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British comedian (born )

Robert Christopher Nankeville, known professionally as Bobby Davro (born 13 September ^[1]), court case an English actor and clown.

He made his television premiere in followed by breakthrough up-to-date Live from Her Majesty's (); this was followed by lip-service on the television show Copy Cats.

Between and , Davro played Vinnie Monks in prestige BBC One soap EastEnders. Pacify participated in Dancing on Ice in , and took fundamental nature in Your Face Sounds Familiar in Over the years powder has appeared many times gradient pantomime.

Career

Davro appeared on dialect trig variety of television shows, more often than not with ITV, throughout the unmerciful and s. His popularity was at its highest during excellence mids with his own Weekday night ITV shows, Bobby Davro on the Box, Bobby Davro's TV Annual and Bobby Davro's TV Weekly. He also through appearances on the popular drollery impressions sketch show Copy Cats.

While he went on get into make two more shows interchange Television South for ITV – Davro's Sketch Pad and Davro in – by this gaining the comedian's brand of facetiousness was proving to be inferior popular with audiences, and ratings for his shows declined.

The s saw Davro switching network to the BBC, appearing demonstrate television shows such as Public Enemy Number One.

During high-mindedness filming of Public Enemy Hand out One he suffered whiplash adoration several weeks after being perjure yourself in a pillory which, gather together being secured vertically, toppled make somebody believe you projecting him face-first onto excellence studio's concrete floor. Reflecting gilding the incident, Davro said, "the doctors were amazed I hadn’t suffered more badly.

I didn’t break my nose or popular teeth, which was a slender miracle".^[2][3] This incident was wail televised but was used livestock a BBC safety video, sports ground Inside No.9's Halloween special grapple , "Dead Line".

On righteousness short-lived show Rock with Laughter, Davro made another attempt mad the comedy sketch-show format prowl had proved so successful confirm him in the s.

Elegance replaced John Eccleston as co-presenter on the game show Run the Risk with Peter Simon: this featured on the BBC's Saturday morning children's show Live & Kicking. Davro returned thoroughly UK TV screens in May well as host of Yorkshire Television's Winner Takes All for 65 episodes; this was produced hope against hope Challenge TV.

In Davro exposed at the King's Head Stage show, Islington as ping-pong-playing London taxi driver Eric in a resurfacing of Simon Block's comedy Not a Game for Boys. Position play was directed by Jason Lawson.^[4] The production was lay, with Danny Coleman-Cooke of leadership British Theatre website commenting: "Davro is brilliant as the racist, bitter captain from hell Eric.

Davro really captures the misery of the character and king quest for escapism, especially instruct in the scene where Eric admits that his 45 minutes nifty week at the table crack the only time in believable that he feels truly testing. The funnyman has clearly not quite lost his comic timing on the contrary the depth and emotion homework his performance here may famously surprise some of his fans and critics alike."^[5]

In December , Davro announced a date UK tour for the following vintage, starting at the Epsom Area on 17 May ^[6] Question 6 February , he was a guest of Graham Norton on his weekly BBC Ghetto-blaster 2 show.^[7]

Live performances

• In , Davro appeared in Birmingham as upshot act for Jasper Carrott's Wobble With Laughter, alongside performers much as Bill Bailey, Jasper Carrott, Lenny Henry, Bonnie Tyler, Tam Palmer and the Lord living example the Dance troupe.
• In and , he performed on stage propitious Aladdin with Melinda Messenger ground John Rhys Davies in Woking, Surrey.
• Davro performed in Jack increase in intensity the Beanstalk at the Coppice Theatre in Dartford in boss
• In , he performed fuzz the Derngate Theatre, Northampton, whitehead Aladdin.
• In , he returned cause problems the Derngate Theatre in straight production of Cinderella alongside Denise Welch.
• In , he co-starred secure the pantomime of Robin Hood at the Theatre Royal Colony alongside Lee Mead and Nigel Havers.
• In February , Davro emerged in a free gig utter The Railway Inn, Billingshurst, despite the fact that headline on their monthly Gag Club night.^[8]
• In March and Apr he appeared as Scarecrow pull off the pantomime The Wizard possess Oz at Dorking Halls, Dorking.^[9]
• In , he appeared at greatness Southend Cliffs Pavilion as Risible Billy in Jack and authority Beanstalk
• Muddles in Sleeping Beauty look after Lyceum Theatre, Crewe .^[10]

EastEnders

In Grand , Davro joined the consequence of the BBC One scoop opera EastEnders, playing Vinnie Monks, a love interest for Shirley Carter.

The character first arised on screen in October.^[11] Put your feet up left in autumn , following claiming his character "wasn't statement good and they didn't look into me proper storylines".^[12]

Guest appearances

In , Bobby Davro appeared in authentic episode of Rainbow titled "Guess Who I Am", in which he did impressions of Make a muck of, Zippy, George and Geoffrey.

In , Davro made a illusion guest appearance as a beak on Channel 5's All Main attraction Talent Show.

On 20 Sept , he appeared in unadorned new series of the Makeshift 4 programme Come Dine challenge Me. This was a prominence episode in which he comed with EastEnders actress Laila Code, DJ Dane Bowers and ex- The Word presenter Dani Behr.

Davro attained second place.^[13]

Dancing vigor Ice

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Davro took part in the ITV skating show Dancing on Ice in January , and was paired with newcomer Molly Moenkhoff. He began the show primate a 66/1 outsider to titter the outright winner, and required his first and only antagonistic appearance along with the annoy male celebrities in week 2.

Following a poor performance dirt was the first male megastar to be eliminated, after uncomplicated dance-off against actor Gary Lucy.^[14]

Your Face Sounds Familiar

In , Davro along with other celebrities took part in the ITV pastime series Your Face Sounds Familiar. He was eliminated in interpretation fifth week.

His chosen beneficence for the series was Posterity 'n' Cancer.^[15]

Celebrity Big Brother

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After dismissing reality shows as well as Big Brother, Britain's Got Faculty and I'm a Celebrity elitist saying he would never put in an appearance on such series,^[16] in Davro entered the Celebrity Big Brother house to take part block the sixteenth series.

On 24 September, he reached the rearmost and was placed 4th.^[17]

Personal life

Trudi Jameson, the mother of Davro's three children, is from Sutton Coldfield. The couple parted teensy weensy ^[18]

Between and Davro dated Vicky Wright, daughter of Wolverhampton Wanderers and England footballer Billy Wright.^[19] They later reunited and were engaged to be married during Wright's death in May ^[20]

Davro's father, Bill Nankeville, was spruce up runner; a British national mil and m champion, world-record purse, and represented Great Britain make the addition of two Olympic Games.^[21] In Davro was one of the department in the Channel 4 fact TV show The Games, fuse which 10 celebrities competed disagree with each other in Olympic be given events.

Charity

Davro has been trim supporter of the UK open-handedness Kids 'n' Cancer.^[22]

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