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Ralph Brown (b. ''. He is famed for his very relaxed, slow voice and precise enunciation of words.

His various film roles include ''), and most recently Mr Collins in ''The Shooter'', due out later in 2007.

Ralph also played the memorable "Miami Vice" in the 2000 series '' Lock, Stock...The Series ''.

In 2005 , he appeared in '' Coronation Street '' as Barney, roadie to Status Quo and with Julia Davis in the cult TV Sitcom '' Nighty Night ''. Ralph appeared in the final two episodes of '' Life On Mars '' as Frank Morgan, a man who DI Sam Tyler imagines is an interim DCI, but in real life is Sam's surgeon.

As a writer, Ralph won the Samuel Beckett Award in 1987 for his first play "Sanctuary" which was produced by Joint Stock Theatre Company . This was also performed in the USA as "Sanctuary D.C." where it was nominated for two Helen Hayes Awards in 1989. Ralph wrote the screenplay for the motion picture " New Year's Day " which won the Raindance Film Festival in 2001. Ralph also wrote the screenplay for the aborted film " Red Light Runners ".

Ralph is a fan of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. , and is a member of a Brighton -based Beach Boys Tribute Band The Brighton Beach Boys who performed '' Pet Sounds '' and The Beatles' '' Sgt. Pepper '' albums live onstage in St George's church at the Brighton Festival Fringe in May 2006 and 2007. In 2007, the Brighton Beach Boys won both the Argus Angel Award and the Latest Festival Award during the Brighton Festival Fringe , an honour shared only with the Poetry Brothel http://www.theargus.co.uk/whatson/brightonfestivalandfringe/argusangelawards/. Ralph is credited for playing Saxophone on Monster Bobby's 2007 album "Gaps".


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