Mei Jones

Mei Jones is a Welsh actor and writer. He is best known for his part as Wali Thomas in the Welsh language sitcom C'mon Midffild! which he also co-wrote.

Early life

As a child he was a talented footballer and was admitted to a Welsh under-18 squad while still a school pupil. He played for teams in Beaumaris, Amlwch, Bangor and was a goalkeeper for Llanrug.[1] He played for the Pontrhydfendigaid football club during his college days in Aberystwyth.[2]

Career

Along with co-writer Alun Ffred Jones he won the BAFTA Cymru for best "Drama Series/Serial" for C'mon Midffild! in 1993.[3]

He was also one of the Jones's who broke the world record for collecting the largest number of people sharing the same surname at the Millennium Center in 2006, being one of the 1,224 Jones who took part, in the event known as 'Jones Jones Jones'.

Controversy

Jones and fellow C'Mon Midffild! cast-member, Bryn Fôn were detained in 1990 along with 2 other people following the investigation into the campaign of holiday home fires set by the Welsh nationalist movement the Sons of Glyndŵr. No charges were brought against the four.[4][5]

References
  1. "Trafod tictacs gyda Wali; Caron Wyn Edwards fu'n sgwrsio a Mei Jones, awdur y ffilm Nadolig, C'mon Midffild a Rasbrijam, a'r actor sy'n chwarae Wali. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. "Clwb pêl-droed yn dathlu 60". 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  3. "1993 Cymru Drama Series/Serial | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  4. Post, North Wales Daily (2004-12-09). "25 years later... why have we still not caught the cottage burners?". northwales. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  5. "Statewatch bulletin, Vol 3 no 2 March-April 1993" (PDF). statewatch.org. April 1993.


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