cast Announced For No Reasons". Movie Pilot. Movie Pilot. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Only Fools and Horses star reveals new role working in care home". ITV. ITV News. Retrieved 7 November 2022.