Brian Cosgrove
Birthday:
6 April 1934, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Birth Name:
Brian Joseph Cosgrove
Brian Cosgrove was born on April 6, 1934 in Manchester, Lancashire, England as Brian Joseph Cosgrove. He is a producer and director, known for The BFG (1989), Danger Mouse (1981) and The Talking Parcel (1978). He has been married to Angela H. Dyson since 1963. They have two children.
[on working with David Jason] When I first met David, I voice tested him for Danger Mouse. There was another actor with him. Actors come in ...Show more »
[on working with David Jason] When I first met David, I voice tested him for Danger Mouse. There was another actor with him. Actors come in different - personalities, really. This one was really quite loud and brash, and filling the room. David wasn't like that, he was concentrating on the character that was on the page, and he was working hard to get inside the skin of that character, almost from the first time he read the script. I was impressed with that, and I could see that that was what he was doing. The other guy was just being himself. That's what he did on Danger Mouse. It may be at the beginning some people said, 'that's David Jason', but as time went on, in my view, he became the character, and all you remember is Danger Mouse. You don't think, 'oh that's David Jason's voice. Show less «
