Peter Cavanagh (impressionist)
Peter Cavanagh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Cedric Coates 31 October 1914 |
| Died | 18 February 1981 (aged 66) Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Impressionist |
| Years active | 1940s–1970s |
Peter Cavanagh (born Peter Cedric Coates; 31 October 1914 – 18 February 1981) was an English comic
Biography
Born in
He started making regular radio appearances on
He appeared in the 1949 Royal Variety Performance. He continued to make regular radio appearances through the 1950s, and performed impressions of many personalities of the period, including Gilbert Harding, Robb Wilton, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Eamonn Andrews. One of his specialities was to perform alternate lines of a sketch with the person he was imitating – such as Arthur Askey – and challenge the audience to guess which was the impersonator and which was the person being mimicked.[1] He would end his shows by quickly reprising, one after another, impressions of all those he had impersonated, ending with "...and this is the voice of them all, Peter Cavanagh..".[4]
Cavanagh also made theatre appearances, accompanied by his wife on piano.
He died in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, in 1981, aged 66.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78340-066-9, pp.164-165
- ^ Search: Peter Cavanagh, Radio Times, BBC Genome. Retrieved 9 March 2021
- ^ a b Andy Walmsley, "The Voice of Them All", Random Radio Jottings, 8 June 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021
- ISBN 1-86105-206-5, pp.26-27
- ISBN 1-84002-116-0, pp.66-67
External links
- Peter Cavanagh at the National Portrait Gallery