Michael Sarne Biography
Michael Sarne, pseudonym Michael Scheuer, was born in London in 1940. After graduating from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, he obtained a BA. During the 1960s, he devoted himself to singing, becoming famous for his 1962 hit "Come Outside," which featured vocal interjections by Wendy Richard. Sarne reached the UK singles chart on three further occasions: "Will I What?" (1962), in collaboration with Billie Davis, "Just for Kicks" (1963) and "Code of Love" (1963). Sarne later hosted the ITV Junior children's quiz series Criss Cross Quiz. He starred in a number of British television series, including The Avengers, Man in a Suitcase, Jonathan Creek and The Bill, playing the role of Billy Beesley, an amateur leaf blower, in an episode of Minder. In film, Sarne starred in the 1963 film A Place to Go, directed by Basil Dearden and with Rita Tushingham in the lead role, and was part of the cast of Invasion Quartet (1961), Every Day's a Holiday (1965), Two Weeks in September (1967), Moonlighting (1982) and Success Is the Best Revenge (1984) by Jerzy Skolimowski, as well as Appointment with Death (1988), a film about Hercule Poirot. In 1988, he played an SS captain in the TV miniseries War and Remembrance. In 2001, Sarne appeared in The Fourth Angel, in 2007 he played Valery in the thriller Eastern Promises, in 2008 he was a stage manager in Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, in 2011 he voiced Karla in the film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and in 2012 he played the role of Father Mabeuf in Les Misérables. Finally, in 2013, he appeared in the British comedy The World's End, playing the character "Publican No 5".
