Duncan Norvelle


Duncan Norvelle is an English comedian in the variety tradition, who appeared on television from the early 1980s. He is probably most famous for his catch phrase "Chase me!", leading to his often being referred to as Duncan "Chase me" Norvelle. His act was based on appearing to be an offensively stereotypical camp homosexual, whereas Norvelle is heterosexual. He has three children.

Entertainment career

In 1984 or early 1985, he hosted an unscreened pilot dating show called It's a Hoot for London Weekend Television: the series was eventually re-titled Blind Date and hosted by Cilla Black. 2008 saw him go out on tour as part of the Ricky Tomlinson Laughter Show. Norvelle spent the 2009 pantomime season playing Buttons in Cinderella in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
In December 2011, he appeared on with Sean Hughes, Gina Yashere and Paul Tonkinson.

Health

Norvelle was hospitalised during the first week in April 2012 after suffering a stroke, leaving him paralysed down the left side of his body. After nine weeks in hospital, he cancelled his summer season with comedy duo Cannon and Ball, to be replaced by Stu Francis.
Since August 2015 Norvelle has been back performing all over the country, choosing the Embassy Theatre, Skegness as his first performance after over three years off stage.