Norman Pace
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Norman Pace is an English comedian and actor, born 17 February 1953 in Dudley, West Midlands, who is best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace with his friend and comic partner Gareth Hale.
He worked as a teacher before forming the double act with Hale. Their comedy partnership has fronted several television programmes, most notably Hale and Pace, Pushing Up Daisies, h&p@bbc and Jobs for the Boys.
As straight actors, they also fronted the original TV dramatisation of Dalziel and Pascoe; and in 1989 guested together in the Doctor Who serial Survival. Also in 1989, Hale and Pace won the Golden Rose of Montreux.
Norman Pace is a keen poker player and has done well in several tournaments. In 2005 he appeared on the celebrity poker chatshow Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his career and his love of poker. He has also provided commentary for the PartyPoker.com European Open.
Pace won the Grand Final of the Showbiz Poker event. In the final hand, his A♦ J♣ hole cards started off ahead of Michael Greco's K♦ Q♦, but Greco made two pair on the 8♦ Q♥ K♠ flop. However, the 4♥ T♣ that followed allowed Pace to complete his straight to win the £25,000 first prize.
Recently, Norman Pace has taken a direction towards theatre and has starred in 'Chicago' (Adelphi) and 'Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson'.
He is also a regular presenter for 'The Open' on the Sky poker channel.
