Joseph Marcell
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Biography
Busy actor of British theater and TV who became known stateside as Geoffrey, the Banks family's proper butler and alternately the nemesis and ally of the fun-loving Will Smith on the hit sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (NBC, 1990-96). A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and stalwart of the London stage, Marcell has had few comparable challenges in America but he has demonstrated a flair for broad light comedy. Marcell found less success as the co-star of the British sitcom "Fancy Wanders" (1981) in which he played a fanciful tramp. His other British TV credits include the cop drama "Juliet Bravo," "Empire Road," "Shelley" and "Dr. Who." Marcell has also appeared in character bits in the British feature "Playing Away" (1986) and Richard Attenborough's "Cry Freedom" (1987).
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1981
Co-starred with Dave King in "Fancy Wanders", a British sitcom about a pair of imaginative tramps
1986
Feature debut, "Playing Away", a British comedy
1987
Played a small role in Richard Attenborough's "Cry Freedom"
1989
US TV debut, "Outpost", an unsold sci-fi pilot broadcast as part of the "CBS Summer Playhouse"
1990
Debut as a US TV series regular, playing Geoffrey the butler on the hit sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
1993
Provided a voice and performed a song for his American TV-movie debut, "Charles Dickens' David Copperfield", an animated musical
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