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Trevor Peacock (born 19 May 1931) is an English stage and television character actor and former screenwriter and songwriter. He was born in Tottenham, the son of Alexandria and Victor Edward Peacock. ==Television and film career== His many television roles include Jim Trott in ''The Vicar of Dibley'', Rouault in ''Madame Bovary'' (opposite Keith Barron), Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' and Old Bailey in ''Neverwhere''. He has also appeared in diverse programmes such as ''EastEnders'' (playing Sid, a war veteran Alfie Moon met in France), LWT's ''Wish Me Luck'' (in which he played resistance leader Renard), ''Jonathan Creek'' and ''Between the Lines''. He had starring roles in several of the BBC Shakespeare series, including the title role in ''Titus Andronicus'', Feste in ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'', Lord Talbot in ''Henry VI, Part 1'' and Jack Cade in ''Henry VI, Part 2''. He was the Gravedigger in Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 film version of ''Hamlet'', Old Joe in the 1999 Patrick Stewart version of ''A Christmas Carol'', and the Innkeeper in the 2000 made-for-television film version of ''Don Quixote'', starring John Lithgow and Bob Hoskins. He played the father of Father Christmas in the 2007 film ''Fred Claus'' co-starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti. In July 2009 he also had a bit part in the TV drama ''Hotel Babylon''. He has also appeared as "Captain Zero" in BBC TV series, ''Last of The Summer Wine''. In 2012, he played George in Quartet, a British comedy-drama film based on the play of the same title. Peacock is also a noted songwriter. He wrote the 1960s pop classic "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter", which was recorded by Herman's Hermits. Other hit songs to his credit include "Mystery Girl" (recorded by Jess Conrad), "Made You" (Adam Faith), "Gossip Calypso" (Bernard Cribbins), "Stick Around" (Billy Fury), "That's What Love Will Do" and "Nature's Time For Love" (both recorded by Joe Brown). He wrote the lyrics for a number of hits by The Vernons Girls. The songs include "Be Nice To Him Mama", "You Know What I Mean", "Funny All Over" and "We Love The Beatles". He wrote the lyrics for the musical show, ''Passion Flower Hotel'' (music by John Barry), and for a musical based on the popular newspaper cartoon strip, ''Andy Capp'' (music by Alan Price). Before his acting career took off, he compered ''Drumbeat'' for the BBC and wrote scripts for ''Oh Boy!'' and ''Six-Five Special''. He starred in the 1991 fantasy BBC radio play ''Heart of Hark'un''. In 2002 he filmed an episode of ''Dinotopia'' in Budapest; playing the mysterious sage Lok in "Night of the Wartosa". In 2010, he guest appeared in ''The Old Guys'' and ''I, Claudius''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trevor Peacock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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