Life and career Todd Carty

1 life , career

1.1 career
1.2 eastenders , bill
1.3 other television , film appearances
1.4 dancing on ice
1.5 radio, presenting , stage

1.5.1 pantomimes


1.6 directing , producing

life , career
early career

carty s first television appearance in uk in advertisement woolworths @ age of four. had other advertising , public information film roles, including 1 doctor actor jon pertwee green cross code .

carty made first stage appearance @ new london theatre, drury lane, young lionel in lionel bart s autobiographical musical lionel!; however, television career in youth defined role tucker jenkins in bbc children s drama grange hill (1978–1982), , subsequent spin-off series tucker s luck (1983–1985).

during 1970s , 1980s, carty appeared in z-cars (1976), our mutual friend, drummer, , headmaster, bbc. , german tv, focus on britain , idle bunch. film work @ time included please sir! (1971) , professor popper s problem (1974). in 1983, landed role of oswyn in fantasy film krull opposite ken marshall, lysette anthony, liam neeson, , alun armstrong, amongst others.

eastenders , bill

carty took on role of original character mark fowler in bbc 1 soap opera eastenders in 1990, following death of original actor, david scarboro. carty played role 13 years, becoming 1 of longest-running male cast-members. in july 2002, bbc announced mark fowler being written out of serial, mutual decision between producers , carty. executive producer louise berridge said carty had made fantastic contribution soap , mark had been pivotal figure , character had run course: todd , have discussed @ length , agreed time mark hang leather jacket last time. miss todd, 1 of our best-loved actors, , wish him every success in future. carty made final appearance mark in february 2003, riding out of square on motorbike. character subsequently died off-screen in 2004.

after leaving eastenders in 2003, carty went on play villain evil copper , pc gabriel kent, in itv s bill more 2 years 2003 2005. carty has since revealed broke eastenders contract year earlier planned take on new role.

other television , film appearances

todd carty starred randy candy in film candy show 1989. whilst still in eastenders in 1997, carty appeared former eastenders co-star nick berry in victorian period adventure film black velvet band, spaghetti western-style drama.

carty subject of life tribute in 2000. guests included wendy richard, norman wisdom, nick berry, girlfriend dina clarkin, sons james carty , thomas carty, , father-in-law, actor tony clarkin.

after leaving bill in 2005, carty returned big screen aristocrat harvey van bollingbroke in film treasure of albion (2006). carty acted in school roared (2009) eccentric mr haig, , second-unit director. appeared mr keller in film blame 2010.

carty has guest-starred ray hallam in christmas special of tv series heartbeat, , in bbc s holby city, villain cameron cooke. in 2008, guest-starred in bbc s doctors, playing part of kev blake.

in 2003, carty reprised role of tucker jenkins in grange hill, uncle of 1 pupils, patrick togger johnson. appeared in 1 episode, brought once again film grange hill s final series, broadcast in 2008 – one-off special episode celebrate 30th birthday of long-running bbc show. carty appeared tucker in final televised episode of grange hill, screened on monday, 15 september 2008 on bbc one.

carty guest on bbc 1 show d anything, in may 2008, cameron mackintosh, helping choose 1 of selected boys play oliver twist new west end production of oliver!.

carty , eldest son, james, filmed in factual television series channel 5, dangerous adventures boys, based on book written conn , hal iggulden, dangerous book boys. james carty, aged 11 @ time of broadcast, became youngest person drive steam train across north york moors 18-mile line grosmont, north yorkshire pickering, built in 1830s.

in june 2014, carty contestant on celebrity masterchef.

carty appeared mike in film silver birches in 2017.

dancing on ice

carty appeared in fourth series of uk version of dancing on ice, began on 10 january 2009. carty partnered professional skater susie lipanova , heavily criticised judging panel apparent lack of skating ability. in weeks , lipanova competed, finished bottom of leaderboard, scoring 7.5 in first week, 9.5 next appearance in week three, , 7.5 , 8.5 weeks 4 , 5 respectively. during routine in week three, carty lost control on ice badly ended stumbling off-stage area, disappearing public view, leaving lipanova complete routine alone, returning in time complete routine beatles song help. public vote carried couple through next round , described 1 of funniest moments captured on television. eliminated in 5th round.

he competed alexandra schauman in ninth , final series of dancing on ice, all-stars series.

radio, presenting , stage

carty s radio work includes such dramas les misérables; 3 loves of ida bliss, happy, wavelength, midweek, jellybones, london particulars, bringing eddie home, , chocolate frigate. narration work includes paddington green, story of new york city subway s guardian angels scene in new york, fame game, driving mum crazy, snapshot-eddie kidd, jungle creatures, , many more. in 1989, carty reprised role of tucker in musical stage version of television series grange hill: grange hill: tucker s return, @ queen s theatre, hornchurch. between 2007 , 2008, toured uk in business of murder police detective hallett. todd carty , wendy richard (who played screen mother pauline in eastenders) presented 50 greatest families on sky 1 in march 2008.

carty appeared in bbc radio 4 play of day bringing eddie home john peacock, based on true story of fight eastend couple edna , jack wallace son s body brought home aden, , ensuing fight rights of british service service personnel. carty played role of younger jack wallace , play included other ex eastenders actors bill treacher, tilly vosburgh, edna doré , joe absolom

carty stars patsy, may 2010, in monty python touring production of spamalot.

pantomimes

carty has played ali baba in bbc christmas pantomime aladdin, , starred buttons in cinderella @ gatehouse theatre stafford 14 december 1993 2 january 1994. later starred barbara windsor captain s mate in dick whittington @ orchard theatre, dartford.

he appeared king rat basil brush in pantomime dick whittington @ wycombe swan theatre between 2005 , 2006. reprised role of king rat in new version of dick whittington, @ capitol theatre, horsham, ran 13 december 2007 6 january 2008. in december 2008, carty starred evil ferdinand fleshcreep (the giant s evil assistant) in jack , beanstalk @ queen s theatre in barnstaple. show ran 12 december 2008 4 january 2009. carty starred buttons in cinderella @ pavilion theatre worthing 10 december 2009 3 january 2010.

carty again played flashcreep in jack , beanstalk, in production @ newark palace theatre in newark-on-trent (7 – 31 december 2016).

directing , producing

carty , partner, actress/writer , film producer dina clarkin, have set film production company, swordfish productions. in july 2007 carty made directorial debut director of several episodes of bbc s daytime soap opera, doctors. carty directed first feature film, perfect burger (2010), set in leicestershire town of hinckley. film shot @ hinckley campus of north warwickshire , hinckley college.