Keith Wickham

Keith Wickham is an English voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series 64 Zoo Lane and Thomas and Friends.

Career Wickham voiced Changed Daily in The Secret Show, Mr. Small, and Mr. Tall in The Mr. Men Show (UK version), Corneil in Watch My Chops, Mr. Mouseling and most of the male voices in Angelina Ballerina, Nelson the Elephant, Reginald the Lion, Victor the Crocodile and the others in 64 Zoo Lane, Frank the Koala, Archie the Crocodile and Sammy the Shopkeeper in The Koala Brothers and Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright and Bryan the Ferry in Toot the Tiny Tugboat.

He also voiced Polluto in Tommy Zoom, the first in-house BBC animation production; The Professor, Pipsquawk, Trevor and Mr. Crumble in Frankenstein's Cat; and in 2009, contributed by voice to the Disney Channel's Jungle Junction, for Playhouse Disney and Spider Eye Productions.

Other cartoons which Wickham has done voice work for include Vampires, Pirates & Aliens, Tails and The Thousand Tasks, The Way Things Work, and The Octonauts, in which he plays both Professor Inkling and biologist Shellington. He has appeared in about 20 CD-ROM games, including Fable and Fable II, and voiced TV commercials. He appeared on stage as Kenneth Williams in Round the Horne Revisited.

Wickham also voiced Steff and Sariac from Pitt & Kantrop.

Other work Wickham worked as an actor and writer on the radio series Bits from Last Week's Radio, recorded by Ear Drum productions for BBC Radio 1, as well as voicing Jack of Blades in the 2004 video game Fable.

He can be heard in the podcast The Offcuts Drawer as part of the cast.

In addition, he has done acting work for the company iHASCO, and demonstrates through some of their interactive training, on issues such as asbestos awareness bullying & harassment training, equality & diversity, health & safety in the workplace, and food allergy awareness.

Thomas & Friends – CGI version From 2009 until 2021, Wickham provided the voices of various characters in the CGI series: Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash and Harold in the UK, and Harvey, Glynn, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Stafford, Salty, Den, Norman, Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt in both the UK/US, among others.

In 2020, Wickham reprised his roles as Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt in Rainbow Sun Productions' 20th anniversary celebration reading of the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

Radio restoration Wickham has been involved in the audio restoration of archive BBC Radio comedy shows. He traced missing episodes of the series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, which were repeated on BBC Radio 7, and restored episodes for broadcast.

Voice roles

Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie Mr. Leach and Undertaker 2002 Return to Never Land Schroder The King's Beard Additional voices 2005 Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance William Longtail and Mr. Maurice Mouseling Direct-to-video 2006 Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest Le Père English version Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail William Longtail and Mr. Maurice Mouseling The Jungle Book: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi to the Rescue Bagheera As part of the BKN Classic Series trilogy A Christmas Carol Scrooge's Father, Jacob Marley, Collector of the Orphanage # 1, Ghost of Christmas Past and Ghost of Christmas Present 2007 Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter? Additional voices The Three Musketeers: Saving the Crown 2009 Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller UK voice; direct-to-DVD 2010 Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, Harold and the Fat Controller (UK)Salty and Captain Direct-to-video Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island Leonardo 2011 Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)Salty, Den, Paxton and Dowager Hatt Direct-to-video 2012 Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery Edward, Henry, James, Percy the Fat Controller and the Thin Controller (UK)Skarloey and Sir Handel 2013 Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)Skarloey Moshi Monsters: The Movie Buster Bumblechops and Diavlo 2014 Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)Salty and a shunter Direct-to-DVD 2015 Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins Edward, Henry, Gordon and James (UK)Glynn, Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Director, Gordon's driver, James's guard, the Knapford Station speaker, some workmen and some signalmen Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Percy (UK)Salty, Arlesdale Bert, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller, a diver, some workmen and a policeman 2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Edward, Henry, Gordon and James (UK)Salty, Den, Norman, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Arlesdale Bert and Sir Topham Hatt 2017 Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor Edward, Henry and Gordon (UK)Sir Topham Hatt 2018 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie Edward, Henry, Gordon, Harold and the Thin Controller (UK)Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, additional voices

Television Year(s) Title Role Notes 1998–2000 Archibald the Koala Archduke Alongside Richard Griffiths 1999–2000 64 Zoo Lane Various (UK version) 52 episodes 2000–06 Cubeez Bozz Alongside Marc Silk and Tara Newley 2002–06 Angelina Ballerina Mr. Mouseling, Grandpa Mouseling, William Longtail, Doctor Tuttle, various characters Alongside Rob Rackstraw 2002 Wilf the Witch's Dog Door, Sly Alongside Kerry Shale 2003–06, 2014–16 Watch My Chops! Corneil Alongside Ben Small 2004–07 The Koala Brothers Frank and Archie Alongside Rob Rackstraw 2005 Pitt & Kantrop Stef, Sariac, Vegas and Atlas Alongside Emma Tate 2005–08 Planet Sketch Alongside Morwenna Banks, John Sparkes and Bert Kwouk 2007 Tommy Zoom Polluto and Bad Polluto Drawings 2007–08 The Secret Show Changed Daily Alongside Rob Rackstraw 2008 Frankenstein's Cat Trevor, Dr. Frankenstein, Mr. Crumble and Pipsquawk Alongside Joe Pasquale 2008–09 The Mr. Men Show Mr. Small and Mr. Tall Alongside Teresa Gallagher, Steven Kynman, Rob Rackstraw and Tim Whitnall; UK voice role 2009–13 Jungle Junction Bungo, Crocker and Dozer Alongside Jimmy Hibbert 2009–21 Thomas & Friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, Whiff, Dash, Harold and Mr. Percival (UK)The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt (US; 2015 onwards / UK), Harvey, Glynn, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Arlesdale Bert, Stafford, Salty, Den, Norman, Bertie, Captain, Dowager Hatt and Lord Callan Succeeded by Nigel Pilkington in the role of Percy (UK) and Rob Rackstraw in the role of James 2009 Bunny Maloney Modchi Alongside Walter Lewis 2010–present The Octonauts Shellington, Professor Inkling Alongside Simon Greenall, Jo Wyatt, and Rob Rackstraw 2011–12 Fleabag Monkeyface Dr. Dirk Spamflex Alongside Bob Golding 2014–15 Toot the Tiny Tugboat Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright, Bryan the Ferry alongside John Hasler 2015–16 Wissper Bert and Monty Alongside India Chesher-Good 2019–21 Ricky Zoom Hank Zoom 2019 Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue Edward, Henry, Gordon, The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt, Salty, Den, Captain and Norman (UK/US) Television special 2020 Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine Henry, Gordon, The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt, Thomas' Crew and a Stationmaster (UK/US) Television special Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery Edward, Gordon (UK) Harvey, Salty, Harold, Sir Topham Hatt, The Policeman, and the Station Master (UK/US) Television miniseries

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