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Murray Head
[Brother]
(actor)
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Helen Shingler
[Mother]
(actress)
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Seafield Head
[Father]
(documentary filmmaker)
Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 I have a very open mind. I believe that there`s a spirit world. I believe that there`s a lot of stuff out there that we don`t know about, don`t want to understand, and sometimes we don`t want to understand it. We used to hang out at Joss`s place Sunday nights and do Shakespeare readings. I got to do my Richard III recently. Then we`d have a few tequilas, sit around the piano and sing. I talked to Joss years ago about doing a Buffy musical, and then finally in the summer he sat down and wrote Once More, With Feeling," episode seven of season six. He`s taken the inaccessible area of musicals - why does everybody keep singing? - and turned it to his advantage. It`s the answer to "Hush," season four`s spellbinding silent episode where nobody could talk. We all sing about the things we`re thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can`t talk about. It works a real treat." [January 9, 2002]
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I`ve always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I`m still resisting it.
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I think Giles likes Buffy, but she annoys him. The mere fact that she doesn`t want the job that he`s offering her -- she frustrates him. She represents everything he doesn`t understand. Ultimately he becomes extremely fond of her. People have said, What is it? A father/daughter relationship? And it`s not quite. There`s nothing like it on TV. It`s difficult to pigeonhole. He becomes extremely fond of her and gets into all sorts of terrible trouble because of it. ... Xander is complete anathema to him. A great annoyance because he never seems to take anything seriously. Cordelia is ... Who knows where she`s coming from? Willow he respects greatly, but it`s all a confusion to him. He`s never really sure of anybody or anything. The only thing he is sure about is what he`s supposed to do.
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I sang with a band and all that stuff, but I did make a choice at one point to favor acting as a career just because that seemed to be the way to go.
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To me that`s the best part of the show and the best part of the business. Occasionally you are blessed with the chance to do something that people are so taken with they hold it dear.
(thinkexist.com)
`Don`t fall back on the parachute (my safety net). Go outside the zone of confidence and find out what`s on the other side.` Anthony Head`s answer to the question `In a nutshell, my philosophy is this...`
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I think Giles` journey has been fascinating. I think that`s what made it such a joy to play. The character was never static; you never knew what his deal was. And you still don`t know what his deal is. The conflicts I was given to play are not soapy, they`re not silly things or huge story arcs.
(thinkexist.com)
My first job was a musical, and I had quite an interesting and varied career in the theatre and television long before the Gold Blend ad came along. I played leads at the National Theatre and all things. The Gold Blend ad gave me a profile which meant that when I wanted to travel to Hollywood, it just gave me a foot in the door - I was a recognizable face.
(thinkexist.com)
We all sing about the things we`re thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can`t talk about. It works a real treat.
(thinkexist.com)
There is a warmth and generosity about Giles. If I met him in person I think that is what I would be attracted to. In terms of what I enjoy about playing him - the social ineptitude, and the intellect is great fun too as I don`t have one!
(thinkexist.com)
People said, `That`s going to be around your neck for the rest of your life. I didn`t have a problem with it.
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Trivia
Brother of Murray Head.
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His mother, Helen Shingler, played Madame Maigret in the original BBC series of "Maigret" (1960).
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On August 1 2004, after the May 11 2004 incident in which 9 people were killed and more than 40 were injured in an explosion at ICL Plastics in Glasgow, Scotland, he was the headliner at a science fiction convention to raise money for the for the Grovepark Memorial Fund (for victims and their families). He met fans at the Thistle Hotel. With him were Paul Darrow and Michael Sheard.
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Grew up in Hampton, and attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
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Father of Emily Head.
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A huge fan of "Doctor Who" (1963), and auditioned for the role of the Eighth Doctor in the TV movie, Doctor Who (1996) (TV). He later appeared as a villain in "Doctor Who: School Reunion (#2.3)" (2006) and Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest (2007) (TV).
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He is left-handed.
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Musical talent was showcased early on in his career when, for two Christmas seasons, he appeared as Joseph in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham in the late 1970s.
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His own home in Somerset, which he shares with Sarah, Daisy and Emily, was used for the filming of some episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).
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Appeared in a series of popular 'Nescafe Gold Blend' coffee adverts in the UK in the 1980s. The adverts were re-edited for broadcast in the US where the coffee is known as 'Taster's Choice'.
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Named #5 of the Top Ten Sexiest Men of the Buffy / Angel universe in a fan poll by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanzine (2004).
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Father of Daisy Head.
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Divides his time between homes in Los Angeles and England.
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Once played Dr. Frank N Furter in a London stage production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". He met his partner, Sarah, at the National Theatre in England. He was performing in 'Danton's Death'.
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After musical performance in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, with Feeling (#6.7)" (2001), he teamed up with artist 'George Sarah' to create the album 'Music for Elevators', which was released on February 5th 2002.
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Sang in the musical episode "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, with Feeling (#6.7)" (2001).
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Was originally cast in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), as a ghost of one of Sweeney Todd's victims. This character would have sung "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd", its reprises, and the "Epilogue". These songs were recorded, but eventually cut before filming began, as director Tim Burton felt that the songs were too theatrical for the film.
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