Gareth Irvin Hale (born 15 January 1953) is an English comedian and actor, who is best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace, with his friend and comic partner Norman Pace.
Hale and his comedy partner are both former teachers. Their comedy partnership fronted several television programmes, most notably Hale and Pace (1988–1998), Pushing Up Daisies (1984), h&p@bbc (1999) and Jobs for the Boys (1997). They made a guest appearance together in Survival, a 1989 Doctor Who serial.
Hale was a regular on the Channel 5soap operaFamily Affairs, playing Doug MacKenzie (2003–2005) and appeared in the 2004 "Parenthood" episode of the medical drama series Casualty as a parent of a child with Down syndrome. In 2007 Hale and Pace appeared in the Christmas special of Extras, called "The Extra Special Series Finale", playing themselves.[1] In 2008, Hale joined the cast of The Royal in the role of the head porter,[2] and in late 2009 he played Scrooge in an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.[3]
In 2015 Hale appeared as Commissioner Busby in the BBC TV series Father Brown (episode 3.15 "The Owl of Minerva"). In April 2015 Hale provided the station voice for Sam FM, a music based radio station covering Southern England.[4] In 2015 he made a guest appearance as Teddy Arseholes in an episode of the BBC comedy series Cradle to Grave based on the autobiography of Danny Baker, Going to Sea in a Sieve.[5] In 2018 Hale appeared in the comedy TV series Benidorm with Norman Pace. In 2021, Hale played Grandpa Maury in Nickelodeon series Goldie's Oldies.
Referencesedit
^"The dynamic duo who love a laugh". The Argus. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^"Gareth Hale joins 'The Royal' - Soaps News". Digital Spy. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^"A Christmas Carol - Gareth Hale stars as Scrooge - Your London Reviews". IndieLondon. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^"Celador's JACK stations to become Sam FM". Radio Today. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^"Episode 4, Cradle to Grave - Credits - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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