Mel Smith
Mel Smith | |
|---|---|
Smith in the 1980s | |
| Born | Melvyn Kenneth Smith 3 December 1952 |
| Died | 19 July 2013 (aged 60) London, England |
| Notable work | Not the Nine O'Clock News Alas Smith and Jones Bean |
| Spouse |
Pamela Gay-Rees (m. 1988) |
| Comedy career | |
| Years active | 1979–2013 |
| Medium | Film, television |
| Genres | Political satire, sketch comedy |
Melvyn Kenneth Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English actor, comedian, 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. Smith and Jones founded Talkback, which grew to be one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of television comedy and light entertainment programming.