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Chris Simmons (born 8 January 1975 in Gravesend, Kent) is an English actor who is best known for playing DC Mickey Webb in The Bill. He moved to Gravesend, Kent where he attended Saint Georges Cofe Secondary School and lived on Singlewell Road.
Simmons used to work as a diver for the River Thames but quit his job to become an actor. He started working on the river when he was sixteen years old with his father.[citation needed] He was an apprentice for five years, Simmons once even pulled a dead body out of the river.[citation needed]
He has guest starred in Casualty and Doctors. He was originally made famous by appearing on the ITV series, Desperately Seeking Stardom, in which, a group of would-be actors were sent to Hollywood to try to find acting roles. Previously he has run the London Marathon. He is very supportive of many different charities and is a Patron for the CPC Kent charity. He also appeared in The Bill for a number of years as DC Mickey Webb until the series ended in 2010.
He is currently working on a youth initiative which he revealed in 2010.
Claude Russell Bridges (born April 2, 1942), known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.
Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, he began playing piano at the age of four. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At this time he was already performing at Tulsa nightclubs. After moving to Los Angeles, he became a session musician, working as a pianist on the recordings of many notable musical artists since the 1960s. By the late 1960s, Russell diversified, becoming successful as an arranger and wrote/co-wrote songs. As a musician, he worked his way from gigs as a sideman to well known performers. By 1970 he had graduated to solo recording artist, although he never ended all his previous roles within the music industry.
Russell was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, March 14, 2011, at a black-tie dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Manhattan.