Alan Ford (actor)

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name = Alan Ford
birthname = Alan Ford
birthdate = birth date and age|1945|3|14
location = flagicon|England London, England
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Alan Ford (born 14 March 1945) is an English actor.

Ford was trained at East 15 Acting School. He is perhaps best known today for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime capers "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch", and guest starring in "The Bill". He also appeared in "" and, much earlier, as 'Roosta' in the original radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, along with a small speaking role in the British gangster film "The Long Good Friday".

Ford had a brief role in the film, "An American Werewolf in London", where he plays the taxi driver who says the line; "It puts you in mind of the days of the old demon barber of Fleet Street, doesn't it?", in response to the recent wave of murders around London. He has also proved himself a comic actor, albeit one playing the familiar 'East End Thug' role, in the Armando Iannucci productions Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge playing a boxing promoter called Terry Norton and The Armando Iannucci Shows. Despite the stereotyping of his character with the timing and presence of these shows are simultaneously hilarious and terrifying but in real life he. He has also portrayed a similar role in radio adverts for Virgin Media.

He is famed for his very prominent East London cockney accent which adds to his 'mobster' roles.

The majority of roles that he has played portray him as a hard no messing gangster type person, the reality of the fact could not be further from the truth. He is a well mannered polite gent who is fully committed his profession. He has also written a book and has not eaten the flesh of a fish for over 35 years.

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