Chas Early

{{short description|British actor and playwright|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Chas Early''' is a British actor and playwright. He has appeared on TV shows such as ''Casualty'', ''EastEnders'', ''Skins'', ''Mayo'' and ''Call the Midwife''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.film.com/celebrities/chas-early/15725122|title=News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/chas-early/person/456998/appearances.html |title=Chas Early - TV.com |website=www.tv.com |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208205918/http://www.tv.com/chas-early/person/456998/appearances.html |archive-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He is probably best known for portraying the late comedian Bill Hicks in his one-man show, ''Bill Hicks: Slight Return''. In September 2021, he portrayed Andy Goddard in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''.<ref name="16sept">{{cite news |last1=Timblick |first1=Simon |title='Doctors' spoilers: TV turn-off for Ruhma Carter! |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-tv-turn-off-for-ruhma-carter |access-date=16 September 2021 |work=What to Watch |publisher=(Future plc)}}</ref>

==Works== * ''Bill Hicks: Slight Return'' Apollo Shaftesbury Avenue, London and Australian Tour 2008 (2005, written with Richard Hurst, about the US comedian) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.suchsmallportions.com/allnew/uk_comedy/pages/live_billhicks_slightreturn.htm |title=Bill Hicks - Slight Return with Chas Early review, from Such Small Portions, the comedy digest, including Barack Obama and George Bush jokes, by Tim Clark |access-date=2010-04-12 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721105320/http://www.suchsmallportions.com/allnew/uk_comedy/pages/live_billhicks_slightreturn.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.richardhurst.co.uk/bill/reviews.htm|title = Bill Hicks: Slight Return reviews}}</ref> * ''Moon the Loon'' (2006, with Martin Keady, about Keith Moon, the drummer of The Who).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2006/08/11/moon-the-loon-214380/|title = Moon the Loon review| date=11 August 2006 }}</ref> * ''The Edinburgh Love Tour'' (Pleasance Courtyard Edinburgh 2005, written with Richard Hurst) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.richardhurst.co.uk/elt/index.htm|title = The Edinburgh Love Tour}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100429222048/http://www.roseberymanagement.com/actors_male.html Entry on agent's site] *{{IMDb name|0247387}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233117/http://www.richardhurst.co.uk/bill/reviews.htm Reviews of Slight Return]

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