Mel Smith

In 1981, Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones founded TalkBack Productions, a company which has produced many of the most significant British comedy shows of the past two decades, including Smack the Pony, Da Ali G Show, I’m Alan Partridge and Big Train. Travolta has always been accessible to his public and loves to sign autographs. This was followed breifly by Smith and Goody (with Bob Goody) and then the comedy sketch series Alas Smith and Jones, co-starring Griff Rhys Jones, its title being a pun on the name of the American TV series Alias Smith and Jones. In 1993 Travolta successfully performed an emergency landing of a plane with electric trouble. He is made his breakthrough in the topically satirical BBC television series Not the Nine O'clock News. His house in Florida has its own runway and taxiway right to the door. Mel Smith (born December 3, 1952) British actor, film director, writer, producer born in London, England. Travolta is a qualified pilot, and owns five airplanes, including a former Qantas Boeing 707-138.

Twelfth Night (1996) - Sir Toby Belch. He is married to actress Kelly Preston and father of two children. Brain Donors (aka Lame Ducks) (1992) - Rocco Melonchek. Ron Hubbard, had hoped that the film would be well-received and be the first in a series of Hubbard film adaptations. Wilt (from a novel by Tom Sharpe) (1989) - Inspector Flint. Travolta, who is a Scientologist (converted 1975) and idolizes the late L. Grimshaw. The film received almost universally negative reviews and did not do well at the box office.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1988) - Mr. Travolta also played a lead role in the panned [1] (http://www.battlefieldearth.com/index.htm) Battlefield Earth, in which he plays the leader of a group of aliens that enslave humanity in a bleak future Earth. The Princess Bride (1987) - The Albino. After that, his career more or less slumped until he played Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Morons from Outer Space (1985) - Bernard; also co-wrote the script with Griff Rhys Jones. He became famous for his appearance in Saturday Night Fever and Grease at the height of the disco era, as well as for his portrayal of Vinnie Barbarino on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. Slayground (1983) - Terry Abbatt. John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor.

Bullshot (1983) - Crouch. The Devil's Rain (1975). The Tall Guy (1989). Carrie (1976). Radioland Murders (1994). The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976). High Heels and Low Lifes (2001). Saturday Night Fever (1977).

Bean (1997). Grease (1978). Too Much Sun (2000). Moment by Moment (1978). A Gala Comedy Hour (Best Of The Prince's Trust (1996). Urban Cowboy (1980). Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991). Blow Out (1981).

Smith And Jones (1989). Staying Alive (1983). Comedians Do It On Stage (1986). Two of a Kind (1983). Weekend In Wallop (1984). Perfect (1985). Alas Smith And Jones (1982). Look Who's Talking (1989).

Fundamental Frolics (1981). The Experts (1989). Smith And Goody (1980). Look Who's Talking Too (1990). Not The Nine O'clock News (1979). Eyes of an Angel (1991). A Gala Comedy Hour (Best Of The Prince's Trust (1996). Shout (1991).

The Night Of Comic Relief (1995). Boris and Natasha (1992). Comic Relief (1991). Look Who's Talking Now (1993). Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991). Pulp Fiction (1994). Smith And Jones (1989). White Man's Burden (1995).

Colin's Sandwich (1988). Get Shorty (1995). The World According To Smith And Jones (1987). Broken Arrow (1996). The Home-made Xmas Video (1987). Himself. Comedians Do It On Stage (1986). Orientation: A Scientology Information Film (1996, uncredited) ...

Weekend In Wallop (1984). Phenomenon (1996). Alas Smith And Jones (1982). Michael (1996). Fundamental Frolics (1981). America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary (1996). Smith And Goody (1980). She's So Lovely (1997).

Not The Nine O'clock News (1979). Face/Off (1997). Mad City (1997). Primary Colors (1998). The Thin Red Line (1998).

A Civil Action (1998). The General's Daughter (1999). Our Friend, Martin (1999, voice). Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000).

Lucky Numbers (2000). Swordfish (2001). Domestic Disturbance (2001). Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) (cameo appearance).

Basic (2003). The Punisher (2004). Ladder 49 (2004). Be Cool (2005).