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== Shows == | == Shows == | ||
- | [[Ask No Questions]] | + | [[Ask No Questions]] (also devisor) |
- | [[ | + | [[Bob's Full House]] (writer) |
- | [[ | + | [[Chain Letters]] (question-setter) |
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+ | [[Connections (2)|Connections]] (team captain) | ||
- | [[ | + | [[Give Me Your Word]] |
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Long-serving supporting player in TV, radio and film comedy shows. His major credits include ''A Hard Day's Night'', radio series ''Hello Cheeky'' and the Marty Feldman vehicle ''Marty''. Towards the end of his life he lived in near poverty due to a £70,000 legal bill for a (failed) action against a TV producer over a format of his, and £120,000 in unpaid income tax. | Long-serving supporting player in TV, radio and film comedy shows. His major credits include ''A Hard Day's Night'', radio series ''Hello Cheeky'' and the Marty Feldman vehicle ''Marty''. Towards the end of his life he lived in near poverty due to a £70,000 legal bill for a (failed) action against a TV producer over a format of his, and £120,000 in unpaid income tax. | ||
- | He died on 7 March 2006 of lung cancer. | + | He died on 7 March 2006 of lung cancer, aged 76. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
- | He | + | He was the voice of "Mr Shifter", the piano-humping chimpanzee in the PG Tips tea ads, the longest-running series of commercials on television. |
- | He | + | He also appeared alongside Pete Postlethwaite in the BBC comedy-drama 'The Sins' in 2000 and alongside Lorcan Cranitch in the 2001 BBC drama 'Macready and Daughter'. |
== Web links == | == Web links == |
Revision as of 13:11, 17 September 2019
Contents |
Shows
Ask No Questions (also devisor)
Bob's Full House (writer)
Chain Letters (question-setter)
Connections (team captain)
Odd One Out (voiceover)
The Unfair Quiz (also devisor)
Biography
Long-serving supporting player in TV, radio and film comedy shows. His major credits include A Hard Day's Night, radio series Hello Cheeky and the Marty Feldman vehicle Marty. Towards the end of his life he lived in near poverty due to a £70,000 legal bill for a (failed) action against a TV producer over a format of his, and £120,000 in unpaid income tax.
He died on 7 March 2006 of lung cancer, aged 76.
Trivia
He was the voice of "Mr Shifter", the piano-humping chimpanzee in the PG Tips tea ads, the longest-running series of commercials on television.
He also appeared alongside Pete Postlethwaite in the BBC comedy-drama 'The Sins' in 2000 and alongside Lorcan Cranitch in the 2001 BBC drama 'Macready and Daughter'.