{{Short description|British actor (born 1945)}} {{Multiple issues| {{unreliable sources|date=September 2013}} {{Lead too short|date=February 2024}} }} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Hugo Myatt | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|9|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Hendon, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|presenter|theatre director}} | years_active = 1979–present | spouse = {{marriage |Christine Webber |end=div}} }} '''Hugo Myatt''' (born 13 September 1945) is a British actor, presenter and theatre director, best known for his role as the dungeon master Treguard in the children's game show ''Knightmare''.
==''Knightmare''==
Myatt played the role of Treguard of Dunshelm, the dungeon master and presenter of the Children's ITV game series ''Knightmare'' throughout all eight series,<ref name="LexiconHugo">{{cite web |url=http://interactive.knightmare.org.uk/component/legacy/page/display/lexicon?s=view&EID=Hugo%20Myatt |title=Interactive Knightmare Lexicon: Hugo Myatt |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> between 1987 and 1994.<ref name="LexiconKnightmare">{{cite web |url=http://interactive.knightmare.org.uk/component/legacy/page/display/lexicon?s=view&EID=Knightmare |title=Interactive Knightmare Lexicon: Knightmare |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref>
Myatt met Tim Child, the creator of ''Knightmare'', while Child was working as line producer on Anglia Television's regional news programme ''About Anglia'' with his wife, presenter Christine Webber. Child believed that Myatt was ideal for a dungeon master role, and arranged to make a pilot, ''Dungeon Doom''. A few months after the first pilot a second pilot was made, which was renamed ''Knightmare''. The second pilot was successful and a series was commissioned. Myatt's Treguard became the only character to appear throughout all 112 episodes that were made over ''Knightmare's'' eight series.<ref name="LexiconHugo" /> Myatt ad-libbed some dialogue, with "Ooh, nasty!" becoming a series catchphrase.<ref name="LexiconHugo" /><ref name="TropesKnightmare">{{cite web |url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Knightmare |title=Television Tropes & Idioms: Knightmare |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="UKGameshowsKnightmare">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Knightmare |title=Knightmare – UK Gameshows |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref>
In February 2004, Myatt reprised his role of Treguard for the first time in 10 years with a single appearance in the television series ''Dick and Dom in da Bungalow''. Myatt remained locked in a cage for the entire production, and did not speak during the episode, except for a single line, "Ooh, nasty!", at the end. A few months later he returned to the role of Treguard once more with an appearance in the pilot episode of ''VR'', an intended update of the original ''Knightmare'' television series. On this occasion Treguard's role was reduced: he was no longer the presenter of the show, and was present only as a disembodied avatar of Myatt that assisted the dungeoneer with snippets of advice.<ref name="LexiconHugo" /><ref name="DADCelebrities">{{cite web |url=http://www.dickanddom.com/celebrities/ |title=Celebrities that have appeared in Dick and Dom |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="LexiconKMVR">{{cite web |url=http://interactive.knightmare.org.uk/component/legacy/page/display/lexicon?s=view&EID=KMVR |title=Interactive Knightmare Lexicon: Knightmare VR |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> In 2013, he played Treguard again in a 2013 YouTube exclusive episode.<ref name="ytgeek">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/24/knightmare-revived-youtube-geek-week|title=Knightmare children's TV show to be revived for YouTube Geek Week|date=24 July 2013|accessdate=24 July 2013|work=The Guardian|first=Stuart|last=Dredge}}</ref>
==Other roles==
Myatt continued to appear in a variety of roles in television, movies, audio productions, computer games and pantomime. In 1996 he played the character of Stephanos in the Ancient Greece unit of the BBC Schools series ''Zig Zag'', and in February 2000 he played "The Count" in an episode of the BBC television series ''ChuckleVision'' entitled "Out for the Count". He also provided several voices for the English version of the Dutch children's animated series ''Alfred J. Kwak''.<ref name="LexiconHugo" />
Outside children's television, Myatt has produced numerous computer security training videos, and has appeared in a crime reconstruction on ''Crimewatch''. In 2005, he appeared as Leon Bank in ''Snuff-Movie'', and he also played the role of Bob Snatcher in the short film ''Snatching Time''. In 2007 Myatt played the role of Mr Aston in ''The House on Straw Hill'' (also known as ''Rogue''), and in 2010 he played the role of a vicar in ''Dead Cert''.<ref name="LexiconHugo" /><ref name="MComet">{{cite web|url=http://www.mcomet.com/movie/Rogue_2007_II-469967|title=MComet: Rogue – Movie Plot Outlines|accessdate=7 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822122325/http://www.mcomet.com/movie/Rogue_2007_II-469967|archivedate=22 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="IMDBHugo">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616585/ |title=IMDb – Hugo Myatt |website=IMDb |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> In 2016 Myatt appeared as the character "Dr Wilder" in "Bewilder Box" a live action, immersive escape room located in the seaside resort of Brighton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bewilderbox.co.uk/|title=bewilderbox|website=bewilderbox|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>
Myatt has provided voices for a number of computer games including ''Black and White'', ''Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds'', and the original ''Fable'' where he provided the voice of the guild master Weaver. He has also performed roles for the ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas ''Omega'', ''Weapon of Choice'', ''A Blind Eye'' and ''Panacea'' (part of the ''Gallifrey'' audio series), and has also provided voice acting for the ''Sapphire & Steel'' audio drama ''The Passenger''.<ref name="IMDBHugo" /><ref name="MobyHugo">{{cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_genre/developerId,34743/ |title=Moby Games – Hugo Myatt |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="BFPassenger">{{cite web |url=http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-passenger-14 |title=Big Finish Audio – The Passenger |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="BFOmega">{{cite web |url=http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/omega-213 |title=Big Finish Audio – Omega |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="BFWeaponOfChoice">{{cite web |url=http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/gallifrey-weapon-of-choice-374 |title=Big Finish Audio – Weapon of Choice |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="BFBlindEye">{{cite web |url=http://bigfinish.com/releases/v/gallifrey-a-blind-eye-377 |title=Big Finish Audio – A Blind Eye |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="BFPanacea">{{cite web |url=http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/gallifrey-panacea-387 |title=Big Finish Audio – Panacea |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> He has more recently lent his voice to the Evil Scarecrow album Galactic Hunt in the song "Enter the Knightmare", which has lyrics based on ''Knightmare'', and voiced General Khazimov in the mobile running game ''Zombies, Run!''<ref name="ZombiesRun">{{cite web|url=http://blog.zombiesrungame.com/post/141201842354/weve-had-a-busy-few-weeks-recording-the-spring|title=Recording the Spring Virtual Race|accessdate=11 May 2016|date=17 March 2016}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |1979 |''Park Ranger'' |Reverend Bultitude |Episode: "Fire!" |- |1987–1994 |''Knightmare'' |Treguard of Dunshelm, the dungeon master |112 episodes |- |1996 |''Strange but True?'' |Leading Seaman Articifer |Episode: "Life Beyond Death/The Haunted Bomber" |- |2000 |''ChuckleVision'' |Master |Episode: "Out for the Count" |- |2001 |''Life as We Know It'' |Vicar |Episode: "The Election" |- |2004 |''Dick and Dom in da Bungalow'' |Treguard |Episode: #3.45 |- |2007 |''Children's TV on Trial'' |Himself |Episode: "1980s" |- |2012 |''30 Years of CITV'' |Himself |Television film |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |1999 |''Human Traffic'' |Taxi Driver | |- |2004 |''Strings'' |Hebalonian | |- |2005 |''Snuff-Movie'' |Leon Blanc | |- |2005 |''Red Mercury'' |PC Proctor | |- |2010 |''Dead Cert'' |Rev. Vester | |- |2013 |''Vendetta'' |Carter | |- |2013 |''The Shadow of Bigfoot'' |Richard Byrne | |}
=== Video games === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |2001 |''Black & White'' |God | |- |2004 |''Fable'' |The Guildmaster (Weaver) | |- |2005 |''Fable: The Lost Chapters'' |Various | |}
=== Audio === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |2003 |''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'' |Daland |Episode: "Omega" |- |2019 |''Geeky Retro News Show Pop Culture Podcast'' |Himself |Episode: "Hugo Myatt - Knightmare" |}
== References == {{reflist|2}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0616585|name=Hugo Myatt}}
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