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English comedian, actor and director (1952-2013)
Melvyn Kenneth Smith was an English comedian, actor and director. Smith worked on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones with his comedy partner, Griff Rhys Jones.Wikipedia
| Born | December 3, 1952 |
| Hometown | Chiswick, United Kingdom |
| Height | 6'0" (1.82m) |
| Spouse | Pamela Gay-Rees (m 1988 - 2013) |
| Children | Alexandra Smith |
| Parents | Kenneth Smith |
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Prestigious businesswomen awards announced
- The former chief executive of Ocado Retail, won Veuve Clicquot’s 50th annual Bold Woman Award for her ‘outstanding’ leadership.
Albums
Bitter and Twisted
2004
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- EntertainmentThe Independent
Not the Nine O’Clock News at 40: No longer exactly topical but still surprisingly funny
The late spring of 1979 was not just a watershed moment in British politics, ushering in a decade of Margaret Thatcher’s nation-reconfiguring Conservative government, but also a pivotal moment for British comedy. Or, at least, it would be… eventually.Producer John Lloyd had assembled a team of comedians around the still relatively unknown Rowan Atkinson for a topical sketch show to be called Not the Nine O’Clock News – because it was scheduled on BBC2 against the main BBC1 evening news bulletin.
- EntertainmentPA Media: UK News
Comedian Griff Rhys Jones to receive OBE
The celebrated performer had a long working partnership with Mel Smith.
- NewsThe Telegraph
Car hire excess fees? They all started when Mel Smith and I wrecked our Opel in Tuscany
Car hire excess fees? They all started when Mel Smith and I wrecked our Opel in Tuscany
