Gary Olsen played Ben Porter on the BBC television sitcom 2point4 Children from 1991 to 1999.
16 Facts About Gary Olsen
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Gary Olsen attended the Archbishop Tenison's Church of England School in Kennington.
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Gary Olsen made his screen debut in 1979 as Rory Storm in Birth of The Beatles, and appeared in numerous British films and television programmes.
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Gary Olsen played PC Dave Litten in the first series of The Bill, but achieved mainstream success only with the role of Ben in the sitcom 2point4 Children.
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Gary Olsen played a starring film role as Arthur Hoyle alongside Samantha Janus and Neil Morrissey in the rugby league comedy, Up 'n' Under.
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Gary Olsen appeared in many TV adverts, including a 1996 National Westminster Bank advertising campaign.
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Gary Olsen played 'Pope Liberty III' in the Australian production of the musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom.
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Gary Olsen starred with Brian Bovell in the 1986 TV series Prospects about two young men in the Docklands trying to get ahead but usually failing.
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Gary Olsen appeared in two episodes of the 1981 BBC TV series The Day of the Triffids as a street gang leader who later became an armed paramilitary officer.
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Gary Olsen played PC Dave Litten in 12 episodes of The Bill between 1984 and 1986.
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Gary Olsen starred in the 1986 TV series Prospects alongside Brian Bovell who played Jez Littlewood in Gimme Gimme Gimme, about two friends living in the Docklands area trying their hand at anything to make a "few bob".
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Gary Olsen had leading roles in another two short-lived BBC sitcoms Health and Efficiency and Pilgrim's Rest opposite Gwen Taylor for one series in 1997.
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Gary Olsen was critically acclaimed for a number of his roles in musicals including The Rocky Horror Show, Cut and Thrust, Gorky Brigade, Welcome Home, The Pope's Wedding, Saved Dialogues, Metamorphosis, Serious Money, What the Butler Saw, Way of the World, and Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom.
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Gary Olsen received particular praise for his portrayal of Moey in On the Ledge at the National Theatre in 1993.
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Gary Olsen married Candy Davis in 1985; they later divorced.
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Gary Olsen married Australian Jane Anthony in 1991; the couple had two children.