Lee Cornes

Actor, also writer · Born January 15, 1951 (75) · Keresley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Lee Cornes is an English television actor and writer born in Worcester. A stand up comedian since 1980, he was a regular compere at London's Comedy Store throughout the 1980s and won best Stand Up Comedian at the Charrington London Fringe Awards in 1987. Cornes appeared in three series of Blackadder, in two episodes of The Young Ones and as barman 'Dick Head' in the TV show Bottom. He made an appearance in the first episode of Filthy, Rich & Catflap as a binman. Appeared in the Comic Strip episode "Slags". Appearances on Saturday Night Live. Cornes also starred in children's drama Grange Hill as Mr. Jeff Hankin (1990–2002); provided voices for characters in the children's television series TUGS, and featured in the Doctor Who story "Kinda" as the Trickster (1982). He appeared in Red Dwarf as Paranoia in the series one episode "Confidence and Paranoia". He also appeared several times in the BBC Scotland sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, once as a DSS Clerk and again as a barman in a Highland pub. He played a major role as the harassed talent agent Dickie Valentino in the 1994 partially-improvised comedy film There's No Business..., alongside comedy duos Raw Sex (Simon Brint and Rowland Rivron) and The Oblivion Boys (Stephen Frost and Mark Arden). He appeared in the 2002 S Club Juniors video "One Step Closer." In November 2010 he appeared as Dave in Episode 6 of E4 comedy Phoneshop. He appeared as the Tooting Flasher in Matt Berry's Toast of London pilot. Appeared in Hustle. Also appearances in French and Saunders, The Lenny Henry Show, The Detectives, After You've Gone, and My Family. Stage appearances include Ken Campbell's The Warp at the Liverpool Everyman, several roles at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond. Figaro at The Watford Palace Theatre, as well as pantomime roles. Co-writer and performer The WOW Show at the Wyndham's Theatre. He toured Britain with Neal from the Young Ones. Cornes was one of the lead writers for Mr Bean, The Animated Series, and a writer on Cavegirl and Channel 4's Gophers!. He was a co-writer of Channel 4's animation series The Bird, and writer/storyliner on What's Up Doc?, a writer and performer on Thames TV's After Hours and joint writer on two series of The WOW Show on Radio 4. He has appeared in various children's television shows such as My Parents are Aliens, Bear Behaving Badly, Jackanory. In a 2010 interview in The Times, Cornes was cited as one of fellow comedian Sean Lock's biggest comedic influences. Lock said: "He’s not very well known but he is my main influence — he used to compere at the Comedy Store. He’s the comedians’ comedian. He used to be very unpredictable, which is a great skill in a comedian, not knowing where to go next. He also used to play the physics teacher in Grange Hill."

What are Lee Cornes' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

42%

Self

38%

Power

10%

Society

10%

Friendship3

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd

2

Warm

1

Manic

1

Melancholic

1

Joyful

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Fun2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lee Cornes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp
Wonder Project1 title, show their title on Wonder Project

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Cornes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

30 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

PhoneShop(2009)
Show 1 episode · as Dave
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
After You've Gone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 1 episode · as Mr Deakin
Bottom Mindless Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
as Dick Head (archive footage)
Hustle(2004)
Show 1 episode · as Ray Bond
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Cavegirl(2002)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series(2002)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
My Parents Are Aliens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 1 episode · as Mr. Cassidy
Spot's Magical Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as Deer 2(voice: UK version)
Eleven Men Against Eleven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as Journalist
Mud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
There's No Business... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Dickie Valentino
I, Lovett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Show 1 episode · as Bingley
The Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Show 2 episodes · as Doctor Pete
The Trials of Oz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Marty Feldman
Bottom(1991)
Show 3 episodes · as Dick Head
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Filipina Dreamgirls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Preston Scott
Close to Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Show 1 episode · as Parrot (voice)
TUGS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Show 13 episodes · as Grampus (voice)
Colin's Sandwich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Show 12 episodes · as Graham
The Love Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Man in Supermarket
Red Dwarf(1988)
Show 1 episode · as Paranoia
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Filthy Rich & Catflap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 1 episode · as Dustman
Slags (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
as Arch Crippledick
The Black Adder(1983)
Show 1 episode · as Guard 2 · as Private Fraser · as Shelley
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Young Ones(1982)
Show 1 episode · as Spasspecker
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Comic Strip Presents... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Show 1 episode · as Arch Crippledick
Uliisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Actor
Doctor Who: Kinda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
as Trickster
Grange Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Show 180 episodes · as Mr. Hankin
Doctor Who(1963)
Show 1 episode · as Trickster
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 36^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 29 titles from 1963 to 2010.

Highest rated

Bottom (1991)

Midcredits 93^rd

Film career

1978Screen debut· Grange Hill

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting28 of 29 · 93^rdWriting1 of 29

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s1 · acting1980s12 · acting1990s10 · acting2000s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew2010s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Lee Cornes work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Cornes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adrian Edmondson shares the most, 2.

Actors

Adrian Edmondson2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Adrian Edmondson
Helen Lederer2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Helen Lederer
Rik Mayall2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Rik Mayall
Roger Sloman2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Roger Sloman

Mixed roles

Ed Bye2 titles · 1 as director See all 2 shared titles with Ed Bye