Gareth Irvin Hale (born 15 January 1953) is an Anglo-Welsh comedian and actor, who is best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace, with his friend and comic partner Norman Pace.

Biography

Hale and his comedy partner are both former teachers. Their comedy partnership fronted several television programmes, most notably '' Hale and Pace'' (1988–1998), ''Pushing Up Daisies'' (1984), ''h&p@bbc'' (1999) and ''Jobs for the Boys'' (1997). They made a guest appearance together in ''

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'' serial. Hale was a regular on the Channel 5

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'', playing Doug MacKenzie (2003–2005) and appeared in the 2004 "Parenthood" episode of the medical drama series ''

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'' as a parent of a child with Down syndrome. In 2007 Hale and Pace appeared in the Christmas special of '' Extras'', called "The Extra Special Series Finale", playing themselves. In 2008, Hale joined the cast of ''

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'' in the role of the head porter, and in late 2009 he played Scrooge in an adaptation of

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''. In 2015 Hale appeared as Commissioner Busby in the BBC TV series ''

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'' (episode 3.15 "The Owl of Minerva"). In April 2015 Hale provided the station voice for Sam FM, a music based radio station covering Southern England. In 2015 he made a guest appearance as Teddy Arseholes in an episode of the BBC comedy series ''Cradle to Grave'' based on the autobiography of

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, ''Going to Sea in a Sieve''. In 2018 Hale appeared in the comedy TV series ''

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'' with Norman Pace. In 2021, Hale played Grandpa Maury in

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series Goldie's Oldies.

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* Living people Alumni of the University of Greenwich English male comedians English male soap opera actors English male television actors English male voice actors People from Hedon Comedians from the East Riding of Yorkshire Male actors from the East Riding of Yorkshire 1953 births Gareth Hale also appeared in 3 episodes of The Young Ones, alongside his friend and fellow comic actor/actor Norman Pace. {{UK-tv-actor-stub