Norman Pace
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Dudley, Worcestershire, England
| Norman Pace | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Norman John Pace |
| Born | 17 February 1953 Dudley, Worcestershire, England |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Genres | Stand-up comedy, television, radio |
Norman John Pace (born 17 February 1953) is an English actor and comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace with his friend and comic partner Gareth Hale. Both former teachers, they fronted several television programmes jointly, most notably Hale and Pace, Pushing Up Daisies, h&p@bbc and Jobs for the Boys.
He grew up in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. He attended the Magnus Grammar School.[citation needed] He then went to Avery Hill College, now the Avery Hill Campus[1] of the University of Greenwich, in Eltham where he gained a BEd in 1975.[citation needed]
Work with Gareth Hale
As straight actors they also fronted the original TV dramatisation of Dalziel and Pascoe, and in 1989 they guest-starred together in the Doctor Who serial Survival. Also in 1989, Hale and Pace won the Golden Rose of Montreux. In 2007 they appeared in the Christmas special of Extras playing themselves. In 2018 he was acting in the comedy TV series Benidorm with Gareth Hale.
