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'{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{other people}} {{Infobox person | name = Jeffrey thinks the best thing ever is 'Ker-Plunk' yet has never played it and prefers to shout at mice. | image = Jeffrey Holland.jpg | caption = Jeffrey Holland in May 2011. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|07|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Walsall]], [[Staffordshire]], England | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | occupation = | yearsactive = | spouse = Eleanor Hartopp (m.1971 - ?) (divorced) <br /> [[Judy Buxton]] (2004-present) | domesticpartner = | children = 2 children | website = }} '''Jeffrey Holland''' (born '''Jeffrey Parkes''', 17 July 1946) is an [[England|English]] [[actor]] well known for roles in [[television]] sitcoms, as well as [[BBC Radio]] comedy, including ''[[Week Ending]]''. ==Early life and career== Born in [[Walsall]], [[Staffordshire]], he was educated at [[Queen Mary's Grammar School]], Walsall. Holland joined an amateur theatre company, and worked at a wine merchants and in the office of a manufacturing company before training at [[Birmingham School of Acting|Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art]] and becoming a professional actor. His first stage appearance was at the [[New Alexandra Theatre|Alexandra Theatre]] in 1967, in the [[Henry Cecil Leon]] play ''No Fear or Favour''. He appeared in an episode of ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Are You Being Served]]'', several episodes of ''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'' and as a soldier in an episode of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' and ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]''. He broke through to public fame in the role of Spike Dixon, the camp comic at the Maplin's [[holiday camp]] in ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''. He later appeared in ''[[Russ Abbot|Russ Abbot's]] Madhouse''. [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] used three main ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' actors ([[Paul Shane]], Holland, and [[Su Pollard]]) in similar roles in a later Croft/[[Jimmy Perry|Perry]] [[sitcom]], ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]'' (1988–1993), and again in ''[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]]'' (1995–1997), this time co-written with [[Richard Spendlove]]. In 2011 he appeared in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as Clive Drinkwater. In 2012 he was cast in the film version of [[Ray Cooney]]'s [[farce]] ''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]''. In 2013, he débuted his short one-man play, ''….And this is my friend Mr Laurel'', based on the life of [[Stan Laurel]], at the [[Camden Fringe]] festival. This was taken on tour of the UK in 2014-2015. <ref name=mrlaurel>''http://www.jeffreyholland.co.uk/Jeffrey_Holland/Mr_Laurel.html Jeffrey Holland/Mr Laurel'' at ''jeffreyholland.co.uk'': retrieved 3 March 2015</ref> The play was devised by Holland and written by [[Gail Louw]]. ==Personal life== Holland is married to the actress [[Judy Buxton]]. ==Television roles== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title !! Role |- |1964 || ''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'' || Mike Hawkins |- |1974 || ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Alan Hunt |- |1976 to 1977 || ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' || Aircraftsman Ormanroyd/ RAF Airman |- |1977 || ''[[Dad's Army]]'' || Soldier |- |1977 || ''[[Secret Army (TV series)|Secret Army]]'' || Michel |- |1978 || ''[[The Mayor of Casterbridge#Adaptations|The Mayor of Casterbridge (mini-series)]]'' || Carter |- |1978 || ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#King Richard the Second|King Richard the Second]]'' || Duke of Surrey |- |1978 || ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#As You Like It|As You Like It]]'' || William |- |1977 to 1979 || ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' || The Blazer/ The Afro Pants |- |1979 || ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Life of Henry the Fift|The Life of Henry the Fift]]'' || Nym |- |1980 to 1988 || ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' || Spike Dixon |- |1982 to 1984 || ''[[Russ Abbot|Russ Abbot's Saturday Madhouse]]'' || Various |- |1985 || ''[[Kenny Everett#The Kenny Everett Television Show|The Kenny Everett Television Show]]'' || Various |- |1986 || ''[[Spitting Image]]'' || [[Lester Piggott]] |- |1986 || ''The Les Dennis Laughter Show'' || Various |- |1988 to 1993 || ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]'' || James Twelvetrees |- |1990 || ''[[Russ Abbot|The Russ Abbot Show]]'' || Various |- |1996 to 1997 || ''[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]]'' || Cecil Parkin |- |2011 || ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || Clive Drinkwater |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0390720}} * [http://www.bestbritishtv.com/?p=492 Jeffrey Holland Interview Best British TV] {{Authority control|VIAF=53941416}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Holland, Jeffery | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = English actor | DATE OF BIRTH = 17 July 1946 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Walsall]], [[Staffordshire]] England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Jeffery}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English male television actors]] [[Category:People from Walsall]] [[Category:People educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School]] {{England-tv-actor-stub}}'