Gary Shail
Date of birth: 1959-11-10
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gary Shael
Biography
Gary Shail began work in TV and film in 1977 and is best known for his roles as Spider in the 1979 cult classic film Quadrophenia and as Steve, the punky teenager in The Metal Mickey TV Show. Shail appeared in the 1980 series The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist and also played Oscar Drill in Shock Treatment the 1981 follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and as Guy Raines in the 1983 BBC production Johnny Jarvis. He wrote the original songs and theme music for this production, for which he received a nomination for the Ivor Novello Awards. In 1988, Shail appeared as the tough pimp "Billy White" in the TV mini-series of Jack the Ripper, starring Michael Caine. He has also made appearances in the TV series The Bill and in Casualty and The Professionals. In 1995 Shail began working with music production company Natural Sound Source in London, producing music for television, film and advertising. In 2004 he produced the Arabic fusion album Infinity in Dubai. In 2010 Shail was back in the recording studio working on his autobiographical self-penned album 'Daze Like This.' A collection of new songs interspersed with some re-workings of some Johnny Jarvis themes. The album received critical success, but failed to reach a wider audience mainly due to Shails reluctance to embrace the new 'download' generation. In October 2015 Shail's memoir I Think I'm On The Guest List was published by New Haven Publishing Ltd.
Movie Credits
Death of a Son
1989-01-08
The true story of Pauline Williams, who struggled to bring the people who supplied her son with the
Day of the Stranger
2019-10-30
Adapted freely from the classic novella 'The Mysterious Stranger' by Mark Twain; Day of the Strange
The Bed
1982-01-01
The Bed opens with Jamie, a young man, looking round an old, deserted country house. Through flashba
Clan of the Raven
These were truly the Darker Ages, The Chaos Wars ensued. Judgement upon humanity. Judgement upon a b
The Bride
1985-08-16
Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the mal
Quadrophenia
1979-09-14
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Ji
The Music Machine
1979-05-01
At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new fi
Shock Treatment
1981-08-21
Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriag
A Visitor from Outer Space
1983-04-28
A group of boys serving Community Service orders are working on the conversion of an old railway sta
Jekyll & Hyde
1990-01-06
Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her fath
Easy Money
1982-05-28
At a concert Marcia picked Terry out of the crowd. So he no longer feels alone. Until he learns abou
Ready For My Close Up
2019-11-16
An ordinary day for Nurse Rose turns disastrous when she meets Nurse Becca but the horror does not s
To Be Someone
2021-07-09
Life couldn’t be better for entrepreneur and British Mod, Danny. That is until he’s introduced to Ma