Forbes Masson

Probably most well known for his stint on EastEnders (1985) as maths teacher Rod Morris, Forbes Masson was due to go into the family gravestone business until he decided to head off to drama school instead. There he met Alan Cumming and they went on to create the characters for which they initially became famous, Victor and Barry, the trendy (but resting) thespians from Kelvinside. After successes at the Edinburgh Fringe in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the duo then created a pilot for their own sitcom, The High Life (1994), set in the fictitious airline, Scotia Air. Unfortunately, this was cancelled after only one series and the double act soon split up, as Cumming headed for the US. Since then, Masson has not been resting on his laurels, concentrating mainly on theatre, including writing and directing two musicals, Stiff (1999) and Mince! (2001).