Dirk Maggs
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 69 |
| Web site | www.dirkmaggs.com |
| Born | Saint Helier |
| Jersey | |
| Job | Film director |
| Film Producer | |
| Screenwriter | |
| Television director | |
| Freelance Writer | |
| Official site | dirkmaggs.com |
| Nominations | Audie Award for Audio Drama |
| Date of birth | January 1,1955 |
| Awards | Audie Award for Excellence in Production |
| Movies/Shows | Superman On Trial |
| Judge Dredd: The Day the Law Died | |
| Education | University of Winchester |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 513286 |
Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome
The Adventures of Superman
Alien: Out of the Shadows: An Audible Original Drama
Superman: Superman on Trial
Batman and Superman: the Dirk Maggs Radio Dramas: Five BBC Radio Blockbuster Adventures
The X-Files: Cold Cases
Superman: on Trial: A BBC Full-Cast Radio Drama
The X-Files: Stolen Lives
Ben-Hur: an epic tale of revenge and redemption
The Sandman: Act II
The Sandman
The Sandman: Act III
Dirk Maggs Life story
David George Dirk Maggs is a British freelance writer and director. During his career as a Senior Producer in BBC Radio he made radio drama adopting a cinematic-sounding approach, combining filmic story construction, layered sound effects, orchestral music and digital recording technology.
Hitchhiker's actor Stephen Moore dies aged 81
Stephen Moore was described as the "most sweet, charming and affable of Men "
Stephen Moore - known as The Voice of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 's Marvin the Paranoid Android - has died aged 81.
He also played Adrian Mole 's father on TV, and the dad to Harry Enfield 's grumpy teenager Kevin.
Hitchhiker's producer and director Dirk Maggs said Moore was the "most sweet, charming and affable of Men ".
He paid tribute to "an amazing, varied career", adding that he was best known for The Role of Marvin .
Moore was The Voice of Marvin for five series of Hitchhiker's on radio, and the 1980s TV adaptationThe First series of Hitchhiker's appeared on Radio 4 in 1978, and after being adapted for TV in the 1980s, it returned to the airwaves in 2003.
In it Marvin is a failed prototype robot with "genuine people personalities", which has led him to struggle with severe depression.
Maggs said: "That was The Thing that won the hearts of people, Marvin is The Most miserable character but people seem To Love him.
"It was Stephen's voice that made that happen. "
The prolific Actor also played teenage diarist Adrian Mole 's father George on TVAlongside the Paranoid Android , Moore had a successful career On Stage , TV and in film.
He was Major Robert Steele in Richard Attenborough 's A Bridge Too Far.
He played teenage diarist Adrian Mole 's father George on TV, and the dad of Melody and Harmony Parker On Children 's show The Queen 's Nose.
He also played the dad of grumpy teenager Kevin in Harry Enfield sketchesMaggs said: "I'll always remember the story of him getting Locked In a mic cupboard in the Paris studio at the BBC, and they forgot he was in there and went out to lunch.
"He was an infinitely professional Actor , would put up with any discomfort and waited to play his part.
"And Then outside the working situation he was The Most sweet, charming and affable of Men . "
Actor Ben Barnes - who worked with Moore in a West End production of The History Boys - wrote on Twitter that "he was a sensitive, brilliant Actor and a funny, Lovely Man ".
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Source of news: bbc.com
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