Keith Wickham

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Keith Wickham
Born (1965-02-09) 9 February 1965 (age 56)
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England[1]
NationalityBritish
OccupationVoice actor, comedian, screenwriter
Years active1996–present
Known forThomas & Friends (2009—2021)
Websitekeithwickham.co.uk/

Keith Wickham (born 9 February 1965) is an English voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voice of various characters in the children's television series Thomas & Friends, and Polluto in Tommy Zoom.

Career[]

Wickham is well known for voicing 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, Victor the Crocodile and 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 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, participated on voice in Disney Channel's Jungle Junction, for then Playhouse Disney and Spider Eye Productions.

Other cartoons 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 his voice is on numerous TV commercials. He appeared on stage as Kenneth Williams in Round the Horne Revisited.

He is also recognised for voicing Steff and Sariac from Pitt and 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 also be heard in the podcast The Offcuts Drawer as part of the cast.

In addition, he has done acting work for the company iHASCO,[2][3] and demonstrates through some of their interactive training, on issues such as asbestos awareness[4] Bullying & Harassment training,[5] Equality & Diversity,[6] Health & Safety in the workplace,[7] Food Allergy Awareness [8] amongst others.

Thomas & Friends – CGI version[]

Since 2009, Wickham has co-worked on the CGI version of the ever-popular children's television series Thomas & Friends, again featuring the voice of his co-star Ben Small, the voice of Thomas and Toby in the UK dubbed version (with whom Wickham previously collaborated in Corneil & Bernie). Wickham co-provides the voices of various characters of the 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, and various other characters.

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

Radio restoration[]

Wickham has also been instrumental in the 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 (now replaced by BBC Radio 4 Extra), and restored episodes for broadcast.[9]

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 Orphange # 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 Hero of the Rails Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller UK voice; direct-to-DVD
2010 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 Day of the Diesels Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)
Salty, Den, Norman, Paxton and Dowager Hatt		 Direct-to-video
2012 Blue Mountain Mystery Edward, Henry, James, Percy the Fat Controller and the Thin Controller (UK)
Skarloey and Sir Handel
2013 King of the Railway Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)
Skarloey
Moshi Monsters: The Movie Buster Bumblechops and Diavlo
2014 Tale of the Brave Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller (UK)
Salty and a shunter		 Direct-to-DVD
2015 Thomas (the Tank Engine) & 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
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 Journey Beyond Sodor Edward, Henry and Gordon (UK)
Sir Topham Hatt
2018 Big World! Big Adventures! Edward, Henry, Gordon, Harold and the Thin Controller (UK)
Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, additional voices

Television[]

Year(s) Title Role Notes
1996–1998 Douglas and Vince: The Two Heroes Vince Alongside Richard Pearce
1998-2007 Gamba no Bouken Noroi
1998–2000 Archibald the Koala Archduke Alongside Richard Griffiths
1999–2000 64 Zoo Lane various 52 episodes
2000–06 Cubeez Bozz Alongside Marc Silk & 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 Watch My Chops Corneil Alongside Ben Small
2004–07 The Koala Brothers Frank and Archie Alongside Rob Rackstraw
2005 Pitt & Kantrop Stef, Sariac, Vegas & 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
2008-11 Big and Small Rig (Mentioned)
2008–10 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 as the role of Percy (UK) and Rob Rackstraw as the role of James
2009–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–present Toot the Tiny Tugboat Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright, Bryan the Ferry alongside John Hasler
2015–2016 Wissper Bert and Monty Alongside India Chesher-Good
2019 Ricky Zoom Loop Alongside Max Fincham
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 Edward, 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
2021 The Smurfs: A New Touch of Blue TBA TBA

Video games[]

Year Title Role
1996 Privateer 2: The Darkening Male Space Communications
1997 City of Lost Children Additional voices
2004 Fable Jack of Blades
2005 Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King Dhoulmagus
Shinobido: Way of the Ninja Goh the Bear and Kenobi Ninja
2006 Medieval II: Total War Additional voices
2007 Genji: Days of the Blade Genji Warrior (Guard B), Heishi Warrior A and Yoritomo
2008 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Colonel Cutlass, Briquet and a soldier
Fable II Additional voices
Memento Mori
2009 Cursed Mountain Edward Alexander Bennett
2013 The Night of the Rabbit Garden Rabbit
2017 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Niranira

References[]

  1. ^ "Keith Wickham," Behind the Voice Actors, www.behindthevoiceactors.com/
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iMbhzWpm50
  3. ^ https://www.ihasco.co.uk
  4. ^ https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/asbestos-awareness Asbestos Awareness
  5. ^ https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/courses/detail/bullying-and-harassment-training
  6. ^ "Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Training | iHASCO".
  7. ^ https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/health-and-safety-essentials Health & Safety in the workplace
  8. ^ "Food Allergy Awareness Training | IOSH Approved | iHASCO".
  9. ^ "Wickham's World". Wiped News. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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