Stephen Garlick (born 7 July 1959) is a British actor best known as the voice of Jen in '' Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal''. His career has centered on film, television and radio. At the age of five he attended the famous Corona Academy stage school. As most children of his age he did a few television commercials. In 1965 he featured in a documentary called ''A Day of Peace'', directed by noted film director Peter Collinson. Garlick had a non-speaking part as a small boy with a potty stuck on his head in ''

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'' (1967). He appeared in two films in the 1960s made by the

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. He played the part of Dan in ''

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'' for BBC Schools. This was released on DVD by the

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Career

In 1973, Garlick played the role of Ned Lewis in the second series of '' The Adventures of Black Beauty''. He also appeared in another film for the Children's Film Foundation in 1975 called '' The Hostages''. A year later he played an alien called Kwaan in the

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sci-fi series ''

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''. He played the part of Tim Moffat in the controversial six-part serial, ''Two People'', for London Weekend Television. Other television appearances include ''The Houseboy'' and ''

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''. One of his more notable television appearances was as John Standen, the son of a duplicitous business man Ted Standen (

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) in the ''

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'' episode " The Son Also Rises" in which he appeared with fellow Corona boy

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. Garlick played Ibbotson in the Doctor Who story ''

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''. Other TV appearances included ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has provided many voices for radio and TV commercials and also films. His best-known voice role is the main character Jen in

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's 1982 American–British

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film ''

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''. He has twice been a member of the BBC

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appearing in many radio plays. He was a radio presenter for a short time on the recreation of the sixties offshore radio station, Radio London (Big L) between 2005 and 2008. Garlick has started appearing at conventions. Most notably a celebration of ''The Dark Crystal'' at Elstree Studios where the film was made. He appears to have retired from acting and now lives in Bedfordshire.

Filmography

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