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NoelAppleby

  • Actor
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Council drainlayer Noel Appleby first won fame after starring in an 80s Winstone commercial, pushing a wheelbarrow. After a bit part in Beyond Reasonable Doubt, he was picked to play one of the time-travellers in acclaimed Vincent Ward fantasy The Navigator, adding to the film’s impressive awards tally in the process. Later he hunted vampires in Moonrise, and was a taxi-driver in Old Bastards. Appleby died in May 2007.

Screenography

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 As: Everard Proudfoot Film
Cupid's Prey
2002 As: Herbert Film
Old Bastards
1994 As: Shack Short film
Moonrise (aka Grampire)
1992 As: Ernie Film

Awards

1989 Listener Film and Television Awards
Best Male Performance in a Supporting Role - Film: for The Navigator

“I’m marketed as your run-of-the-mill, jovial, everyday, average sort of bloke. Okay, I carry a bit of weight, so they go for the beer gut, but in actual fact I’ve never been a drinker in my life. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a wowzer, but I’ve never been a great drinker. ”

— Noel Appleby in The Listener, 16 July 1988

Related images

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Ulf (Noel Appleby) encounters a strange creature, in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
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Marshall Napier (Searle), Hamish McFarlane (Griffin), Paul Livingstone (Martin), Noel Appleby (Ulf) and Chris Haywood (Arno) in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.