Mickey Startup

[BarryTaylor]

Was he meant to be a kind of 'Ally Fraser' for the 21st century?

It did seem a touch coincidental to me that a gangster from Liverpool had connections to people trafficking 150 miles away in Middlesbrough!

[terryleather]

Mickey was in Bergerac(good source for AWP minor characters) He played a dodgy paedo,I kid you not.

[BarryTaylor]

Oh yes! I remember that episode he murdered his wife in their tent. His brother Paul Angelis also did a Bergerac, I think in the 1980s it must have been the 'law' to do at least 1 episode of the show!

[terryleather]

He was also in One Summer(if you haven't seen it watch it free on YouTube,you will not regret it).It's an absolute peach of a drama.

[Tracy]

I enjoyed the Startup character. A lot loike Ally, pretty cheesey for a Mobsta; "Find him and kill him. Then bring him back here and I'll kill him, again !" "Happy Birthday !" "Just Moxey like Moby or Mantovani." "Looking for a holiday villa I'm sick of Barbadoes !" Great writing, great lines, great delivery !

[RHill]

I enjoyed the Startup character. A lot loike Ally, pretty cheesey for a Mobsta; "Find him and kill him. Then bring him back here and I'll kill him, again !" "Happy Birthday !" "Just Moxey like Moby or Mantovani." "Looking for a holiday villa I'm sick of Barbadoes !" Great writing, great lines, great delivery !

What I liked about Ali was that he played with stupid toys on his office desk at the same he was talking to Dennis or others about business. Ever since I saw that, I've always wanted my own 'Automatic Golf Ball Return Machine' and a 'Wire Buzzer Game'. I eventually bought the Buzzer game for the bairns last Christmas. I had a go and when the buzzer went off, I shouted: "I mean feed them first!"

[terryleather]

We all want to be Ally"more horseradish" Fraser. Or maybe it's just me?

[Tracy]

Nup ! Never wanted to be Ally. All that stress and worry ... Then again, there are compensations !

[terryleather]

Aye...eating out every night,paid up member of the Marbella Club,Vicky on tap every night.Apart from that,all he had to worry about was converting Sterling into Pesetas.

[Tracy]

Eating out every night and breakfast in bed every morning !

[HerrPfister]

I enjoyed the Startup character. A lot loike Ally, pretty cheesey for a Mobsta; "Find him and kill him. Then bring him back here and I'll kill him, again !" "Happy Birthday !" "Just Moxey like Moby or Mantovani." "Looking for a holiday villa I'm sick of Barbadoes !" Great writing, great lines, great delivery !

"D'ya want your train-fare too?!?"

Delivered that one perfectly, I thought...

[terryleather]

Still waitng to be weighed-in Herr Pfister.
No excuses about problems "on ze autobahn"
If Macgowan gave you a punch in ze schnozz,it's not our fault.

[dan slider]

Startup was played brilliantly by Michael Angelis.
He also played Chrissy in Boys from the Blackstuff, and in the first film of it they all went to work in Middlesboro

[DiventFret]

I'll have your ass, for a hat..

When Oz says 'it would suit ya', I think it sums up his character well. He doesn't do being told what to do, not by anyone.

Startup had a sideline role in a three part drama called Good Cop. That is worth a watch I tell ye man.

[Shankly]

And of course Alan Igbon who played his right hand man was Loggo in Blackstuff as well.