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 ''

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''.

Early and personal life

Peacock was born on 2 October 1958 in

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, 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''

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). 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' with Liam Galvin. He worked as a bluecoat for a

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Holiday camp in

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, West Sussex in 1978. 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'', ''

'', '' Robin of Sherwood'', ''

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'', ''

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'' as Nord the Vandal in the serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, '' Casualty'' and ''

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''. Peacock has also starred in the second series of ''

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'' as DK's estranged father who has just left prison. His film appearances include '' Bloody Kids'', '' The Supergrass'', '' Riding High'', ''

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'', '' Quadrophenia'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Party Party'', '' Whoops Apocalypse'', Bull in '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', 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'', '' Harry and Cosh'', ''

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'', '' Very Big Very Soon'' for Central TV starring

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, 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 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 and Steve Johnson. His credits as a director include the

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'' Harry and Cosh'', ''Morris 2274'', ''Billie: Girl from the Future'' and '' Cavegirl''. 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

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in September 2015. In 2016, Peacock played the role of Maurice in Spencer Hawken's '' No Reasons''. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peacock, Daniel 1958 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male television writers English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors English television directors English television writers Male actors from London People from Hammersmith Peacock family Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham