Mick Ford

Mick Ford

Born: August 1, 1952
in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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Mick Ford (born 1 August 1952; in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom) is a British actor, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his portrayal of intellectual convict Archer in the cinema version of Scum. He also played Chico Barnes in the TV series based on the Dick Francis racing thrillers. Ford was educated at John Ruskin Grammar School, Croydon, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre, along with appearing in the premiere of The Secret Rapture.

Ford has written and starred in numerous British drama serials, theatrical productions, and has been used for many voiceovers and advertising campaigns. He had regular roles in the BBC drama series Silent Witness and Fish, and in the comedy Big Bad World.

He has also written the critically acclaimed television dramas The Passion and William and Mary. He is the writer of Single Father, starring David Tennant.

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Next Week
Title: Next Week
Character: Grandad
Released: May 23, 2018
Type: Movie
A grandson struggles to connect with his granddad with Alzheimers.
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The Boy with the Topknot
Title: The Boy with the Topknot
Character: Laura's Father
Released: November 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Born to traditional Punjabi parents and growing up in Wolverhampton, Sathnam Sanghera moves to London after graduating from Cambridge University. Now in his late 20s he is planning to reveal to his family that he will defy expectations of an arranged marriage - but instead learns a painful family secret.
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Title: Big Bad World
Released: June 20, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Frank Lightbourne
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Title: A Touch of Frost
Character: Bill Ford
Released: December 6, 1992
Type: TV
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Title: How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Character: Richard
Released: May 5, 1989
Type: Movie
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
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The Fourth Protocol
Title: The Fourth Protocol
Character: Sergeant Bilbow
Released: March 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.
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Naming the Names
Title: Naming the Names
Character: Jack
Released: February 8, 1987
Type: Movie
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...
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The Gourmet
Title: The Gourmet
Character: David
Released: January 4, 1986
Type: Movie
A rich, bored gourmand who has tasted all there is of exotic meals, even human flesh, gets a tip-off from a rich midget. The midget had tasted everything out of this world, and even something not of this world. In other words, a ghost. The gourmand becomes very interested…
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Kim
Title: Kim
Character: Cpl. Bruce
Released: May 16, 1984
Type: Movie
A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.
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Desert of Lies
Title: Desert of Lies
Character: Jake
Released: March 13, 1984
Type: Movie
Play by Howard Brenton. Two expeditions meet, both lost in the Kalahari desert
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Bad Hats
Title: Bad Hats
Character: Chapin
Released: September 5, 1982
Type: Movie
In this routine drama, two men (a crass Brit and a slow Frenchman) decide to evade the war in 1917, but their flight on a stolen boat goes awry and they end up on the coast of France, close to the fighting they wanted to leave behind. Once on shore, they make the acquaintance of a like-minded young widow who begins an affair with both men (she just wants to have a child by each) -- but their unusually idyllic existence is threatened with imminent tragedy as the French army advances ever closer.
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Light Years Away
Title: Light Years Away
Character: Jonas
Released: May 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds
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Title: Caleb Williams
Character: Caleb Williams
Released: December 2, 1980
Type: TV
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Caleb Williams
Title: Caleb Williams
Character: Caleb Williams
Released: December 2, 1980
Type: Movie
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The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Title: The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Character: Frank
Released: November 11, 1980
Type: Movie
In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
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The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
Title: The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
Character: Frank
Released: November 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Frank, a young lad from Sheffield, leaves home to seek his fortune in London; he finds the big city not all what he had expected
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Title: The Racing Game
Character: Chico Barnes
Released: November 21, 1979
Type: TV
Sid Halley, champion steeplechase jockey, suffers a devastating injury in a fall that ends his career. He sinks into self-pity until his aristocratic father-in-law bullies him into trying something new: becoming a private detective. A great literary gumshoe emerges as Halley regains his dignity, faces his vulnerability, and finds new meaning in life.
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Scum
Title: Scum
Character: Archer
Released: September 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
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The Knowledge
Title: The Knowledge
Character: Chris Matthews
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.
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The Sailor's Return
Title: The Sailor's Return
Character: Tom Madgwick
Released: November 15, 1978
Type: Movie
Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.
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Hitting Town
Title: Hitting Town
Character: Ralph
Released: April 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Ralph decides to give his sister Clare a night on the town to cheer her up. They visit a burger bar and a disco in a modern precinct, and Clare gets slightly drunk. At the end of the evening, they both end up at Clare's flat.