Glen Michael is a former children's television presenter and an entertainer. See also Entertainment (disambiguation and The Entertainer (disambiguation Entertainment is an activity designed to give people His career at Scottish Television spanned several decades with his hugely popular show, "Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade". He was born in Devon, England, but has found the majority of his success in Scotland. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Early career
Born Cecil Buckland,in 1926, Glen Michael began his career as an entertainer on stage, in many successful shows that encompassed his talent for comedy, in particular, impersonations. Upon leaving his native England for the theatre circuit of Scotland, he found further success in stage shows with noted Scottish comedians Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Robert Kerr Fulton, OBE (15 April 1924 &ndash 27 January 2004 more commonly known as Rikki Fulton, was a Scottish comedian and actor Jack Milroy was a Scottish Comedian ( 28 December[[ 915]] - 1 February 2001) Glen also made an uncredited appearance as 'Larry' in the famous early police drama 'The Blue Lamp' in 1950. He and his 'date' witnessed the shooting of Jack Warner (Dixon of Dock Green) as they entered the cinema.
Television years
Glen Michael eventually turned his attention to television, starring in many Scottish Television productions and dramas including Francie and Josie with his friends Jack Milroy and Rikki Fulton. Scottish Television (now legally known as STV Central Ltd and referred to on-air as STV) is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the He also starred in several plays for the BBC and STV. STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland formerly known as Grampian TV (now legally STV North Ltd However, Glen achieved greater stardom with his own show, which he presented, produced and wrote.
Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade (later Glen Michael's Cavalcade) began a record breaking run of 26 years in 1966. The show is still fondly remembered by many people in Scotland as their first exposure to many famous cartoons such as Asterix and Bugs Bunny. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny The show is also remembered for Glen's companions Paladin the talking lamp and two dogs, Rudi and Rusti. The programme also included superhero cartoons, which would be introduced by "The Space Teller"; Michael's disembodied head (often wearing a crown) seemingly "floating" in space. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The readings of children's birthday cards that viewers had sent in, was also very popular, with Glen also sending birthday cards personally to those who could not have their cards read on air.
Radio work
Glen presented a popular weekly show on Saga FM every Sunday, playing songs from stage shows and classic records. When Saga FM was brought over by Realradio company GMG Radio, Glen decided not to join over. GMG Radio is the radio division of the Guardian Media Group. The group is based in Laser House Salford Quays in Manchester along with Century Radio
Other achievements and appearances
Glen also starred in several pantomimes with Jack Milroy and completed many enjoyable runs at the Pavillion Theatre in Glasgow, the Gaiety Theatre Ayr and the Edinburgh Kings in various productions and plays.
Glen made a brief cameo in an episode of the BBC series VideoGaiden, playing himself in a speaking role. VideoGaiden is a Scottish computer games Television show broadcast by BBC Scotland. In the episode, Michael receives a coconut and some flowers in the mail (in an attempt to recreate the Nintendo game Animal Crossing) and sends a thankful letter in response. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on Animal Crossing, known as in Japan, is a life simulation Video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. [1]
Currently
With the end of "Cavalcade", Glen continued working, taking a touring version of the show around Scotland to primary schools. As he continues to entertain more generations with games and cartoons, he is assisted by his wife of many years, Beryl.
He lives in the Ayrshire community with Beryl and has two children, Yonnie and Christopher, and three grandchildren, Grant, Fraser and Mark. Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir ʃir̴əxg̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ is a Registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, His son, Chris Buckland, is a film editor who has worked extensively on STV productions such as Taggart. Film editing is an art of storytelling practiced by connecting two or more shots together to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland formerly known as Grampian TV (now legally STV North Ltd Taggart is a long-running Scottish detective Television programme created by Glenn Chandler (who has written many of the episodes
He can often be seen at Somerset Park attending Ayr United matches. Ayr United FC are an Association football team currently playing in the Scottish Football League.
References
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External links
- Glen Michael at the Internet Movie Database
- Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade Theme Tune at YouTube
- Real Rare Footage from Hamish Dunlop maxmix
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