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'''Enn Reitel''' (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish actor who specialises in ] in films, television series and video games.


==Early life==
'''Enn Reitel''' (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish ] and ] who specializes in ]. He is well known for providing additional voices for '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.
Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from ]. He trained as an actor at the ].


== Early life == ==Career==
===Acting===
Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from ] and Germany. He trained as an actor at the ].
In 1982, Reitel starred in '']'', a sitcom on ] written by ] and ]. Reitel played Jim Dixon, based on the character created by ].


He appeared on stage in '']'' at the ] in 1986. On television he worked as an impressionist on the ] ] show '']'' and starred in the ] sitcom '']'' as a burglar who spent his days in a ], pretending to be insane.
== Acting career ==
In 1982 Reitel starred in ''The New Adventures of Lucky Jim'', a BBC2 sitcom written by ] and ]. Reitel played Jim Dixon, based on the character created by ].


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He appeared on stage in '']'' at the ] in 1986. On television he worked as an impressionist on the ] ] show '']'' and starred in the ] sitcom '']'' as a burglar who spent his days in a ], pretending to be insane.
He played the lead role in the UK television comedy series '']'' which ran from 1983 for two series. The programme was almost entirely silent. In each episode 'The Optimist' wandered through life doing his best to look on the bright side. He was usually thwarted in his endeavours by the people he encountered. He also appeared in the first series of the UK comedy show '']''.


Reitel also appeared in a number of BBC radio comedy programmes in the 1980s, including ] and the radio adaptation of the cartoon strip ].
He played the lead role in the UK TV comedy series '']'' which ran from 1983 for two series. The programme was almost entirely silent. In each episode 'The Optimist' wandered through life doing his best to look on the bright side. He was usually thwarted in his endeavours by the people he encountered. He also appeared in the first series of the UK comedy show '']''.


In 2001 he appeared in a short film called ''Coconuts'' with ], in which they did a demonstration on how coconuts can be used in place of horses.<ref>{{YouTube|IFy_0xVIG0M|Monty Python- How to Use your Coconuts}}</ref> This film can be seen on the second disk of the collector's edition of '']''. In 2001, he appeared in a short film called ''Coconuts'' with ], in which they did a demonstration on how coconuts can be used in place of horses.<ref>{{YouTube|IFy_0xVIG0M|Monty Python- How to Use your Coconuts}}</ref> This film can be seen on the second disk of the collector's edition of '']''.


He played the lead role in the 2007 film '']'', a comedy about a pair of con men. He played the lead role in the 2007 film '']'', a comedy about a pair of con men.


Reitel was the second choice to play ] in '']'' (behind Jim Broadbent aka Roy Slater in the series), but was busy with other projects (the role ultimately went to ]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/item/aid/538287 |title=Behind the scenes of Only Fools and Horses}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8877163/Only-Fools-and-Horses-by-Graham-McCann-review.html |title=Only Fools and Horses by Graham McCann: review | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Martin |last=Chilton |date=9 November 2011}}</ref> Reitel was the second choice to play ] in '']'' (behind ] aka Roy Slater in the series), but was busy with other projects (the role ultimately went to ]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/item/aid/538287 |title=Behind the scenes of Only Fools and Horses|date=6 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8877163/Only-Fools-and-Horses-by-Graham-McCann-review.html |title=Only Fools and Horses by Graham McCann: review | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Martin |last=Chilton |date=9 November 2011}}</ref>


He also played two roles in different episodes of long-running sitcom '']''. In the first Christmas special, he played "Mr. Starkey", a down and out who holds ] and his neighbour's father at gunpoint to wait for ] on Christmas Day. In the second episode of series 3, "Dreamland", he played a tramp who took a fancy to Victor's shoes, but drew the line at his ]-esque sweater. He also played two roles in different episodes of long-running sitcom '']''. In the first Christmas special, he played "Mr. Starkey", a down and out who holds ] (]) and his neighbour Pippa's father, Reverend Croker (]) at gunpoint to wait for ] on Christmas Day. In the second episode of series 3, "Dreamland", he played a tramp who took a fancy to Victor's shoes, but drew the line at his ]-esque sweater.


== Voiceovers == ===Voiceovers===
Reitel does voiceovers for '']''. He played the Town Crier and The Maggot in ]'s '']'' and played '']'' in the 2004 video game '']''. It is his voice that provides the vocals on ]'s "Nice Weather For Ducks" in 2002. Recently, he narrated the in-game promo spot for the Praying Mantis PMC in '']''. He also does Lorenzo Belli's voice from Capcom's survival horror game '']''. He was also the voice of Billy the ventriloquist dummy in James Wan's movie ''Dead Silence''. He also provided voice performance for the audiobook of the sixth book in ]'s '']'' series, '']''. Reitel also provided the voice for Delvin Mallory in '']'' and the Wizard Zabodon in '']''. In May 2014, Reitel replaced ] as the voice of the Animal in the '']'' adverts. Reitel does voiceovers for '']''. He played the Town Crier and The Maggot in ]'s '']'' and played '']'' in the 2004 video game '']''. It is his voice that provides the vocals on ]'s "Nice Weather For Ducks" in 2002. He narrated the in-game promo spot for the Praying Mantis PMC in '']''. He also does Lorenzo Belli's voice from Capcom's survival horror game '']''. He was also the voice of Billy the ventriloquist dummy in James Wan's movie '']''. He also provided voice performance for the audiobook of the sixth book in ]'s '']'' series, '']''. Reitel also provided the voice for Delvin Mallory in '']'' and the Wizard Zabodon in '']''. He also provided the voice of Ost Ordura in '']'' and ] in '']''. He also played Male Altmer and Dunmer in '']''. He also provided voices of The Time Keeper in '']'', Laufey in '']'', Master Ding in '']'', Sebastian Oliver in '']'', Olgan in '']'', Bootstrap Bill Turner in '']'', A Male Pedestrian in '']'', Deraegis in '']'', Five Leaf Clover Guy, Japanese Deputy, Robertson, Boss Guraji and Fox in '']'', Edwin Jarvis in '']'', An English Spy in '']'', Billy in '']'' and The Dreamer in '']''. In May 2014, Reitel replaced ] as the voice of the Animal in the '']'' adverts.


==Filmography== ==Filmography==
===Film===

*''Animal Madness'' – Various
===Video games===
*'']'' - Mr. White *'']'' – Walter
*''Bob's Weekend'' – Voice of Man on Television
*'']'' - Sebastian Oliver
*''Carrott U Like'' – Additional voices
*'']'' - Na'vi
*''Chicanery'' – Windsor Silcox
*'']'' - Olgan
*'']'' - Alfred J. Pennyworth *'']'' – Maggot, Town Crier
*'']'' – Billy
*'']'' - Spyros, Solon, Soldier, Fisherman
*'']'' - Amenkoht Ali-Salah *'']'' – Kung Tofu, Fracois Fromage
*''Forgotten Daughters'' – Liam
*'']'' - Nurse Trimble - The Brigmore Witches DLC
*''Gobble'' – Voice over artist
*'']''
*'']'' (1989) – Dietrich
*'']''
*'']'' – Goblin (uncredited)
*'']'' - Anderson, Klunk, Rico, Henry, Charon, Crystal Robot
*''Made in Estonia'' – NATO general
*'']'' - Auric Goldfinger
*''Original Gangster'' – Cleaner
*'']'' - Old Lorenzo
*'']'' – PC Arthur Selby, Reverend Timms, Pat Wannabe 2, Raed
*'']'' - Servant
*''Quackerz'' – Emperor Peng Lee
*'']'' - Male Pedestrian
*''Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation'' – Narrator
*'']'' - Ost Ordura, Additional voices
*''Secret History of Religion: Knights Templar'' – Narrator
*'']'' - LeFey
*''Splitting Image: Down and Out in the White House'' – Additional voices
*'']'' - Leo
*'']'' – Nestor, Mr. Crabtree
*'']'' - Edwin Jarvis
*''The Best Years'' – Father Jude Best
*'']''
*''The Cannibal in the Jungle'' – Jan Voorhees
*'']'' - Professor Thurgood, C-YA Programmer Weissman, MIB Agent
*'']'' – Narrator (uncredited)
*'']'' - Praying Mantis - Narrator
*'']'' – Mourner
*'']''
*''The Lime Grove Story''
*'']'' - Bootstrap Bill Turner
*'']'' – Launcelot Gobbo
*'']''
*'']'' - Time Keeper *'']'' – Workman 1
*'']'' - Writch Hurley *'']'' – (uncredited)
*''The Willows in Winter'' – Otter
*'']'' - Additional voices
*'']'' *'']'' – Otter, Rabbit, Policeman, Gaoler
*'']'' – Blacksmith
*'']'' - Additional voices
*''Tiny Revolutions'' – Secret policeman
*'']'' - Mr. Beaver
*'']'' - Bezu Fache *'']'' – Joe
*'']'' - Male Altmer, Male Dunmer
*'']'' - Delvin Mallory
*'']'' - Additional voices
*'']'' - Machine Gun Tartar, Master's Companion, Prisoner
*'']'' - Additional voices
*'']'' - The Dreamer, Additional voices
*'']'' - Contestants (UK version)
*'']'' - Dr. Aiden Krone
*'']'' - Archivist
*'']''
*'']''

===Movies===
*'']''
*'']'' - Walter
*'']'' - Voice of Man on Television
*'']''
*'']'' - Windsor Silcox
*'']'' - Maggot, Town Crier
*'']'' - Billy
*'']'' - Kung Tofu, Fracois Fromage
*'']'' - Voice over artist
*'']'' - Dietrich
*'']'' - Goblin (uncredited)
*'']'' - NATO general
*'']'' - Cleaner
*'']'' - PC Arthur Selby, Reverend Timms, Pat Wannabe 2, Raed
*'']'' - Emperor Peng Lee
*'']'' - Narrator
*'']'' - Narrator
*'']''
*'']'' - Nestor, Mr. Crabtree
*'']'' - Father Jude Best
*'']'' - Jan Voorhees
*'']'' - Narrator (uncredited)
*'']'' - Mourner
*'']''
*'']'' - Launcelot Gobbo
*'']'' - Workman 1
*'']'' - (uncredited)
*'']'' - Otter
*'']'' - Otter, Rabbit, Policeman, Gaoler
*'']'' - Blacksmith
*'']'' - Secret policeman
*'']'' - Joe


===Shorts=== ===Shorts===
*'']'' - Keith *''Couples and Robbers'' – Keith
*'']'' - The Dad *''Day After Yesterday'' – The Dad
*'']'' - Dowdsley *''Doppelganger'' – Dowdsley
*'']'' - Sweeney *''Ogri'' – Sweeney
*'']'' *''Splitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show'' – Additional voices
*'']'' - Harry *''The Band Parts'' – Harry


===Documentaries=== ===Documentaries===
*'']'' - Albert Einstein, hyde Park Gent *'']'' – Albert Einstein, hyde Park Gent
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'' - Assistant *''How to Use Your Coconuts'' – Assistant
*'']'' - Maggot (uncredited) *''Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride''' – Maggot (uncredited)
*'']'' - Himself *''I Love 1980's'' – Himself
*'']'' - PG Tips Chimp *''Monkey Business'' – PG Tips Chimp
*'']'' - Narrator *''Science of the Bible'' – Narrator


===TV Specials=== ===Television specials===
*'']'' - Himself *'']'' – Himself


===TV series=== ===Television series===
*'']'' - Prime Minister Tony Blair, Jack Straw, John Prescott, Michael Jackson, Anthony McPartlin, Jeremy Clarkson, Michael Howard, Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, Prince Harry, Tom Cruise, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Pope John Paul II, Johnny Vegas, Will Young, Tim Henman, Justin Hawkins, Jack Osbourne, Phil Spencer, David Dimbleby, Peter Andre, Frank Skinner, Des Lynham, Robbie Williams, Gareth Gates, Uri Geller, David Blunkett, Charles Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince Phillip, Prince Edward, Prince William, Osama Bin Laden, Wayne Rooney, Various voices *'']'' – Prime Minister ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Various voices
*'']'' - English Spy *'']'' – English Spy
*'']'' *'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' - Narrator *'']'' – Narrator
*'']'' – Narrator / Additional voices
*'']'' - Deraegis
*'']'' – Deraegis
*'']'' - Father Kevin Maher
*'']'' – Father Kevin Maher
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'' - Narrator *'']'' – Narrator
*'']'' - Narrator *'']'' – Narrator
*'']'' - Photographer *'']'' – Photographer
*'']'' - Mr. Strange *'']'' – Mr. Strange
*'']'' – Hedgehogs, Additional Voices (2 episode)
*'']'' - Voice-Over
*'']'' *'']'' – Voice-Over
*'']'' - Wizard Tooth Fairy *'']'' - ], Additional voices
*'']'' – Wizard Tooth Fairy (Episode "Tooth or Scare")
*'']'' - Policeman
*'']'' - Gerhardt Strauss *'']'' – Policeman
*'']'' – Gerhardt Strauss
*'']'' - Laufey
*'']'' - The Reporter *'']'' – Laufey
*'']'' - Master Ding *'']'' – The Reporter
*'']'' – Master Ding
*'']'' - Jewcano, Narrator
*'']'' – Jewcano, Narrator
*'']'' - Skinner
*''Misfits'' – Skinner
*'']'' - Mog
*'']'' *'']'' – Mog
*'']'' - Additional voices *'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' - Hal (UK version)
*'']'' - the Tramp, Starkey *'']'' – The Tramp, Starkey
*'']'' *''Pallas'' – Actor
*'']'' - Animals *'']'' – Male animals
*'']'' - Older Gilbert *''Peter Panzerfaust'' – Older Gilbert
*'']'' *'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' - Edgar Cumberland Hughes *'']'' – Edgar Cumberland Hughes
*'']'' - Various *'']'' – Various
*'']'' *'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' - Rick *'']'' – Rick
*] – Gogol, Moze, Uncle Elliott, Mrs. Wolfgang, Additional voices
*'']'' - Geoffrey Howe, Cecil Parkinson, Robert Maxwell, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Thatcher, Norman Fowler, Konstantin Chernenko, Prince Philip, Paddy Ashdown, Chris Patten, Michael Jackson, Denis Healey, Nelson Mandela, Julian Clary, Winston Churchill, Donald Sinden, Lester Piggott, Peter Snow, David Owen, Mark Phillips, Robert Armstrong, Alec Guinness, Ian St. John, OJ Simpson, Gary Barlow, Prince William, Paul Condon, Jack Straw, Satan, Paul Keating, Kenneth Baker, Mike Smith, Phil Cool, Paul Channon, Pope John Paul II, Donald Coggan, Jesse Jackson, David Attenborough, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nicholas Witchell, David Icke, Steve Jones, West Midland's Police Sergeant, Norman Tebbit, Polish advertiser, Neil Kinnock, Kenneth Clarke, George Younger, Elton John, Matt Aitken, Laurence Olivier, Frank Bruno, Prince Harry, Frank Bough, Richard Branson, Robert Maclennan, Mark Knopfler, Caspar Weinberger, John Hunt, Rick Rickerson, Q, Desmond Wilcox, Ray Cooney, Nicholas Fairbairn, David Gergen, Vincent Price, Lester Pigot, Bobby Robson, Ian MacGregor, Roy Jenkins, Paul McCartney, Kieran Prendiville, Translater, Prince
*'']'' – ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], West Midlands Police Sergeant, ], Polish advertiser, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Rick Rickerson, Q, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Translator, Prince
*'']'' - Manzio
*'']'' – Manzio
*'']'' - Various Characters
*'']'' - Wizard Zabodon *''The Adventures of Dodo'' – Dodo (Voice)
*''The Almost Complete History of the 20th Century'' – Various Characters
*'']'' - Nigel Doughtie
*'']'' - TDC Power *'']'' – Wizard Zabodon
*'']'' - Assistant Director *'']'' – Nigel Doughtie
*'']'' – TDC Power
*'']'' – Assistant Director
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'' - Jim Dixon *'']'' – Jim Dixon
*'']'' - The Optimist *'']'' – The Optimist
*'']'' *'']'' – Actor
*'']'' – Basil Healy Hutchinson
*'']'' - Robin, Mr. Bouncer, Cock Robin, Insects, Grocer, Animals, Kep, Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck, Sparrows
*'']'' – Zouzab, Shaggy, Buzzard Willie
*'']'' - Five Leaf Clover Guy, Japanese Deputy, Boss Guraji, Robertson, Fox
*'']'' – Robin, Mr. Bouncer, Cock Robin, Insects, Grocer, Animals, Kep, Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck, Sparrows
*'']'' - George
*'']'' - Jed Frewin *'']'' – Narrator
*'']'' – Five Leaf Clover Guy, Japanese Deputy, Boss Guraji, Robertson, Fox
*''Union Jackass'' – George
*'']'' – Jed Frewin


===TV Mini-series=== ===Television mini-series===
*'']'' - Radio Disc Jockey *'']'' – Radio Disc Jockey
*'']'' - With the voices of *'']'' – With the voices of

===Videos===
*'']'' – Singer on Record, Pa Bear, Ma Bear (burping in ''Scorcher''), Ted Bear, Hank, Horse, Dog, Scorcher, Hare, Narrator #2
*'']'' – Walter the Softy (''Flutterby'' and ''Dennis Meets His Match''), Aliens, Female Alien, Police Officer #1, Winston, Doctor, Hairdresser, Robot, Pa Bear, Ted Bear, Hank, Chicken, Chick, Ma's Porridge Narrator, Pedestrian #2, Poolgoer #3, Child

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1995 ||'']'' || Anderson, Klunk, Rico, Henry, ], Crystal Robot||<ref name="btva">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Enn-Reitel/|title=Enn Reitel – 62 Character Images <nowiki>|</nowiki> Behind The Voice Actors|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|access-date=February 3, 2020|postscript=. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.}}</ref>
|-
|1998||'']'' || Servant||<ref name="hodcredits">{{cite video game | developer=Amazing Studio | title=Heart of Darkness | publisher=]; ]; ] | scene=Ending credits, 30:32 in, english voiceover, cast | year=1998}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6apUT5tnzk -->
|-
|2004||'']'' || Additional voices||<ref name="tbtcredits">{{cite video game | developer=] | title=The Bard's Tale | publisher=InXile Entertainment | scene=Ending credits, 2:10:21 in, More Great Talent | year=2004}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFWAUrJGTCA -->
|-
|2004|| '']'' || ]||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2005||'']'' || Old Lorenzo ||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2005||'']'' || Mr. Beaver||
|-
|2006||'']'' || Bezu Fache, Police Officer 2 ||
|-
|2007||'']'' || Machine Gun Tartar, Master's Companion, Prisoner||
|-
|2007||'']'' || Dr. Aiden Krone||
|-
|2008||'']'' || Praying Mantis, Narrator||
|-
|2010||'']'' || Spyros, Solon, Soldier, Fisherman||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2011||'']'' || Delvin Mallory||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2012||'']''|| Professor Thurgood, C-YA Programmer Weissman, MIB Agent||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2013||'']'' || ]||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2015||'']'' || Leo|| <ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2016||'']'' || ] ||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2017||'']'' || Dr. Lorenzo Calvino ||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2017||'']'' ||Alfred Pennyworth ||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|2019||'']'' || ] ||
|-
|2020 || '']'' || Deputy Mayor Hart || <ref name="btva"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2023 || '']'' || ] ||
|-
|'']''
| Professor Abraham Ronen, Gerbold Ollivander, Deek, Percival Rackham, Solomon Sallow, Eddie Thistlewood, Goblin Banker, Alfred Lawley, Ackley Barnes, Sir Gareth Seaford, Pádraic Haggarty, George Osric, Otto Dibble, Sir Cadogan, Rooky, Nonsuch, Townsperson, Hubert Gray, Ghost, Dark Wizard, Goblin Loyalist, Prisoner, Carriage Driver, Centaur
|
|}
*'']'' – Mr. White
*'']'' – Sebastian Oliver
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Olgan
*'']'' – Amenkoht Ali-Salah
*'']'' – Nurse Trimble – The Brigmore Witches DLC
*'']''
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Male Pedestrian
*'']'' – Ost Ordura, additional voices
*'']'' – LeFey
*'']''
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Bootstrap Bill Turner
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Mermaid Man
*'']'' – Time Keeper
*''Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter'' – Writch Hurley
*''Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Male Altmer, Male Dunmer
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – The Dreamer, additional voices
*'']'' – Contestants (UK version)
*'']'' – Archivist
*'']'' – Additional voices
*'']'' – Additional voices

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links== ==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0718572}} *{{IMDb name|0718572}}

== References==
{{Reflist}}


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Enn Reitel
Reitel in The Optimist in 1983
Born (1950-06-21) 21 June 1950 (age 74)
Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1977–present

Enn Reitel (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish actor who specialises in voice work in films, television series and video games.

Early life

Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from Estonia. He trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Acting

In 1982, Reitel starred in The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim, a sitcom on BBC Two written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Reitel played Jim Dixon, based on the character created by Kingsley Amis.

He appeared on stage in Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre in 1986. On television he worked as an impressionist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image and starred in the ITV sitcom Mog as a burglar who spent his days in a psychiatric hospital, pretending to be insane.

Reitel in The Optimist

He played the lead role in the UK television comedy series The Optimist which ran from 1983 for two series. The programme was almost entirely silent. In each episode 'The Optimist' wandered through life doing his best to look on the bright side. He was usually thwarted in his endeavours by the people he encountered. He also appeared in the first series of the UK comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Reitel also appeared in a number of BBC radio comedy programmes in the 1980s, including Dial M For Pizza and the radio adaptation of the cartoon strip The Fosdyke Saga.

In 2001, he appeared in a short film called Coconuts with Michael Palin, in which they did a demonstration on how coconuts can be used in place of horses. This film can be seen on the second disk of the collector's edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

He played the lead role in the 2007 film Trust Me, a comedy about a pair of con men.

Reitel was the second choice to play Del Boy Trotter in Only Fools and Horses (behind Jim Broadbent aka Roy Slater in the series), but was busy with other projects (the role ultimately went to David Jason).

He also played two roles in different episodes of long-running sitcom One Foot in the Grave. In the first Christmas special, he played "Mr. Starkey", a down and out who holds Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) and his neighbour Pippa's father, Reverend Croker (Geoffrey Chater) at gunpoint to wait for Armageddon on Christmas Day. In the second episode of series 3, "Dreamland", he played a tramp who took a fancy to Victor's shoes, but drew the line at his Noel Edmonds-esque sweater.

Voiceovers

Reitel does voiceovers for The X Factor. He played the Town Crier and The Maggot in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and played Auric Goldfinger in the 2004 video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. It is his voice that provides the vocals on Lemon Jelly's "Nice Weather For Ducks" in 2002. He narrated the in-game promo spot for the Praying Mantis PMC in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. He also does Lorenzo Belli's voice from Capcom's survival horror game Haunting Ground. He was also the voice of Billy the ventriloquist dummy in James Wan's movie Dead Silence. He also provided voice performance for the audiobook of the sixth book in Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series, The Time Paradox. Reitel also provided the voice for Delvin Mallory in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the Wizard Zabodon in The Big Knights. He also provided the voice of Ost Ordura in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Telltale Series. He also played Male Altmer and Dunmer in The Elder Scrolls Online. He also provided voices of The Time Keeper in Skylanders: Swap Force, Laufey in Hulk and the Agents of SMASH, Master Ding in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Sebastian Oliver in Adr1ft, Olgan in Baten Kaitos Origins, Bootstrap Bill Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, A Male Pedestrian in Infamous, Deraegis in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Five Leaf Clover Guy, Japanese Deputy, Robertson, Boss Guraji and Fox in TripTank, Edwin Jarvis in Marvel Heroes, An English Spy in American Dad!, Billy in Dead Silence and The Dreamer in The Secret World. In May 2014, Reitel replaced Ade Edmondson as the voice of the Animal in the Peperami adverts.

Filmography

Film

  • Animal Madness – Various
  • Bedrooms – Walter
  • Bob's Weekend – Voice of Man on Television
  • Carrott U Like – Additional voices
  • Chicanery – Windsor Silcox
  • Corpse Bride – Maggot, Town Crier
  • Dead Silence – Billy
  • Foodfight! – Kung Tofu, Fracois Fromage
  • Forgotten Daughters – Liam
  • Gobble – Voice over artist
  • Just Another Secret (1989) – Dietrich
  • Labyrinth – Goblin (uncredited)
  • Made in Estonia – NATO general
  • Original Gangster – Cleaner
  • Postman Pat: The Movie – PC Arthur Selby, Reverend Timms, Pat Wannabe 2, Raed
  • Quackerz – Emperor Peng Lee
  • Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation – Narrator
  • Secret History of Religion: Knights Templar – Narrator
  • Splitting Image: Down and Out in the White House – Additional voices
  • The Adventures of Tintin – Nestor, Mr. Crabtree
  • The Best Years – Father Jude Best
  • The Cannibal in the Jungle – Jan Voorhees
  • The Full Monty – Narrator (uncredited)
  • The Judge – Mourner
  • The Lime Grove Story
  • The Merchant of Venice – Launcelot Gobbo
  • The Prestige – Workman 1
  • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause – (uncredited)
  • The Willows in Winter – Otter
  • The Wind in the Willows – Otter, Rabbit, Policeman, Gaoler
  • Throne of Elves – Blacksmith
  • Tiny Revolutions – Secret policeman
  • Trust Me – Joe

Shorts

  • Couples and Robbers – Keith
  • Day After Yesterday – The Dad
  • Doppelganger – Dowdsley
  • Ogri – Sweeney
  • Splitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show – Additional voices
  • The Band Parts – Harry

Documentaries

  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – Albert Einstein, hyde Park Gent
  • Heroes of Comedy
  • How to Use Your Coconuts – Assistant
  • Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride' – Maggot (uncredited)
  • I Love 1980's – Himself
  • Monkey Business – PG Tips Chimp
  • Science of the Bible – Narrator

Television specials

Television series

Television mini-series

Videos

  • The Beano Video – Singer on Record, Pa Bear, Ma Bear (burping in Scorcher), Ted Bear, Hank, Horse, Dog, Scorcher, Hare, Narrator #2
  • The Beano Videostars – Walter the Softy (Flutterby and Dennis Meets His Match), Aliens, Female Alien, Police Officer #1, Winston, Doctor, Hairdresser, Robot, Pa Bear, Ted Bear, Hank, Chicken, Chick, Ma's Porridge Narrator, Pedestrian #2, Poolgoer #3, Child

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Flight of the Amazon Queen Anderson, Klunk, Rico, Henry, Charon, Crystal Robot
1998 Heart of Darkness Servant
2004 The Bard's Tale Additional voices
2004 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Auric Goldfinger
2005 Haunting Ground Old Lorenzo
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Mr. Beaver
2006 The Da Vinci Code Bezu Fache, Police Officer 2
2007 The Golden Compass Machine Gun Tartar, Master's Companion, Prisoner
2007 TimeShift Dr. Aiden Krone
2008 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Praying Mantis, Narrator
2010 Clash of the Titans Spyros, Solon, Soldier, Fisherman
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Delvin Mallory
2012 Men in Black: Alien Crisis Professor Thurgood, C-YA Programmer Weissman, MIB Agent
2013 Marvel Heroes Edwin Jarvis
2015 Leo's Fortune Leo
2016 Batman: The Telltale Series Alfred Pennyworth
2017 Prey Dr. Lorenzo Calvino
2017 Batman: The Enemy Within Alfred Pennyworth
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Scrooge McDuck
2020 Final Fantasy VII Remake Deputy Mayor Hart
2023 Disney Dreamlight Valley Scrooge McDuck
Hogwarts Legacy Professor Abraham Ronen, Gerbold Ollivander, Deek, Percival Rackham, Solomon Sallow, Eddie Thistlewood, Goblin Banker, Alfred Lawley, Ackley Barnes, Sir Gareth Seaford, Pádraic Haggarty, George Osric, Otto Dibble, Sir Cadogan, Rooky, Nonsuch, Townsperson, Hubert Gray, Ghost, Dark Wizard, Goblin Loyalist, Prisoner, Carriage Driver, Centaur

References

  1. Monty Python- How to Use your Coconuts on YouTube
  2. "Behind the scenes of Only Fools and Horses". 6 July 2023.
  3. Chilton, Martin (9 November 2011). "Only Fools and Horses by Graham McCann: review". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ^ "Enn Reitel – 62 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. Amazing Studio. Heart of Darkness. Infogrames Multimedia; Ocean Software; Interplay Productions. Scene: Ending credits, 30:32 in, english voiceover, cast.
  6. InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:21 in, More Great Talent.

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