Editing Tony Capstick

{{Short description|English actor (1944–2003)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image         = 
| name          = Tony Capstick
| caption       =
| birth_name    = Joseph Anthony Capstick
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=yes|1944|7|27}}
| birth_place   = [[Rotherham]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]<!-- do not change to "South Yorkshire": before 1974 it was in the West Riding --> England
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2003|10|23|1944|7|27}}
| death_place   = Hoober, [[Wentworth, South Yorkshire|Wentworth]], [[South Yorkshire]], England
| years_active  = 1972&ndash;2003
}}

'''Joseph Anthony Capstick''' (27 July 1944 – 23 October 2003)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> was an English comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster.

==Life and career==
First son of Joe Capstick, a wireless operator in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]], and his wife, June, née Duncan, he was born in [[Rotherham]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]],<!-- do not change to "South Yorkshire": before 1974 it was in the West Riding --> England, and spent most of his childhood in [[Swinton, South Yorkshire|Swinton]], near [[Mexborough]]. For over thirty years he was a presenter on [[BBC Radio Sheffield]]. In the 1970s he presented ''Folkweave'' for [[BBC Radio 2]] and continued to work for that station sporadically until the early 1990s.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=Tony+Capstick&svc=9371514#search] {{dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref>  Outside [[Sheffield]], he is perhaps better known as one of the policemen in the long-running British sitcom, ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', where he played the role until his death in October 2003, with his final appearance on the show broadcast in April 2004.

==Biography==
[[File:Memorial to Tony Capstick - geograph.org.uk - 542128.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Tony Capstick in Swinton]]
A regular performer on the [[folk music|folk]] circuit, he recorded many albums. The first was for the [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] based record label Rubber Records (''His Round'' with [[Hedgehog Pie]], ''Punch and Judy Man'', ''Tony Capstick Does a Turn'', ''Songs of Ewan MacColl'' with [[Dick Gaughan]] and Dave Burland and ''There Was This Bloke'' with [[Mike Harding]], Derek Brimstone and Bill Barclay). In 1981, he unexpectedly reached No. 3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "The Sheffield Grinder" / "Capstick Comes Home".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 92}}</ref> It was [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] with the [[Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> His recitation, "Capstick Comes Home", was based on the well-known [[The Bike Ride|Hovis wholemeal bread television commercials]] directed by [[Ridley Scott]]. "Capstick Comes Home" also peaked at number 92 in Australia in July 1981.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=54}}</ref>

As a comedian, he had an eight-part television series, ''Capstick's Capers'', on [[Channel 4]] in 1983. Capstick was also a prolific bit-part actor, with a career including minor roles in the soap operas ''[[Emmerdale]]'' and ''[[Coronation Street]]''. In the latter he played the recurring character of the [[brewing|brewer]] Harvey Nuttall.

His career at Radio Sheffield came to an end in January 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/01_january/14/tony_capstick.shtml|title=Tony Capstick leaves BBC Radio Sheffield|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> He continued to write a regular column in a local weekly newspaper, the ''Rotherham Advertiser''.

Capstick was an author, with Paul Donoghue, of a book on the [[Appleby Horse Fair]].

==Death==
On 23 October 2003, Capstick was found dead at his cottage in Hoober, near [[Wentworth, South Yorkshire]], he had suffered an aneurysm following a bout of pneumonia. He was survived by wife Gillian and his two children from his first marriage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1445337/Tony-Capstick.html|title=Tony Capstick|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/oct/27/broadcasting.artsobituaries|title=Obituary: Tony Capstick|date=27 October 2003|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>

==Discography==
*''His Round'' (with Hedgehog Pie), 1971
*''Punch and Judy Man'' (with Hedgehog Pie), 1974
*''Does a Turn'', 1978
*''Songs of Ewan MacColl'' (with Dick Gaughan and Dave Burland), 1978
*"Capstick Comes Home" / "The Sheffield Grinder, No. 3 [[UK Singles Chart]], 1981

==Filmography==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1989|| ''[[Resurrected (film)|Resurrected]]'' || Photographer ||
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1984|| ''Punters'' || Man in Bookie's ||TV movie
|-
|1985–1989
|''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great & Small]]''
|Fred Allan / Clem Hudson
|2 episodes
|-
|1986
|''[[Screen Two]]''
|Fireman
|Episode: "Song of Experience"
|-
|1987
|''Truckers''
|Garry Brown
|Episode: "Hired Guns"
|-
|1987–2004
|''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
|2nd PC / Policeman
|33 episodes
|-
|1988–1999
|''[[Coronation Street]]''
|Harvey Nuttall / Gas Board Official / Reg
|6 episodes
|-
|1989
|''[[Stay Lucky]]''
|Taxi Driver
|Episode: "A1 Rain Dancer"
|-
|1993–1995
|''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''
|Alfie Alker / Harold
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|''[[Earthfasts (TV series)|Earthfasts]]''
|Stranger at Inquest
|Episode: "Episode #1.4"
|-
|''[[Common As Muck|Common as Muck]]''
|Mr. Adlard
|Episode: "Keeping the Refuse Tender"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1995
|''[[Band of Gold (TV series)|Band of Gold]]''
|Councillor Baker
|3 episodes
|-
|''[[Out of the Blue (1996 TV series)|Out of the Blue]]''
|Des
|Episode: "Survivor"
|-
|1998
|''[[City Central (TV series)|City Central]]''
|Delivery Man
|Episode: "Throwing It All Away"
|-
|1998–1999
|''[[The Cops (British TV series)|The Cops]]''
|Malcolm Rowley / Chip Shop Owner
|2 episodes
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/3210035.stm BBC Obituary]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031203062537/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/c/capstick_tony.shtml BBC list of his work]
*{{IMDb name|0135701}}

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