Lee Cornes

Lee Cornes is an English television actor and writer born in Worcester.

A stand up comedian since 1980, he was a regular compere at London's Comedy Store throughout the 1980s and won best Stand Up Comedian at the Charrington London Fringe Awards in 1987.

Cornes appeared in three series of ''Blackadder'', in two episodes of '' The Young Ones'' and as barman 'Dick Head' in the TV show '' Bottom''. He made an appearance in the first episode of '' Filthy, Rich & Catflap'' as a binman. Appeared in the ''Comic Strip'' episode "Slags". Appearances on ''Saturday Night Live''. Cornes also starred in children's drama ''Grange Hill'' as Mr. Jeff Hankin (1990–2002); provided voices for characters in the children's television series '' TUGS'', and featured in the ''Doctor Who'' story "Kinda" as the Trickster (1982). He appeared in ''Red Dwarf'' as Paranoia in the series one episode " Confidence and Paranoia". He also appeared several times in the BBC Scotland sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, once as a DSS Clerk and again as a barman in a Highland pub.

He played a major role as the harassed talent agent Dickie Valentino in the 1994 partially- improvised comedy film '' There's No Business...'', alongside comedy duos Raw Sex ( Simon Brint and Rowland Rivron) and The Oblivion Boys ( Stephen Frost and Mark Arden).

He appeared in the 2002 S Club Juniors video " One Step Closer." In November 2010 he appeared as Dave in Episode 6 of E4 comedy ''Phoneshop''. He appeared as the Tooting Flasher in Matt Berry's Toast of London pilot. Appeared in ''Hustle''. Also appearances in ''French and Saunders'', '' The Lenny Henry Show'', '' The Detectives'', '' After You've Gone'', and ''My Family''.

Stage appearances include Ken Campbell's ''The Warp'' at the Liverpool Everyman, several roles at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond. Figaro at The Watford Palace Theatre, as well as pantomime roles. Co-writer and performer ''The WOW Show'' at the Wyndham's Theatre. He toured Britain with ''Neal from the Young Ones''.

Cornes was one of the lead writers for '' Mr Bean, The Animated Series'', and a writer on ''Cavegirl'' and Channel 4's ''Gophers!''. He was a co-writer of Channel 4's animation series ''The Bird'', and writer/storyliner on ''What's Up Doc?'', a writer and performer on Thames TV's ''After Hours'' and joint writer on two series of ''The WOW Show'' on Radio 4. He has appeared in various children's television shows such as ''My Parents are Aliens'', ''Bear Behaving Badly'', ''Jackanory''.

In a 2010 interview in ''The Times'', Cornes was cited as one of fellow comedian Sean Lock's biggest comedic influences. Lock said: "He’s not very well known but he is my main influence — he used to compere at the Comedy Store. He’s the comedians’ comedian. He used to be very unpredictable, which is a great skill in a comedian, not knowing where to go next. He also used to play the physics teacher in Grange Hill."

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20th-century English male actors
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Living people
English male television actors
Actors from the London Borough of Hillingdon
Male actors from London
Actors from Worcester, England
Male actors from Worcestershire
Year of birth missing (living people)
English male comedians
Comedians from Worcestershire
Comedians from the London Borough of Hillingdon
People from Hayes, Hillingdon