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Michael Angelis

Michael Angelis

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 29, 1944
Died May 30, 2020 (76)
Birthplace Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Michael Angelis (18 January 1952 - 30 May 2020) was an English actor and voice actor. Michael Angelis was one of the stars of the famous 1982 BBC drama serial Boys from the Black Stuff and another Alan Bleasedale drama G.B.H. (TV series). He also starred i ... n comedies such as Luv and The Liver Birds, in which he appeared between series 5 and 9. He appeared as a villain in the revived television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet, alongside former fellow Black Stuff star Alan Igbon. Angelis is perhaps best known for narrating the British Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, which he has done since 1991, when he took over from Ringo Starr. Angelis was originally intended to provide some of the voices in the film adaptation of the series, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but he was dropped from the project when US test audiences thought he made the characters he originally voiced, James and Percy, sound too old. In 2007, he was reported to have stepped down from his role, with Pierce Brosnan taking over the role. However, Brosnan's narration was only heard in one feature special The Great Discovery, and Angelis has continued to provide the narration ever since. Angelis also narrated John Peel's autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes, on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. In 2006 he starred in the movie Fated, set in his home town of Liverpool, as well as in episodes of Midsomer Murders and The Bill in 2007. Angelis was married to the Coronation Street actress Helen Worth; however the two divorced in 2001 when Angelis admitted having an affair with model Jennifer Khalastchi Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Angelis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails

Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails

2011

as Narrator (UK) (voice)

Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas!

Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas!

2011

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue

Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue

2010

as Narrator (voice)

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie

2009

as Narrator (UK) (voice)

Fated

Fated

2006

as Tatty

Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!

Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!

2005

as Narrator (voice)

The Virgin of Liverpool

The Virgin of Liverpool

2003

as Chalky White

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995

as UK Thomas Narrator (uncredited)

Joseph

Joseph

1995

as Ruben

No Surrender

No Surrender

1985

as Mike

The Black Stuff

The Black Stuff

1980

as Chrissie Todd

George & Mildred

George & Mildred

1980

as Café Proprietor

Under the Age

Under the Age

1972

as Mike

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Thomas & Friends

as Narrator (Voice)

Episodes: 336

First Aired: Oct 09, 1984

The Liver Birds

as Lucien

Episodes: 85

First Aired: Jul 25, 1969

Jack and the Sodor Construction Company

as Narrator

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Aug 15, 2006

G.B.H.

as Martin Niarchos

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jun 06, 1991

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

as Micky Startup

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 11, 1983

Boys from the Blackstuff

as Chrissie Todd

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 10, 1982

Melissa

as D.I. Kilshaw

Episodes: 5

First Aired: May 12, 1997

Good Cop

as Robert Rocksavage

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 30, 2012

The Jump

as Donald Lewis

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 06, 1998

The Marksman

as Irwin

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 04, 1987

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Artuzov

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 05, 1983

Midsomer Murders

as Nicky Harding

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Bergerac

as Tony Morel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 1981

The Professionals

as Len Clarke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 1977

Lovejoy

as Tommy Norris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

Minder

as Nick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

Village Hall

as Terry Elliot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 16, 1974

Casualty

as Gordon McCauley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

Casualty

as Jez Ingrams

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

Casualty

as Ollie Yates

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

Heartbeat

as Frank McCready

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

Bread

as Mr. Cossack

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 01, 1986

Stickin' Around

Episodes: 77

First Aired: Aug 14, 1996

Luv

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Mar 09, 1993

I Woke Up One Morning

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Mar 21, 1985

Wood and Walters

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jan 01, 1982

Z-Cars

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 1962

A Touch of Frost

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 06, 1992

Between the Lines

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 1992

Hazell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1978

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