The Princess Bride
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Mel Smith. Melvyn Kenneth Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, actor and filmmaker. He worked on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones with his comedy partner, Griff Rhys Jones.
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- Political satire and sketch comedy
- 1979–2013
Mel Smith. Actor: The Princess Bride. His father Ken was born in Co Durham, he married Vera and together took over her family's greengrocers shop in Quick Road, Chiswick, London. He convinced her that the way forward was to convert the shop into a bookmakers and before long they'd moved to a semi-detached house.
- Actor, Writer, Producer
- December 3, 1952
- 1 min
- July 19, 2013
Jul 25, 2013 · Mel Smith, an English comedian, actor, director and producer who parodied his country’s pub crawlers, politicians and pretensions on television, notably on a series often cited as a precursor of ...
LONDON (AP) — Actor and writer Mel Smith, a major force in British comedy whose evening news parody anticipated the hijinks of hits such as "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," has died of a heart attack, his agent said Saturday. He was 60. Smith shot to fame along with his partner-in-comedy Griff Rhys Jones in "Not the Nine O'Clock News," whose take-down of earnest BBC newscasts, talk shows ...
Mel Smith. Actor: The Princess Bride. His father Ken was born in Co Durham, he married Vera and together took over her family's greengrocers shop in Quick Road, Chiswick, London. He convinced her that the way forward was to convert the shop into a bookmakers and before long they'd moved to a semi-detached house. Mel was born in 1952 and educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith. where at ...
- December 3, 1952
- July 19, 2013
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Jul 21, 2013 · 21 July 2013. Smith studied at Oxford University and was president of his college drama group. Comic star Mel Smith, who has died aged 60, became a household name during the 1980s when TV sketch ...
Jul 20, 2013 · Sat 20 Jul 2013 11.31 EDT. The actor and comedian Mel Smith, best known for his roles in Alas Smith and Jones and Not the Nine O'Clock News, has died of a heart attack at his home in north-west ...
