Person Details

Birthday: 1975-06-14 16:15:12

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brighton, England, UK

Homepage: https://laurencerickard.com/

Movie Involvements: 3

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

Laurence Carl "Larry" Rickard (born 14 June 1975) is an English actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for his roles in the TV series Horrible Histories (2009-2013), Yonderland (2013-2016), and Ghosts (2019-). He also appeared and co-wrote for the film Bill (2015). He is also one half of the comedy writing/performance duo "Larry and George" with George Sawyer. He has written for numerous UK comedy shows, notably including The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007–2010), The Charlotte Church Show (2006–2008) and The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson (2009–2011), as well as children's programme Me and My Monsters (2010–2011). He is perhaps best known for his role as a principal cast member, lyricist and writer for the award-winning CBBC programme Horrible Histories, in particular for creating and performing the character of 'Special Correspondent' Bob Hale. He has also appeared regularly on the spin-off game show Horrible Histories: Gory Games and in the Horrible Histories BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. He is also the co-creator, -writer and -star of Yonderland, a family fantasy comedy series that premiered on SkyOne on 10 November 2013. In addition, he is the co-writer of Bill, a BBC-produced comedy film which is based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare. He is also a writer and performer on Tracey Ullman's Show (2016–2018) and Tracey Breaks the News (2017–2018). He co-wrote and starred in the 2019 BBC sitcom Ghosts. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Laurence Rickard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

(2023) Additional Writing
Ghosts
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8

Ghosts

(2021) Executive Producer
Ghosts
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8

Ghosts

(2019) Creator
Horrible Histories
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8

Horrible Histories

(2009) Writer
Yonderland
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8

Yonderland

(2013) Creator
We Are Not Alone
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7

We Are Not Alone

(2023) Writer
Bill
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7

Bill

(2015) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Cirsh
2019 Robin / Humphrey's Head
2017 Various
2016 Philip May
2015 Sir Francis Walsingham / Lope Lopez / Stand-Up Jester / Chatty Guard / Slightly Late Courtier / Ian / Hanging Criminal / Chicken Drumstick
2013 Various
2011 N/A
Self
2009 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Additional Writing
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Executive Producer
2019 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Creator
2013 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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