Michael Angelis
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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 in 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
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Acted in
Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery - The Movie
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Good Cop
2012
as Robert Rocksavage
Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails
2011
as Narrator (UK) (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas!
2011
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels - The Movie
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Lion of Sodor
2010
as Voice
Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
2010
as Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & The Runaway Kite
2010
as Narrator (UK)
Thomas and Friends - Heave Ho!
2010
as Narrator (UK/AUS/ZA)
Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie
2009
as Narrator (UK) (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Rusty Saves The Day
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Together on the Tracks
2007
as Narrator
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Fated
2006
as Tatty
Jack and the Sodor Construction Company
2006
as Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas & Other Adventures
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue
2004
as Narrator
The Virgin of Liverpool
2003
as Chalky White
The Jump
1998
as Donald Lewis
Melissa
1997
as D.I. Kilshaw
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Nicky Harding
Giving Tongue
1996
Stickin' Around
1996
Joseph
1995
as Ruben
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995
as UK Thomas Narrator (uncredited)
Luv
1993
A Touch of Frost
1992
Between the Lines
1992
Heartbeat
1992
as Frank McCready
G.B.H.
1991
as Martin Niarchos
The Marksman
1987
as Irwin
Casualty
1986
as Gordon McCauley
Casualty
1986
as Jez Ingrams
Casualty
1986
as Ollie Yates
Bread
1986
as Mr. Cossack
Lovejoy
1986
as Tommy Norris
No Surrender
1985
as Mike
I Woke Up One Morning
1985
Thomas & Friends
1984
as Narrator (Voice)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Micky Startup
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Artuzov
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
as Chrissie Todd
Wood and Walters
1982
Bergerac
1981
as Tony Morel
Bobby Wants to Meet Me
1981
as Frankie
George & Mildred
1980
as Café Proprietor
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980
as Pealer Bell
The Black Stuff
1980
as Chrissie Todd
Minder
1979
as Nick
Hazell
1978
The Professionals
1977
as Len Clarke
Village Hall
1974
as Terry Elliot
Under the Age
1972
as Mike
The Liver Birds
1969
as Lucien
Z-Cars
1962