13-473: (Redirected from Ken MacDonald ) Kenneth , Kenny , or Ken MacDonald (or McDonald ) or Ken Macdonald may refer to: Arts [ edit ] Kenneth MacDonald (English actor) (1950–2001), "Mike" in "Only Fools And Horses" and "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" Kenneth MacDonald (American actor) (1901–1972), American film and TV actor Kenneth MacDonald (dancer) (1948–1995), dancer, Associate Artistic Director of
26-508: A brief appearance on the Channel 4 soap Brookside as George Webb, a racist owner of a petrol station. His character Mike in Only Fools and Horses was not killed off. When the programme was revived for three episodes from 2001, after MacDonald's death, Mike was imprisoned for trying to embezzle money from the brewery. MacDonald died suddenly on 6 August 2001 at the age of 50 after suffering
39-582: A guest appearance in series 2, episode 1, of Last of the Summer Wine . Forked Lightning. He played a mechanic. A year later he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre. He appeared in a 1977 episode of Dad's Army . MacDonald featured regularly in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum , running from 3 January 1974 to 3 September 1981. It was set in the jungles of Burma and India during
52-525: A job at a Kellogg's cornflakes factory. During night shifts he would perform Hamlet and other Shakespeare plays that he had learned at school, earning the nickname "Hamlet". MacDonald met his wife Sheila while he was appearing in panto in Crewe in 1976. She was the costume designer at the time. They had two children. MacDonald's first television role was Benny in Softly, Softly in 1972. In 1975, he made
65-560: A massive heart attack while on holiday with his family in Hawaii. Seven days after his death, MacDonald's guest appearance on BBC television drama Merseybeat was aired, with the episode dedicated to his memory. He was buried on 16 August 2001 in Section Z, Grave 140 at Teddington Cemetery , Teddington , in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames . Gunner (rank) Gunner ( Gnr )
78-717: Is a rank equivalent to private in the British Army Royal Artillery and the artillery corps of other Commonwealth armies. The next highest rank is usually lance-bombardier , although in the Royal Canadian Artillery it is bombardier . Historically, there was an inferior rank, matross . There is a bronze statue of a gunner called "The Ammunition Carrier" as part of the Royal Artillery Memorial in Hyde Park Corner , commemorating
91-643: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kenneth MacDonald (English actor) Kenneth MacDonald (20 November 1950 – 6 August 2001) was an English actor who was best known for the parts of Gunner Nobby Clark in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Mike Fisher in Only Fools and Horses . MacDonald was born in Manchester , the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion Bill MacDonald , who died of kidney failure at
104-586: The Granada Television Rentals television adverts of the late 1970s and made a cameo appearance in one episode of Goodnight Sweetheart , playing Mr Jones alongside his Only Fools and Horses co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst . He also appeared in an episode of The Thin Blue Line as a club owner. In 1996 he played DI McCluskey in Crocodile Shoes II alongside Jimmy Nail . In 1992, MacDonald had
117-524: The Royal Artillery Regiment 's service and memorializing its losses in World War I . The other bronze figures are "The Captain" (at the front), "The Driver" (at the left side), and "The Fallen Soldier" (at the rear) and it is topped with an elevated stone howitzer. The statues were done by Charles Sargeant Jagger and the stone monument was designed by Lionel Pearson . The gunner statue, along with
130-592: The Second World War and MacDonald played the character Gunner "Nobby" Clark, a member of a Royal Artillery Concert Party. When he landed the part of pub landlord Mike in the Only Fools and Horses episode " Who's a Pretty Boy? " in 1983, it was initially believed to be a one-episode role. However, the character became a series regular, appearing until Christmas 1996. Also in 1996 he played Inspector Jennings in Heartbeat series 6 episode 16. MacDonald also appeared in
143-597: The Dead) , fictional character Kenneth McDonald, Louisville architect, see McDonald Brothers [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_MacDonald&oldid=1050900014 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732851980697156-1512: The Des Moines Ballet Government [ edit ] Kenneth C. MacDonald (1872–1945), Canadian politician Ken Macdonald (born 1953), Baron Macdonald of River Glaven, QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions of England & Wales; Warden of Wadham College, Oxford Ken McDonald (politician) (born 1959), Liberal Member of Parliament, Newfoundland and Labrador Sir Kenneth Macdonald (civil servant) , British civil servant and businessman Sports [ edit ] Kenny MacDonald (shinty player) (born 1965), shinty goalkeeper for Kyles Athletic Kenny MacDonald (footballer) (born 1961), Scottish footballer Ken MacDonald (cricketer) (1934–1999), Australian cricketer Ken MacDonald (footballer) (1898–?), Welsh footballer Ken McDonald (basketball) (born 1970), former basketball coach at Western Kentucky University Ken McDonald (soccer) (born 1955), American soccer player Ken McDonald (footballer) (born 1945), Scottish footballer Ken McDonald (weightlifter) , Australian and English weightlifter Kenneth R. MacDonald , Canadian judge and curler Others [ edit ] Kenneth C. Macdonald (born 1947), American oceanographer Ken W. MacDonald (born 1959), Scottish businessman Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr. , American architect in San Francisco Kenny MacDonald (Survival of
169-627: The age of 43 when Kenneth was 13. He attended Xaverian College preparatory school in Fallowfield, Manchester, St Anthony's preparatory school in Stony Stratford , Buckinghamshire , and went on to St Bernardine's Franciscan College in Buckingham , where he took part in school productions, notably The Business of Good Government , in which he played Herod, and Arsenic and Old Lace . Ken left school at eighteen to help support his mother Emily. He took
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