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Timothy Leonard Spall (born February 27, 1957) is an English actor and presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Spall performed in Secrets & Lies (1996), and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in many films, including Hamlet (1996), Still Crazy (1998), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Enchanted (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Damned United (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Ginger and Rosa (2012), Denial (2016), and The Party (2017). He voiced Nick, a cynical, portly rat in Chicken Run (2000). He played Peter Pettigrew in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010). Spall has collaborated with director Mike Leigh, making six films together: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). Spall won great acclaim for his performance in the last of these for his portrayal as J. M. W. Turner winning him the Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. He starred in the television documentary Timothy Spall: ...at Sea (2010–2012) and in 2019 he appeared as Lord Arthur Wallington in the 6-part BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets.
In vaguely colonial times, a scarecrow is brought to life by a witch, and becomes naive but curious about the world around him. One day, he witnesses a young woman named Polly who lives in the nearby town and becomes smitten with her. Out of concern for what would happen if the people saw a scarecrow walking around, she gives the scarecrow, named Feathertop, a magic spell that allows him to retain his human form, so long as his hat remains on his head at all times and the feather in his hat. Feathertop goes into town to find that Polly is trying to help and make ends meet as the town is undergoing a number of issues with its leadership under the leadership of the conniving and self-centered Governor Grendel. Feathertop works to help Polly, earn her love, and hopes to become real, while he runs afoul of Grendel's evil plans.
