Neil Burgess 1669382 225690048 2008-07-14T22:32:35Z Iridescent 937705 Cleanup/[[WP:AWB/T|typo fixing]], typos fixed: commerical → commercial using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{for|the American vaudevillian and female impersonator|Neil Burgess (comedian)}} {{Unreferenced|date=May 2008}} {{Cleanup|date=April 2008}} '''Neil Burgess''' (born 1966 in [[Manchester]], [[England]]) is an actor best known for his portrayal of the character "Barry Scott" on the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] version of the television advertisements for the [[Reckitt Benckiser]] cleaning product ''[[Cillit Bang]]''. Burgess grew up in [[Crowborough]], [[East Sussex]] and attended [[Beacon Community College]]. == Cillit Bang advertisements == Like [[Jenny Logan]] ([[Shake N Vac]]), [[Rula Lenska]] ([[Alberto VO5]]) and most recently [[Howard Brown]], the legendary Halifax singer, Neil Burgess/Barry Scott has found major [[celebrity]] status by selling household products. Some of these commercials have cult followings in the UK. [[The Peter Serafinowicz Show]] featured a number of parody advertisements satirising the high impact way in which the originals where shot, Neil's style in the commercial and the name [[Cillit Bang]] itself such as ''Kitchen Gun'' and ''Toilet Grenade''. == Other appearances == Burgess has also appeared in the [[music video]] for ''[[Real to Me (Brian McFadden song)|Real to Me]]'' by [[Brian McFadden]]. He appeared on [[The Bill]] as an axe murderer and starred in an episode of [[Weebl and Bob]]. He also appeared in a minor role in the hit film [[Donnie Darko]], and is shown during the last few sequences of the film. He appeared as a paramedic in the last series of [[Waking the Dead]] and was (briefly) in the Stella Street movie. He reprised his Barry Scott character to advertise for [[Reckitt Benckiser]]'s U.S. subsidiary EasyOff's new multipurpose Bam cleanser. A remix of the Barry Scott television advertisements was produced and posted on the internet in 2005 by a certain JAKAZiD, sampling extensively from Barry Scott's dialogue. A commercial release of the remix was released on [[January 22]] [[2007]]. ==External links== *[http://www.oohnasty.com/sites/oohnasty/index.php?itemid=155 The life story of Barry Scott on Oohnasty.com] *{{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=217&id=266822005 |author= Grant Stott |title=I just can't stop myself banging on about Cillit"|publisher=Scotsman|date=11 March 2005}} about the Cillit Bang advertisements *{{imdb name|1244209}} *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dT2iE1OBGk&eurl= Music video of Jakazid featuring Barry Scott] *[http://www.easyoffbam.us/in_action.shtml Easy-Off commercial featuring Barry Scott] *[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/stains Weebl and Bob Episode with Barry Scott] {{DEFAULTSORT:Burgess, Neil}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:British television actors]] [[Category:Living people]] {{UK-tv-actor-1960s-stub}}