Dr. Bass works as a supporting artist, a musician, and a music teacher. He is a bass player in a function band (see www.pizazzband.co.uk/friend), and a teacher of guitar and bass guitar (see www.drbass.co.uk/tuition.html).  He has also worked in musical theatre (as a band member).  He has given lectures to Cambridge University.  

Special skills

• Plays the bass guitar, guitar and mandolin.
• Owns and drives a car (blue Ford Fusion), and a bicycle.
• Has a (lapsed) UK private pilot’s licence, and could act flying an aircraft.
• Speaks Dutch to an intermediate level.

Experience

Dr. Bass has been a supporting artist for these television programmes and films:

1993 – Poirot – The Case Of The Missing Will (LWT, Carnival films) – university lecturer; Lovejoy (BBC in association with Witzend/McShane Productions) – audience member.

1994 – Middlemarch (BBC-TV, WGBH Boston) – pedestrian.

1995 – The Buccaneers (BBC-TV, WGBH Boston) – man from village.

2006 – Run, Fat Boy, Run (RFBR Ltd) – spectator.

2007 – The Oxford Murders (Oxford Crimes Ltd) – mathematics professor; Hippie Hippie Shake (Oz Films Ltd) – hippy, He Kills Coppers (Ecosse Productions Ltd) – bearded man; The Duchess (The Duchess Movie Ltd) – lower class man.

2008 – Mutual Friends (Mutual Friends 2008) – passer by; Prince Of Persia (Dagger of Time Ltd) – Avrat Citizen; The Damned United (Damned United Ltd) – Leeds supporter.

2009 – Untitled Robin Hood adventure (Merry Men Films Ltd) – villager; Clash of the Titans (Gorgon Productions Ltd) – citizen.

2010 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (DDDCO Ltd) - wizard; Day Of Flowers - demonstrator; Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show (BBC3). One of a line-up of pretty “girls”, with a spoken line; Pride (commercial for McCain’s) - man at music festival; Pirates of the Caribbean IV (Blackbeard Productions Ltd) - man in pub and Spanish army officer.

2011 - East Enders (BBC-TV) - man in street; Comic Relief (BBC-TV) - lead singer in boy band.

Measurements

Height:  5’ 11”
Head: 22.5”
Collar:  14.5”
Chest: 36”

Waist: 32”
Trouser waist: 30”
Inside leg:  32”
Shoe: 8

Availability

Works as a musician, so has generally good availability at short notice.