Neil Burgess
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'''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
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*[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]
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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:British television actors]]
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