Andy Hockley

Actor

BIOGRAPHY

Andy Hockley is a Welsh actor and singer born in 1959 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan.He has performed extensively in theatres around the UK for nearly 30 years. Internationally his work has taken him to Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Ireland and Singapore.He has just finished Cameron Mackintoshs 25th Anniversary tour of The Phantom of the Opera in which he played the role of Monsieur Firmin.On television he is best known as Mr Jolly of the Roundabout Stop in the BBCs iconic childrens 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 Celin and Adult Tomjon in Cosgrove Halls adaptations of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels, Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters.

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