Actor

Gary Shail

November 10, 1959 · London, England, UK

Gary Shail began work in TV and film in 1977 and is best known for his roles as Spider in the 1979 cult classic film Quadrophenia and as Steve, the punky teenager in The Metal Mickey TV Show.

Shail appeared in the 1980 series The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist and also played Oscar Drill in Shock Treatment the 1981 follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and as Guy Raines in the 1983 BBC production Johnny Jarvis. He wrote the original songs and theme music for this production, for which he received a nomination for the Ivor Novello Awards. In 1988, Shail appeared as the tough pimp "Billy White" in the TV mini-series of Jack the Ripper, starring Michael Caine. He has also made appearances in the TV series The Bill and in Casualty and The Professionals.

Often works with

Trevor Laird
4 titles together
Quadrophenia, To Be Someone, Playhouse
Mark Wingett
3 titles together
Quadrophenia, To Be Someone, The Music Machine
Phil Daniels
2 titles together
Quadrophenia, The Bride
Leslie Ash
2 titles together
Quadrophenia, To Be Someone
Sting
2 titles together
Quadrophenia, The Bride
Toyah Willcox
2 titles together
Quadrophenia, To Be Someone

Full filmography · 14

To Be Someone
as Charlie
2021
Ready For My Close Up
as Luigi
2019
Day of the Stranger
as Loomweather
2019
Jekyll & Hyde
as Sailor
19905.9
Death of a Son
as DJ
1989
The Bride
as 1st Circus Hand
19855.4
A Visitor from Outer Space
as Flipper
1983
Easy Money
as Terry
1982
Shock Treatment
as Oscar Drill
19815.8
Quadrophenia
as Spider
19797
The Music Machine
as Aldo
1979