Guy was born in Manhattan, New York to an American father and British mother. When his family moved to the UK in 1952, and after completing his education at Wellington College public school, he studied drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Latterly, he worked with several repertory companies in Coventry, Leicester, Oxford and at the Bristol Old Vic.
While he is probably best known for playing Lieutenant Hubert Gruber in the hit BBC comedy series, ‘Allo! ‘Allo!, one of his earliest roles on television was in the seminal World War II drama series, Secret Army which, paradoxically, was the inspiration for the David Croft classic. While ‘Allo, ‘Allo was to leave British TV screens in 1992, Guy would reprise the role of Gruber in 2007 – touring the UK with the stage version of the show, including its five-week run in London’s West End, and a stint at the Twelfth Night Theatre in Brisbane, Australia.
His other television credits include:
The Crown
Star Trek: Enterprise
Seinfeld
Babylon 5
Z Cars
Softly, Softly: Task Force
Doctor Who: ‘Genesis of the Daleks’
I, Claudius (with Derek Jacobi, John Hurt and Siân Phillips).
Are You Rang M’Lord?
Chucklevision
The Brittas Empire
Martial Law
Diagnosis: Murder (with Dick Van Dyke)
That’s My Bush!
Mr Sloan
Family Tree
In 1980, Guy played the legendary silent screen director, Max Sennett in the stage play, The Biograph Girl, at Phoenix Theatre in London (directed by Victor Spinetti); appeared in Cabaret at the world famous The Ritz, The Adventures of Pinocchio, and played Noël Coward in Noël and Gertie with Susan Gilmour at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage.
From 1992 until recently. Guy lived and worked in Los Angeles, where he gave voice to Man Ray – the villain of the SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 2) episode, ‘Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III’. He has also lent his voice to characters in the Star Wars video games: TIE Fighter (1994); Force Commander (2000); Galactic Battlegrounds (2001); and Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast (2002).
His film work includes:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Directed by Gore Verbinski – with Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom)
Iron Clad (with Derek Jacobi, Brian Cox and James Purefoy)
The Lost Highway (Directed by David Lynch – with Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette)
Return to the Secret Garden
Leprechaun 4
In recent years he has worked on numerous other film projects, including the shorts Same Old, Same Old, The Warning Signs, Two Minutes, The Reach, Cluedo and The Right Bus. 2023 has seen him shoot We’re Better Together, We Should Talk, What We Carry With Us, Perfect Day and Breaking Point.
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