Gareth Hale

Gareth Hale is an English comedian and actor, born 15 January 1953, in Hedon, Yorkshire, who is best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace with his friend and comic partner Norman Pace.

Both former teachers, their comedy partnership has fronted several television programmes, most notably Hale and Pace, Pushing Up Daisies, h&p@bbc and Jobs for the Boys.

As straight actors, they also fronted the original TV dramatisation of Dalziel and Pascoe; as well as making a guest appearance together in Survival, a 1989 Doctor Who serial.

Hale was a regular on the five soap opera Family Affairs, playing Doug MacKenzie (2003–2005).

In 2007 they appeared in the Christmas Special of Extras, called The Extra Special Series Finale, playing themselves.

In 2008, Hale joined the cast of The Royal in the role of the Head Porter, and in late 2009 he played Scrooge in an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Richard Riehle

Riehle was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Margaret (née Walsh), a nurse, and Herbert John Riehle (1921–61), an assistant postmaster. He attended the University of Notre Dame.

His television credits include Quantum Leap, Roseanne, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, Ally McBeal, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chicago Hope, Diagnosis: Murder, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Grounded for Life, The West Wing, ER, Married to the Kellys, Boston Legal, Big Stan and The Young and the Restless. Riehle has also guest-starred on three of the five Star Trek television series.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Glory	Kendric the quartermaster
1991	Fried Green Tomatoes	Reverend Scroggins
1992	Of Mice and Men	Carlson
1993	Free Willy	Wade
1993	The Fugitive	Old Guard
1995	Casino	Charlie Clark
1995	Jury Duty	Principle Beasley
1996	Executive Decision	Airline Marshal George Edwards
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Tommy Mayfield
1998	The Odd Couple II	Detective
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Dune Buggy Driver
1998	Lethal Weapon 4	Ng's partner
1998	Mercury Rising	Edgar Halstrom
1998	Mighty Joe Young	Commander Gorman
1999	Au Pair	Sam Morgan
1999	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Bob Bigalow
1999	Office Space	Tom Smykowski
2000	Extreme Limits	Alan Douglas
2001	Joe Dirt	Car Dealer
2002	Ken Park	Murph
2002	Time Changer	Dr. Wise Man
2004	Mysterious Skin	Charlie
2005	Neo Ned	Officer Pendleton
2005	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Hat Sister
2005	Wedding Crashers	Funeral Guest (uncredited)
2006	Hatchet	Mr Permatteo
2007	Smiley Face	Mr. Spencer
2007	The Man from Earth	Dr. Will Gruber
2007	The Memory Thief	Judaica store clerk
2008	Hindsight	Peter
2008	Red	Sam Berry
2009	Halloween II	Buddy the night watchman
2009	The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu	Mr. Snodgrass
2010	Growth	Larkin Holberman
2010	The Search for Santa Paws	Santa Claus
2011	Bridesmaids	Bill Cozbi
2011	Chillerama	Cecil Kaufman
2011	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Santa Claus
2012	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D	Farnsworth
2012	The Movie
2012	Treasure Buddies	Thomas Howard

Gailard Sartain

Graduated from the University of Tulsa with a BFA. A successful illustrator, Sartain's artistic credits range from record cover designs such as Leon Russell's "Will O' the Wisp" to illustrations for nationally published magazines. Sartain created and hosted Tulsa's first late night off-the-wall comedy program, "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting". Guest stars included Gary Busey and 'Jim "Buck" Millaway'. Following "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting", Sartain has maintained a successful acting career in television and motion pictures.

Robbie Coltrane frequently plays giants

Date of Birth: 30 March 1950, Rutherglen, Scotland, UK

Birth Name: Anthony Robert McMillan

Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's most popular comedians who was head of debating society at school and won prizes for his art, is an international film star who played in two James Bond films, and appeared as Rubeus Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" franchise.

He was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. His father, Ian McMillan, was a general surgeon who also worked for police pathology. His mother, Jean, was a teacher and a pianist. Young Robbie was fond of art, music, films and cars. He was a voracious reader of his dad's books on medicine and crime. At age 12 he made his acting debut on stage at Glenalmond College, delivering rants from "Henry V". At that time he was fascinated with Marlon Brando and Orson Welles.

Frequently plays giants and has to wear padding, lifts, and has to be shot from below, in such film as the "Harry Potter" series, where he played "Hagrid", and in Van Helsing (2004), where he was generated into a computer to play a bear-sized "Mr. Hyde".

Has appeared in eight films opposite a former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. His cast mate in Nuns on the Run (1990) and European Vacation (1985) was Eric Idle. He appeared in The World Is Not Enough (1999), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), all of which also starred John Cleese. He also appeared in Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (2002) (TV), A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989) (TV) and The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989) (TV), all of which featured Michael Palin.

Only took the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series after his children urged him to do so.

He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.

Attended the world renowned Scottish boarding school, Glenalmond College, in Perthshire, Scotland.

Though he says he took his stage name from musician John Coltrane, his name is actually closer to that of John's son, Ravi Coltrane.

Was the very first person to be cast in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). In fact, he was selected for the role of Hagrid by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

Larry Udy

2006 Monk: Mr. Monk Meets His Dad as Bo
2006 Arrested Development: Exit Strategy
2005 Close to Home: Miranda
1999 ER: The Storm, Part 2 as Evidence Tech
1993 NYPD Blue: Guns & Hoses as Victor Razo
1992 Married... With Children: Psychic Avengers as Psychic #1

Eugene Pallette's Big Blow-up

Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946.

An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravely voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power.

He was born in Winfield, Kansas, the son of William Baird Pallette (1858–?) and Elnora "Ella" Jackson (1860–1906). His sister was Beulah L. Pallette (1880–1968).

Pallette attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana. He then began his acting career on the stage in stock company roles, appearing for a period of six years.

In 1946, convinced that there was going to be a "world blow-up" by atom bombs, Pallette received considerable publicity when he set up a "mountain fortress" on a 3,500-acre (14 km) ranch near Imnaha, Oregon, as a hideaway from universal catastrophe.

The "fortress" reportedly was stocked with a sizable herd of prize cattle, enormous supplies of food, and had its own canning plant and lumber mill. When the "blow-up" he anticipated failed to materialize after two years, he began disposing of the Oregon ranch and returned to Los Angeles and his movie colony friends.

Eugene Pallette died at age 65 from cancer at his apartment, 10835 Wilshire Boulevard, in Los Angeles. His wife, Marjorie, and his sister, Beulah Phelps, were at his side. Private funeral services were conducted on Saturday, September 4, 1954, at the Armstrong Family Mortuary. His cremated remains are interred in an unmarked grave behind the monument of his parents at Green Lawn Cemetery in Grenola, Kansas. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to motion pictures at 6702 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.