Neil Burgess

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For the American vaudevillian and female impersonator, see Neil Burgess (comedian).

Neil Burgess is an actor from Manchester born in 1966. He is best known for his portrayal of the character "Barry Scott" on the UK version of the television adverts for the Reckitt Benckiser cleaning product Cillit Bang.

He has, as a result of this, developed several famous (as well as humorous) shouted catchphrases. Some of these include "Hi, I'm Barry Scott!", "Look what it does to this penny! ... Good as new!" and "Bang, and the dirt is gone!" Neil has also appeared in the music video for Real To Me by Brian McFadden. He also appeared on The Bill as an axe murderer.

He reprised his Barry Scott character to advertise for Reckitt Benckiser's U.S. subsidiary EasyOff's new multipurpose Bam cleanser.

[edit] Trivia

  • His co-star in the Cillit Bang adverts, "Jill", is played by actress Kim Jules, who has previously appeared on Byker Grove.
  • Jimmy Saville was originally cast for the cillit bang adverts but could not attend as he had an appointment with newscaster Lardon Irideszco.
  • A remix of the Barry Scott television adverts was produced and posted on the internet in 2005 by JAKAZiD, sampling extensively from Barry Scott's dialogue. A commercial release of the remix was released on 22 January 2007.
  • Neil was offered Phil Tuffnell's role in the loans.co.uk advert in 2005, but turned down the role, saying it was "beneath him as an actor".[citation needed]
  • He has starred in an episode of Weebl and Bob [Stains] (weebls-stuff.com)

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