Andy Hockley

Andy Hockley is a Welsh actor and singer born in 1959 in Pontypridd, South Wales. He has performed extensively in theatres around the UK for nearly 40 years. Internationally his work has taken him to Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Ireland and Singapore. On television, he is best known as Mr Jolly of the Roundabout Stop in the BBC's iconic children's programme Playdays. He recorded two series in the mid-'90s and was, in fact, the last Mr Jolly before the programme ended in 1997. He has appeared in 16 pantomimes at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, latterly as Dame. He also voiced Imp Y Celyn and Adult Tomjon in Cosgrove Hall's adaptations of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters. He played Monsieur Firmin in Cameron Mackintosh's 25th Anniversary tour of 'The Phantom of the Opera' and then reprised the role at Her Majesty's Theatre in London for two years. I...