Biography of Mel Smith -

Mel Smith (born December 3, 1952) British actor,
film director, writer, producer born in London. He
attended New College, Oxford.

He is made his breakthrough in the topically
satire|satirical BBC television series Not the
Nine O'clock News. This was followed briefly by
Smith and Goody (with Bob Goody) and then the
comedy sketch series Alas Smith and Jones,
co-starring Griff Rhys Jones, its title being a
pun on the name of the American TV series Alias
Smith and Jones.  

In 1981, Smith and Griff Rhys Jones founded
TalkBack Productions, a company which has produced
many of the most significant British comedy shows
of the past two decades, including Smack the Pony,
Da Ali G Show, I'm Alan Partridge and Big Train.

Mel Smith also guest starred on an episode of The
Goodies.

== TV shows ==
===Performer===
*Not The Nine O'clock News (1979)
*Smith And Goody (1980)
*Fundamental Frolics (1981)
*Alas Smith And Jones (1982)
*Weekend In Wallop (1984)
*Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
*The Home-made Xmas Video (1987)
*The World According To Smith And Jones (1987)
*Colin's Sandwich (1988)
*Smith And Jones (1989)
*Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
*Comic Relief (1991)
*The Night Of Comic Relief (1995)
*A Gala Comedy Hour (Best Of The Prince's Trust
(1996)

===Writer===
*Not The Nine O'clock News (1979)
*Smith And Goody (1980)
*Fundamental Frolics (1981)
*Alas Smith And Jones (1982)
*Weekend In Wallop (1984)
*Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
*Smith And Jones (1989)
*Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
*A Gala Comedy Hour (Best Of The Prince's Trust
(1996)

===Producer===
*Too Much Sun (2000)

== Filmography ==
===Director===

*The Tall Guy (1989)
*Radioland Murders (1994)
*Bean (1997 movie)|Bean (1997)
*High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)

===Actor===
*Bullshot (1983) - Crouch 
*Slayground (1983) - Terry Abbatt
*Morons from Outer Space (1985) - Bernard; also
co-wrote the script with Griff Rhys Jones
*The Princess Bride (1987) - The Albino 
*The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1988) - Mr.
Grimshaw 
*Wilt (from a novel by Tom Sharpe) (1989) -
Inspector Flint
*Brain Donors (aka Lame Ducks) (1992) - Rocco
Melonchek
*Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night (1996) - Sir
Toby Belch

==External links==

* imdb name|id=0809321|name=Mel Smith

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