Norman Lovett

Norman Lovett (born October 31 1946) is a British stand-up comedian and actor, best known for the role of Holly in Red Dwarf during the first, second, seventh and eighth series. His comedy has a quiet, dead-pan surrealism, and in 2000 he made a successful stand up tour, co-headlining with Chris Barrie, who played Rimmer in Red Dwarf. In 1989, he appeared in his own surreal BBC2 sitcom called I, Lovett, in which he played a character called Norman. Seven years later, he played Dr. Lovett in the equally short-lived sitcom Asylum which spawned many other successful careers. He has made a number of acting appearances such as the Ghost of Christmas Past in a TV adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Mr Follett in The History Of Tom Jones and two films, The Criminal and Evil Aliens, as well as the BBC sitcom Keeping up Appearances, and a cameo appearance in The Young Ones (in the episode "Summer Holiday"), and also appearing twice in the Scottish sitcom Rab C Nesbitt. In 2006 he was the most... full article at wikipedia