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Brendan Healy is a Actor British
Brendan Healy is an entertainer from North East England. Beginning as a musician (on keyboards and occasional trombone), he worked in television, becoming an actor, theatre writer and producer, and, later, a comedian.
He played keyboards on the children's television series Razzamatazz, and toured as a musician with several acts, including John Miles and Goldie and folk rock group Lindisfarne in the 1990s. He also wrote television signature music for Tyne Tees Television.
As an actor, Healy has appeared in several television programmes, including the Catherine Cookson adaptation, The Black Velvet Gown, Badger, Boon, Spender, and Quayside. As a supporter of Sunderland, his character Andy antagonised Newcastle-supporter Oz in an episode of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Healy then embarked upon a career as a stand-up comic. He released a solo-DVD, Tall Stories, in 2005, recorded at The Customs House, South Shields. As part of his Little Theatre Tour, he played several venues in the North East in 2012.
He produces the annual pantomime at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle, usually also writing and performing in the show. He has written a musical with Brian Johnson, from rock band AC/DC, with a script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, called Face of a Woman, based on Helen of Troy.
Healy has performed at all of the Sunday for Sammy concerts, established to support new talent in North East England.
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He played keyboards on the children's television series Razzamatazz, and toured as a musician with several acts, including John Miles and Goldie and folk rock group Lindisfarne in the 1990s. He also wrote television signature music for Tyne Tees Television.
As an actor, Healy has appeared in several television programmes, including the Catherine Cookson adaptation, The Black Velvet Gown, Badger, Boon, Spender, and Quayside. As a supporter of Sunderland, his character Andy antagonised Newcastle-supporter Oz in an episode of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Healy then embarked upon a career as a stand-up comic. He released a solo-DVD, Tall Stories, in 2005, recorded at The Customs House, South Shields. As part of his Little Theatre Tour, he played several venues in the North East in 2012.
He produces the annual pantomime at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle, usually also writing and performing in the show. He has written a musical with Brian Johnson, from rock band AC/DC, with a script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, called Face of a Woman, based on Helen of Troy.
Healy has performed at all of the Sunday for Sammy concerts, established to support new talent in North East England.
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The Black Velvet Gown (1993)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, Bob Peck, Brendan Healy, Jean Anderson, Christopher Benjamin
Roles Tol Briston
Rating68%
