Joseph McGann (born 24 July 1958) is an English actor. His roles include the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the housekeeper in the TV comedy series '' The Upper Hand'' (1990–1996), '' Night and Day'' and his voice role as Sir Gideon Ofnir in the video game ''

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'' (2022).

Life and career

McGann was born in

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to a

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father also named Joe, and a teacher mother named Clare. His three younger brothers –

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, Mark and

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– are also actors. He also has a younger sister named Clare after their mother. Together with Stephen and Mark, he starred in ''Tom, Dick and Harry'', a play by Ray and Michael Cooney at the

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, in 1995. That same year, all four brothers starred in the BBC drama '' The Hanging Gale''. In 1982, McGann successfully auditioned for the role of Barry Grant in the British soap opera '' Brookside'', after he was cast by show creator Phil Redmond. Johnston 2012, p.160. McGann was refused an Equity card and producers had to recast the role with Paul Usher. In 1989, he portrayed Lord Glozelle in the BBC version of '' Prince Caspian''. The following year, he started playing the role of Charlie Burrows in the long-running ITV sitcom The Upper Hand, alongside Diana Weston and Honor Blackman. During this period, he also appeared in All Creatures Great and Small and '' Dangerfield (TV series)''. In 1992, he voiced "Masklin" in the TV adaptation of '' Truckers'', the first of

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's three books in '' The Nome Trilogy''. He featured as Grimes at the

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in the 2003 stage musical adaptation (by Jason Carr and Gary Yershon) of the novel '' The Water Babies''. On 16 December 2007, he played one of the three Magi in BBC Three's ''Nativity''; a live performance of the Bible story of Jesus's birth, set in modern-day Liverpool. His main solo song was " Lady Madonna", singing to the newly-born Jesus who is lying in a shopping trolley in a pub garage. McGann appeared on tour with ''

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'' playing the paterfamilias, Tevye, in 2008 but left the show 2 months before the tour ended due to an arm injury sustained on stage. In 2009, he appeared on BBC's '' Celebrity MasterChef'' alongside Linda Barker and Ninia Benjamin and dropped out in the semi-finals. In May-June 2009, he appeared as Richard in "Lost Monsters" by Laurence Wilson at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre. As of 2011, he can be seen occasionally guest presenting STV's daily magazine show, The Hour, alongside regular host Michelle McManus. In 2012, he was cast as Ray Say in a UK touring production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. However he dropped out of the tour midway through with understudy Phil Andrews taking over his role for the remainder of the tour. In October 2015, he joined the cast of Elf: The Musical, playing the role of Walter Hobbs at the Dominion Theatre. It was announced in 2019 that McGann had joined the cast of ''

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'' as Edward Hutchinson, the father of established character Tony Hutchinson ( Nick Pickard). In December 2020, it was announced that McGann had filmed his final scenes on the soap, which aired later that month.

Filmography

References

External links

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Frank Carlyle chats to Joe McGann for Mersey Radio (22 September 2014)
{{DEFAULTSORT:McGann, Joe 1958 births English male soap opera actors English male stage actors English male television actors Living people English people of Irish descent Male actors from Liverpool Joe English male video game actors People educated at St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool