{"id":15914,"date":"2021-07-28T16:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recursing-chebyshev.104-207-151-122.plesk.page\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/john-sparkes-tv-actor-overview-biography\/"},"modified":"2023-12-31T03:48:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T03:48:27","slug":"john-sparkes-tv-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/john-sparkes-tv-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"John Sparkes (TV Actor) – Overview, Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name:<\/td>\nJohn Sparkes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation:<\/td>\n TV Actor<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gender:<\/td>\nMale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birth Day:<\/td>\n January 9<\/a>,
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Age:<\/td>\n 66<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Country:\n <\/td>\n Wales<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zodiac Sign:<\/td>\nCapricorn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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John Sparkes<\/h1>\n
\n John Sparkes was born on January 9, 1954<\/strong> in Wales (66 years old). John Sparkes is a TV Actor<\/strong>, zodiac sign: Capricorn<\/strong>. Nationality: Wales<\/strong>. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed<\/strong>.\n <\/div>\n

Brief Info<\/h2>\n

Television actor and voice over artist who is widely recognized for his work on the sketch comedy series\u00a0Barry Welsh is Coming. John Sparkes is also known for his voice work on the long running stop-motion series\u00a0Shaun the Sheep.<\/p>\n

Trivia<\/h2>\n
In 2005, John Sparkes performed at the\u00a0Edinburgh Festival Fringe.<\/div>\n
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Net Worth 2020<\/h2>\n
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Before Fame<\/h2>\n

John Sparkes worked for\u00a0Lloyds Bank prior to pursuing a career in show business.<\/p>\n

<\/i> Biography<\/h2>\n

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Barry Welsh Is Coming was a long-running comedy series for HTV Wales. As well as playing Barry Welsh, the hapless host of a chat show, Sparkes also plays other characters within the programme, such as pub singer Gwyn, old Mr. Ffff and Fishguard news reporter Hugh Pugh. Although the series ended in 2004, it returned in 2007 for a series of one-off specials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sparkes provides the voice of the narrator and some other characters in the children’s animated series Peppa Pig, in which the voice of fellow Absolutely star Morwenna Banks is also featured. In Shaun the Sheep he voices Bitzer the Dog and the Farmer. He also voices Mr. Elf and King Marigold in Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom, Professor von Proton in The Big Knights, Steven in A Town Called Panic, and the lead character Fireman Sam in the 2005 series.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Sparkes performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Absolutely Presents John Sparkes and Pete Baikie with his Absolutely colleague Peter Baikie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After killing off Siadwel in Naked Video, Sparkes revived the character in 2014 for a new series of radio shows for BBC Radio Wales, which was recommissioned a year later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was one of the team behind the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, which ran for four years between 1989 and 1993. Following an award-winning radio special, a new series for BBC Radio 4 was commissioned for broadcast in September 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\ud83c\udf82<\/span> Upcoming Birthday<\/h2>\n

\n Currently, John Sparkes is 67 years, 9 months and 10 days old. John Sparkes will celebrate 68th birthday on a Sunday 9th of January 2022.\n <\/p>\n

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