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James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor of theatre, radio and screen. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral and the dim-witted but kind hearted Hugo Horton in the BBC sitcom television series The Vicar of Dibley.

James Fleet
Born	James Edward Fleet (1952-03-11) 11 March 1952 (age 70) Bilston, Staffordshire, England[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Jane Booker (m. 1985)
Children	1

Early life

Fleet was born in Bilston, Staffordshire,[2][3] to a Scottish mother, Christine, and an English father, Jim. He lived in Bilston until he was 10 but, when his father died, he moved to Aberdeenshire with his mother.[4] He studied engineering at university in Aberdeen, where he joined the university dramatic society.[5] Afterwards, he studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

Career

Stage

Fleet began his career in the RSC, appearing in several plays in the early 1980s.[6][7][8] He has since appeared in touring productions of, among others, Habeas Corpus[9] and In the Club,[10] as well as in Festen and Mary Stuart[11] and others in the West End. He also played Alderman Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington in 2002.

In 2003 he played Kulygin in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters alongside Kristin Scott Thomas who played Masha.

In 2009 he portrayed Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the RSC Production of Twelfth Night. In 2011 he was in Richard Bean's The Heretic directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Starting in November 2011 he was in the original line-up of The Ladykillers as Major Courtney at the Gielgud Theatre.

Radio

Between 2000 and 2006, Fleet played the painfully upright and decent Captain Brimshaw in Revolting People, a BBC Radio 4 comedy set in pre-revolutionary America. He also appeared in the radio legal sitcom Chambers, which later moved onto television. As of 2005, he has starred as Duncan Stonebridge MP in the topical radio sitcom The Party Line.^{[citation needed]} He also appeared as the Captain on the BBC Radio 7 series The Spaceship. He also plays the part of Sir John Woodstock in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom The Castle and Inspector Lestrade in the first, third and fourth series of The Rivals. Fleet played John Aubrey in the 2008 BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour production by Nick Warburton of Aubrey's Brief Lives.

Television

In 1999–2001 he was the voice of "Dog" in the children's TV show Dog and Duck.[12] Probably his most famous role is that of Hugo in The Vicar of Dibley; he appeared in all 20 episodes, broadcast between 1994 and 2007. In 2004 he appeared in an episode of Monarch of the Glen. In 2005 he played a leading role in an episode of the long-running ITV murder mystery series Midsomer Murders. In 2007 he was a guest star in one episode of the sitcom Legit. He appeared as Frederick Dorrit in the BBC's 2008 production of Little Dorrit.[13] When Fleet appeared on the quiz show School's Out,[14] it was revealed that one of his teachers at Banff Academy had written in his school report that "[James] is the stupidest boy I have ever had to teach, out of all the stupid boys I have ever had to teach," and that he was the only student in his sixth form not to have been made a prefect. Despite his apparent lack of scholastic ability, he still won the show. In 2009, Fleet appeared in a cameo role in the third series of Skins.

Earlier in his career, Fleet was seen in a 1983 episode of Grange Hill as a teacher at the eponymous school's upmarket rival Rodney Bennett. In 1992 he played Paul Morgan in an episode of The Bill 'Runaway'. In 1999 he starred in the sitcom Brotherly Love.

Fleet appeared in Coronation Street in 2010. He played a character called Robbie Sloan, a recently released convict, helping escaped prisoner Tony Gordon plot revenge on his ex-wife Carla Connor. They intend to kidnap and kill her. Sloan lures Connor into her Underworld factory, and holds her at gunpoint. Leaving her tied to a chair with her mouth taped shut, Sloan also lures Hayley Cropper into the hostage situation. Sloan was eventually shot by Gordon during a siege at the factory.

In February 2011, Fleet appeared as George (senior), the father of werewolf George Sands, in Being Human.

In December 2013 the BBC aired one of their major dramas for the Christmas season, Death Comes to Pemberley, a three-part British television drama based on characters created by Jane Austen in her novel Pride and Prejudice. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One at 8.15 pm on Boxing Day 2013. It was based on the best-selling novel by P. D. James, in which the characters of Pride and Prejudice are involved in a new story involving a murder. Fleet played the part of Mr Bennett in the series. In September 2014, Fleet appeared in the BBC Three sitcom Bad Education as Richard, an ex-boyfriend of Rosie Gulliver. He has most recently appeared in an episode of ITVs second series of Plebs, as Stylax's racing patron. In 2013, Fleet was engaged to play Scottish historian, the Reverend Dr. Reginald Wakefield, in seasons 1 and 2 of the Award-winning Starz adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, broadcast in 2014–2016.

An April 2021 announcement stated that Fleet would be joining the cast of the second season of All Creatures Great and Small in the role of Colonel Merrick.[15]

Film

Fleet has starred in numerous films. He played the role of Kevin's father in the 2000 cult film Kevin & Perry Go Large. He played the roles of Lefevre in the 2004 film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera, John Dashwood in 1995's Sense and Sensibility, and Lytton Strachey in the 2003 film Al Sur de Granada (South from Granada). In 2014, he played John Constable in the Mike Leigh film Mr Turner. In 2016, he played Sir Reginald DeCourcy in Whit Stillman's Love and Friendship.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Defence of the Realm	Ministry Man
1987	Still Crazy Like a Fox	Bellhop	TV Movie
1992	Electric Moon	Simon Lidell
1992	Blue Black Permanent	Jim Thorburn
1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Tom
1994	Milner	Hugh Bonning
1995	3 Steps to Heaven	Harry Roberts
1995	Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets	Inspector Limp
1995	Sense and Sensibility	John Dashwood
1995	The Butterfly Effect	Oswald
1996	Lord of Misrule	Prime Minister	TV Movie
1996	Interview Day	Simon	TV Movie
1996	The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders	James Bland	TV Movie
1997	The Cows	Thor Johnson	TV Movie
1997	Gobble	Prime Minister (voice)	TV Movie
1997	Thursday	Patrick	Short film
1997	Remember Me?	Donald
1998	Frenchman's Creek	Sir Harry	TV Movie
1999	Big Dreams and Paper Planes	Son	Short Movie
1999	Milk	Adrian
1999	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything	William the Conqueror	TV Movie
2000	Kevin & Perry Go Large	Dad
2001	Charlotte Gray	Richard Cannerly
2002	Dick Whittington	Alderman Fitzwarren	TV Movie
2002	Fields of Gold	Alan Buckley	TV Movie
2002	Two Men Went to War	Major Bates
2002	Young Arthur	Merlin	TV Movie
2003	South from Granada	Lytton Strachey
2003	Blackball	Alan the Pipe
2003	Promoted to Glory	Michael Prendergast	TV Movie
2004	Three Sisters	Kulygin	TV Movie
2005	The Phantom of the Opera	Monsieur Lefevre
2005	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story	Simon
2007	Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle	Alan Jenkins
2009	Micro Men	Kenneth Baker	TV Movie
2011	The Decoy Bride	William
2013	Murder on the Home Front	Professor Stephens
2014	Mr. Turner	John Constable
2016	Billionaire Boy	Mr Darrow	TV Movie
2016	Love & Friendship	Sir Reginald DeCourcy
2016	Revolution: New Art For A New World	Wassily Kandinsky (voice)	Documentary
2017	Love of My Life	Tom
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Tom
2018	Death on the Tyne	Jack	TV Movie
2019	One Red Nose And A Wedding	Tom	TV Short
2020	Blithe Spirit	Harry Price
2022	Operation Mincemeat	Charles Fraser-Smith
2022	The Lost King	John Ashdown-Hill

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Omega Factor	Tom	TV Series
1983	Grange Hill	Mr Perkins	TV Series – Episode #6.5
1985	Dempsey and Makepeace	Man in the Office	TV Series – Episode: "In the Dark"
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Neil Fairfax	TV Series – Episode: "A Sleeping Life"
1991	Boon	Keith Dawson, Prosecution Barrister	TV Series – Episode: "Trial and Error"
1991–1996	Screen Two	Prime Minister / Algie / Peter Wentworth	TV Series
1992	The Advocates	Philip Jackson	TV Series – Episode 2
1992	The Bill	Paul Morgan	TV Series – Episode: "Runaway"
1992	Screen One	James Grahame	TV Series – Episode: "Running Late"
1993	A Year in Provence	Hugo Compton	TV Series – Episode: "Room Service"
1993	An Exchange of Fire	Michael Shanks	TV Series – Episode #1.1 & #1.2
1994–2013, 2020	The Vicar of Dibley	Hugo Horton	TV Series
1994	Headhunters	Alan Spence	TV Series – Episodes: "Right as Rain" & "Maradona Land"
1994	Murder Most Horrid	Tom	TV Series – Episode: "We All Hate Granny"
1994	Cracker	Michael Trant	TV Series – Episode: "The Big Crunch"
1997	Harry Enfield and Chums	Teacher Mr Banks	TV Series – Episode #2.3
1997	A Dance to the Music of Time	Moreland	TV Mini Series
1997	Spark	Ashley Parkerwell	TV Series
2000	Brotherly Love	Frank Robertson	TV Series
2000–2001	Chambers	Hilary Tipping	TV Series
2004	Family Business	David	TV Series – Episode #1.5
2004	Murder in Suburbia	John Stanton	TV Series – Episode: "A Good Deal of Attention"
2004	Monarch of the Glen	Liam	TV Series – Episode #6.6
2005	Sea of Souls	Findlay Morrison	TV Series – Episode: Amulet Part 1 & 2
2005, 2017	Midsomer Murders	Ralph Plummer/Michael Falconer	"Sauce for the Goose", "The Curse of the Ninth"
2007	Legit	Peter	TV Series – Episode: "Danny, Champion of the World"
2008	Harley Street	Max Rogers	TV Series – Episode #1.5
2008	Little Dorrit	Frederick Dorrit	TV Series
2009	Skins	Martin	TV Series
2009	Hotel Babylon	Martin Armstrong	TV Series
2010	Coronation Street	Robbie Sloan	TV Series
2011	Being Human	George Senior	TV Series
2012	Lewis	Dr Alex Falconer	TV Series – Episode: "The Soul of Genius"
2012	Comedy Showcase	Arthur Marvin	TV Series
2013	Death in Paradise	Jeremy Tipping	TV Series
2013	It's Kevin	Various	TV Series – Episodes #1.1, #1.3, #1.4 & #1.5
2013	Big Bad World	Kevin	TV Series – Episodes #1.1, #1.2, #1.4, #1.6 & #1.7
2013	Citizen Khan	Professor Stevens	TV Series
2013	Death Comes to Pemberley	Mr Bennett	TV Series
2014	Father Brown	Dr Adam Crawford	TV Series
2014	Bad Education	Richard	TV Series
2014	Blandings	Colonel Fanshawe	TV Series
2014	Plebs	Gaius Maecenas	TV Series
2014–2016	Outlander	Reverend Wakefield	TV Series, 6 episodes
2015	Love and Friendship	Sir Reginald DeCourcy	TV Movie
2015	Partners in Crime	Major Anthony Carter	TV Mini Series, 6 episodes
2015	Top Coppers	Charles Leatherby	TV Mini Series, 2 episodes
2016	Indian Summers	Lord Hawthorne	TV Series, 4 episodes
2016	Houdini and Doyle	Dr Pilsen	TV Series
2016	The Hollow Crown	Hastings	TV Series
2017	Tracey Ullman's Show	Various – Archie / Awards Host / Tough Man	TV Series
2017	Urban Myths	The Professor	TV Series
2017	Hospital People	Neville Burley	Episode: "The Charity Single"
2018	Unforgotten	Chris Lowe	TV Series, 6 episodes
2018	Patrick Melrose	Sir Victor Eisen	TV Mini Series, Episode: "Never Mind"
2019	Thanks for the Memories	Patrick Conway	TV Series – Episode #1.1 & #1.2
2020	The Watch	Archchancellor of Unseen University	TV Series
2020	The Pale Horse	Oscar Venables	TV Series
2020	Belgravia	The Reverend Stephen Bellasis	TV Series
2020-present	Bridgerton	King George III	TV Series

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996–1999	Chambers	Hilary Tripping	BBC Radio 4
2000–2006	Revolting People	Captain Brimshaw	BBC Radio 4
2005	The Party Line	Duncan Stonebridge MP	BBC Radio 4
2005	The Spaceship	Captain Gordon "Flashdance" Taylor	BBC Radio 7
2006	Quartermaine's Terms	Mark Sackling	BBC Radio 4
2007–2012	The Castle	Sir John Woodstock	BBC Radio 4
2008	Brief Lives	John Aubrey	BBC Radio 4
2008	Fortunes of War	Yakimov	BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
2008	Max Warp	O'Reilley	BBC Radio 7 / Big Finish Productions
2011	Gormenghast	Prunesquallor	BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
2011	The History of Titus Groan		BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
2011	The Rivals	Inspector Lestrade	BBC Radio 4
2013	Greenmantle	Sandy Arbuthnot	BBC Radio 4 Extra
2018–2020	Quanderhorn	Professor Darius Quanderhorn	BBC Radio 4

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Heretic directed by Jeremy Herrin	Professor Kevin Maloney	Royal Court Theatre
2011	The Ladykillers directed by Sean Foley	Major Courtney	Gielgud Theatre

Personal life

Fleet lives in Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire with his wife, Jane Booker, and their one son.[4]

References

External links

• James Fleet at IMDb

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[de] James Fleet

James Edward Fleet (* 11. März 1952 in Bilston, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

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[es] James Fleet

James Fleet (Bilston, Inglaterra, 11 de marzo de 1952)[1] es un actor británico.

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