Mark Arden

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Mark Arden
Born
Mark David Darwin Arden

(1956-07-31) 31 July 1956 (age 67)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1977–present

Mark David Darwin Arden (born 31 July 1956) is a British comedian and actor, best known for his television appearances. During the 1980s, he was one half of comic double act 'The Oblivion Boys', alongside Stephen Frost.

Arden was born in

improvisation. Nevertheless, he featured as the chauffeur Johnny Blackpool (a paranoid ex-soldier) in the partially-improv 1994 comedy film There's No Business..., opposite Raw Sex (Simon Brint and Rowland Rivron
).

Arden had a role as Roland 'Vaseline' Cartwright in

Harry Enfield and Chums
. In October 1996 he played Jansson in an episode of the 6th series of Heartbeat (Snapped).

Arden also has had a theatre career, appearing in Willis Hall's play The Long, the Short and the Tall in the West End.[2] He also played the inspector in An Inspector Calls at the Garrick Theatre, Pop in the musical We Will Rock You at London's Dominion Theatre, and in Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be[3] at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Arden's television career continued in 2002 with The Estate Agents. In 2018, he appeared in several episodes of Endeavour.

References

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  2. ^ Ros Wynne-Jones (3 February 1996). "Fringe calls tune for West End opening". The Independent. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. ^ Time Out, 22 May 2014

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