birth_place article_title name birth_date
london michael fenton stevens
 michael fenton stevens 12 february 1958
michael fenton stevens

michael fenton stevens -lrb- born 12 february 1958 in london -rrb- , added the ` fenton ' -lrb- his wife 's name -rrb- when he became an actor and is sometimes mistakenly credited as michael fenton-stevens .
he is a uk actor and comedian , a founder member of the hee bee gee bees and the voice behind the `` spitting image '' 1986 number 1 hit `` the chicken song '' .
he also starred in `` kytv '' , and its radio 4 predecessor , `` radio active '' .
fenton stevens featured in regular roles as hank in the 1996 series `` the legacy of reginald perrin '' , and as ralph in andy hamilton 's 2003 television sitcom `` trevor 's world of sport '' , as well as in the radio 4 version of the latter which was broadcast in 2004 .
stevens had previously appeared in a guest role in `` drop the dead donkey '' , another television comedy series written by hamilton , and appears regularly in various roles in hamilton 's radio 4 sitcom `` old harry 's game '' .
he has also featured in ian hislop 's sitcom `` my dad 's the prime minister '' as the home secretary .
he played a guest role in `` coronation street '' in november 2004 .
he plays the eponymous inspector steine in lynne truss ' long-running radio 4 comedy series .
from 2004 until 2005 he appeared in two series of julia davis 's dark comedy series `` nighty night '' as the reverend gordon fox .
he also appeared in various roles in the tertiary , quandary and quintessential phases of the `` hitchhiker 's guide to the galaxy '' radio series .
in 2006 , he guest-starred in the `` doctor who '' audio adventure `` the kingmaker '' .
in 2007 , he played michael wenton weeks in `` dirk gently 's holistic detective agency '' .
he is a very successful pantomime dame , having written and appeared in a number of pantos over the years .
from december 2006 until january 2007 , he starred in and wrote the cambridge arts theatre pantomime version of `` aladdin '' in the role of widow twankey .
more recently , he has provided the voice of mr beakman , a toucan , in the cbeebies show 3rd & bird .
he is a recurring character in the sitcom my family , as mr griffith , the boss of the dental corporation `` cavitex '' .
he also played mr. bean 's neighbour in `` mr. bean in room 426 '' .
in 1995 , he was reunited with his former hee bee gee bees bandmate and `` radio active '' and `` kytv '' co-star angus deayton when he appeared in an episode of `` one foot in the grave '' , playing the brother-in-law of deayton 's regular character .
he also appeared in series 3 episode 3 of `` outnumbered '' , as a substitute player called ` lance ' in a tennis match , and in the `` music 2000 '' episode of `` look around you '' as the chairman of the royal pop and rock association .
