Martin Barrass
{{short description|English actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Martin Barrass
| birthname = Martin Ronald Barrass
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|02|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kingston upon Hull, England
| height = 1.64 m
| occupation = Actor
| television = Emmerdale, Angels
Radio The Archers
| yearsactive = 1979–present
| spouse = Vicky Carter
| children = 2
}}
Martin Barrass is an English film, television and theatre actor as well as being a DJ on local radio. He is best known for his role as Ron Frost in the television series Angels, Mike Conrad in Emmerdale and for appearing alongside Berwick Kaler in the annual York Theatre Royal Pantomime every year from 1984 onwards.
Career
Martin studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art{{cite web|last1=Dale|first1=Tim|title=A "Lad" for all seasons!|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2008/12/15/martin_barrass_feature.shtml|website=BBC York & North Yorkshire|accessdate=6 October 2016|date=17 December 2008}} with Gary Oldman.{{cite web|last1=Simpson|first1=Ron|title=Brief Encounter with... Martin Barrass|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/york-theatre/news/12-2013/brief-encounter-with-martin-barrass_32890.html|website=What's on stage|accessdate=6 October 2016|date=8 December 2013}} Martin first appeared in Angels, a BBC drama based around nurses in a London Hospital.He also played Mike , a close friend of Jackie Merrick and Archie Brooks in Emmerdale Farm. In 1982, he appeared in an award-winning Channel 4 film, Remembrance, alongside Gary Oldman, John Altman and Timothy Spall.{{cite book|last1=Altman|first1=John|title=In the nick of time : the autobiography of John Altman, Eastenders' Nick Cotton|url=https://archive.org/details/innickoftimeauto0000altm|url-access=registration|date=2016|publisher=John Blake|location=London|isbn=978-178418-995-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/innickoftimeauto0000altm/page/142 142]|chapter=12}}
In 2014 Martin started doing a lunchtime time slot of BBC Radio York. The show is a mix of music, comedy and interviews.{{cite news|last1=Hutchinson|first1=Charles|title=Martin Barrass to host BBC Radio York show|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/theatre/11646724.Martin_Barrass_to_host_BBC_Radio_York_show/|accessdate=5 October 2016|work=York Press|date=4 December 2014}}
=Theatre=
Besides acting in serious and non-York based roles, Barrass is famous for being the sidekick of Berwick Kaler in the Pantomimes performed at York's Theatre Royal since 1985.{{cite news|last1=Masterman|first1=Lauren|title=A Little Chat With Legendary Stooge: Martin Barrass At The York Theatre Royal Panto|url=http://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/A-Little-Chat-With-Legendary-Stooge-Martin-Barrass-At-The-York-Theatre-Royal-Panto|accessdate=5 October 2016|work=The Yorkshire Times|date=12 December 2013}} Barrass also takes part in productions run by the Hull Truck Theatre Company.{{cite news|title=Former Emmerdale actor badly hurt in motorcycle crash in Skipton|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/14740036.Former_Emmerdale_actor_badly_hurt_in_motorcycle_crash/?ref=mrb&lp=8|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=Craven Herald & Pioneer|date=13 September 2016}}
Personal life
Barrass was born in Kingston upon Hull, but now lives and works mainly in York.
In September 2016, Barrass was involved in a motorbike collision near to Skipton in North Yorkshire. He was airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary where he was kept in a medically induced coma for several days.{{cite news|last1=Bean|first1=Dan|title=Martin Barrass's condition slowly improving|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14762147.Martin_Barrass_s_condition_slowly_improving/|accessdate=5 October 2016|work=York Press|date=24 September 2016}} It was later revealed that Barrass had suffered 17 fractured ribs, a "mashed" liver, a broken ankle and his heart had stopped for five minutes. Barrass intends to return to the stage in February 2017 as part of Hull's City of Culture year.{{cite news|title=Martin Barrass announces comeback from crash injuries|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14966501.Martin_Barrass_announces_comeback_from_crash_injuries/|accessdate=3 January 2017|work=York Press|date=15 December 2016}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1979 - 1981
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| 1982
| |Channel 4 film |
| 1983 - 1985
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| 1995
|Heartbeat |Sapper Smith |Episode - Unfinished Business |
| 2001
|The Bill |Georgie Pye |Episode - For Better or Worse |
| 2016
|The Railway Children |Mr Perks National Railway Museum in York 2011. |Stage version filmed live at York Theatre Royal{{cite web|title=The Railway Children Film Cinema Release|url=https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/list/the_railway_children_film.php#.V_qxnIWcHIU|website=York Theatre Royal|accessdate=9 October 2016}} |
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:English male stage actors