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Lawrence Douglas Lamb (born 1 October 1947)[1] is an English actor and radio presenter. He played Archie Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Mick Shipman in the BBC comedy series Gavin & Stacey and Ted Case in the final series of the BBC drama New Tricks. He also appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016.

Larry Lamb
Born	Lawrence Douglas Lamb (1947-10-01) 1 October 1947 (age 75) Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Occupation	Actor radio presenter
Years active	1975–present
Spouses	Anita Wisbey ​ ​ (m. 1969; div. 1970)​ Linda Martin ​ ​ (m. 1979; div. 1996)​
Partners	Clare Burt (1996–2016) Marie Victorine (2016–present)
Children	4, including George

Early life

Lamb was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, to Jessie White and Ronald Douglas Lamb, the eldest of four including his brother, Wesley, and a sister. Lamb had a turbulent childhood; he was verbally abused by his father and often had to keep his parents from fighting.[2]

In 2011, Lamb participated in the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? and discovered that he is descended from a line of proprietors of a well-known travelling menagerie, Day's Menagerie, and a lion tamer named Martini Bartlett.[3]

Lamb attended Edmonton County School and later joined the oil industry, which resulted in his working in Libya and Canada, where he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. This developed his amateur interest in acting to a professional level, and he performed at Canada's Stratford Festival in 1975–1976. Lamb is distantly related to Edward Buckton Lamb (1806–1869), a Victorian architect who designed St Martin's Gospel Oak and St Mary Addiscombe.

Career

Acting

After returning to Britain from Canada, Lamb became a regular cast member, along with Kate O'Mara, in the BBC's North Sea ferry-based soap Triangle (1981–83), in which he played Matt Taylor, the ship's Chief Engineer.

Other credits include The New Avengers, The Professionals, Fox, Minder, Lovejoy, Get Back, A Touch of Frost, Our Friends in the North, Taggart, Casualty, Kavanagh QC, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, and The Bill.

Between 2007 and 2010, Lamb appeared in Gavin & Stacey playing Gavin's father, Michael "Mick" Shipman.

In 2008, Lamb began playing Archie Mitchell, the father of Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell in EastEnders. He based his portrayal of Archie on his own father.[4] He left the show in April, 2009, but returned in July the same year, around the same time that Danniella Westbrook returned to her role of Archie's niece, Sam Mitchell. Archie was killed off in a murder story line at Christmas, 2009. In 2009, Lamb starred alongside Liam Cunningham in Blood: The Last Vampire, in the role of General McKee. On 19 February 2010, Lamb appeared with his son, George Lamb, in EastEnders Live: The Aftermath, after Stacey Branning was revealed to be Archie's killer in the closing moments of the 25th-anniversary live episode.

In April, 2011, BBC Learning launched "Off By Heart Shakespeare", a school-recital contest for secondary school pupils. For the project, Larry took on the role of Jaques from the play As You Like It, and delivered the speech: "All the world's a stage".[5]

It was announced that Lamb would join the cast of New Tricks as Ted Case in series 12, taking over from Gerry Standing, played by Dennis Waterman.

Lamb's films include Buster and Essex Boys. In 1983, he had a small speaking role in Superman III.

Theatre

Theatre work includes:

Other work

In 2013, Lamb began presenting a regular Sunday morning show on LBC. He is an occasional reporter for the BBC programme The One Show. Lamb took part in Gareth's All Star Choir in 2014, as part of the BBC's Children in Need appeal.

In 2016, he appeared in the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[6] He became the 6th celebrity to be voted out of the jungle in the 2016 series.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Lamb has a daughter Vanessa Lamb (born 1969) with his first wife Anita Wisbey. He is also the father of radio DJ and television presenter George Lamb, from his second marriage to Linda Martin. Lamb split up with his partner, Clare Burt, with whom he has two daughters: Eloise Alexandra (born 1998), and Eva-Mathilde Lamb (born 2003).[7] Lamb has one granddaughter from his daughter Vanessa, as revealed on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

In 2011, Lamb's autobiography Mummy's Boy was published by Coronet.^{[citation needed]}

He has a sister who works in a supported living for the elderly accommodation in Brighton.^{[citation needed]} Lamb is a supporter of the Labour Party.^{[citation needed]}

Lamb resides in Tamworth.

Awards and nominations

Lamb won the award for Best Villain at the 2010 British Soap Awards.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Superman	Reporter 1
1983	Superman III	Miner 2
1984	Mon ami Washington		English title: My Friend Washington
	Flight to Berlin	Specialist Dale Sizemore
1985	Shadey	Dick Darnley
	Underworld	Roy Bain
1987	Ubac	Larry
	Hearts of Fire	Jack Rosner
1988	Buster	Bruce Reynolds
1998	Place Vendôme	Christopher Makos
2000	Essex Boys	Peter Chase
	One of the Hollywood Ten	Will Geer
2004	Deadlines	Paul Baker
	Fakers	Harvey Steed
2009	Blood: The Last Vampire	General McKee
2011	Two Minutes	William	Short Film
2012	Rose, Mary and Time	Barneys Dad	Short Film
2017	The Hatton Garden Job	Brian Reader	Based on the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary
2017	Rise of the Footsoldier 3	Mr. Harris
2019	Brighton	Derek
2021	Me, Myself and Di	Clifford
2022	Hounded	Gregory

Television

References

External links

• Larry Lamb at IMDb
• Larry Lamb at Biogs.com

На других языках

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[de] Larry Lamb (Schauspieler)

Larry Lamb (* 10. Oktober 1947 in Edmonton, London) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Larry Lamb

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[es] Larry Lamb

Lawrence Douglas "Larry" Lamb es un actor inglés, más conocido por haber interpretado a Archie Mitchell en la serie EastEnders.

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