Terry-Thomas on screen, radio, stage and record
The English actor and comedian Terry-Thomas (1911–1990) performed in many mediums of light entertainment, including film, radio and theatre. His professional career spanned 50 years from 1933 until his retirement in 1983.[1] During this time he became synonymous with playing the "silly-ass Englishman",[2] a characterisation that he had portrayed from his time on the variety circuit.[3]
Terry-Thomas made his film debut as an extra in the 1933 film,
After the war, Terry-Thomas began his stage career with an appearance in Piccadilly Hayride at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London; the show was a hit and he appeared in it from September 1946 until January 1948.[6] In 1949 he appeared in his first television programme, Technical Hitch, and scored a success later that year with his own television series, How Do You View?, which was noted for being the first comedy series on British television.[7][8] In 1956 he was cast by the Boulting brothers in Private's Progress. The role boosted his film career, initially in Britain, and then in America.[9] In 1958 Terry-Thomas released the first of two solo comedy records, Strictly T-T; the same year he also appeared as Bertie Wooster in a cast recording of Jeeves, with Roger Livesey playing Jeeves.[10]
I've been called any number of things in print. T-T with his permanent air of caddish disdain ... bounder ... aristocratic rogue ... upper-class English twit ... genuine English eccentric ... one of the last real gentlemen ... wet, genteel Englishman ... high-bred idiot ... cheeky blighter ... camel-haired cad ... amiable buffoon ... pompous Englishman ... twentieth-century dandy ... stinker ... king of the cads ...
All those descriptions added up to my image as Terry-Thomas.
—Terry-Thomas[2]
During the 1960s and 1970s, Terry-Thomas' appearances on stage and radio were becoming less frequent but his television and film output remained consistent, despite his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in 1971; by the mid-1980s, though, the disease had effectively ended his career.[11] On his death, The Guardian observed that "as an upper class twit or as a debonair rascal, Terry-Thomas had few equals", and described him as "a national treasure",[9] while The Independent considered that he "personified the Englishman as amiable bounder".[12]
Filmography
Film[13][14][15][16] | Year | Role | Notes |
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The Private Life of Henry VIII | 1933 | Extra | Uncredited[17] |
The Ghost Goes West | 1935 | Extra | Uncredited[17] |
Cheer Up | 1936 | Extra | Uncredited[17] |
When Knights Were Bold | 1936 | Extra | Uncredited[17] |
Things to Come | 1936 | Extra | Uncredited[17] |
Once in a Million | 1936 | Extra | Uncredited[17] |
It's Love Again | 1936 | Extra | Uncredited[18] |
Rhythm in the Air | 1936 | Frankie | Uncredited[17] |
This'll Make You Whistle | 1936 | Extra | Uncredited[17] |
Take a Chance | 1937 | Cast member | Uncredited |
Rhythm Racketeer | 1937 | Cast member | Uncredited[19] |
Climbing High | 1938 | Cow | Production finished in 1938, film released in 1939;[20] Voice, Uncredited[21] |
Sam Goes Shopping | 1939 | Boyfriend | Uncredited[19] |
Flying Fifty-Five | 1939 | Bit at Racetrack | Uncredited |
For Freedom | 1940 | News reader[19] | Uncredited[22] |
Under Your Hat | 1940 | Cast member | Uncredited[19] |
Quiet Wedding | 1941 | Extra | Uncredited[19] |
If You Don't Save Paper | 1948 | Shop Assistant | |
Copy Book Please | 1948 | On-screen participant | 3-minute instructional film[23] |
A Date with a Dream | 1948 | Terry | |
The Brass Monkey
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1948 | Himself | |
Helter Skelter | 1949 | Himself | |
Melody Club | 1949 | Freddy Forrester | |
What's Cooking? | 1951 | Cast member | Also called Cookery Nook[24][25] |
The Queen Steps Out | 1952 | Cast member | |
Private's Progress | 1956 | Major Hitchcock | |
The Green Man | 1956 | Charles Boughtflower | |
Brothers in Law | 1956 | Alfred Green | |
Lucky Jim | 1957 | Bertrand Welch | |
The Naked Truth | 1957 | Lord Henry Mayley | |
Blue Murder at St Trinian's | 1957 | Romney Carlton-Ricketts | |
Happy Is the Bride | 1958 | Policeman | |
Tom Thumb | 1958 | Ivan | Nominated for BAFTA Award for the "Best British Actor in 1959"[26] |
Too Many Crooks | 1959 | William Delany Gordon | |
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. | 1959 | Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne | |
I'm All Right Jack | 1959 | Major Hitchcock | |
School for Scoundrels | 1960 | Raymond Delauney | |
That's Odd | 1960 | Cast member | 15-minute short[27] |
Make Mine Mink | 1960 | Major Albert Rayne | |
His and Hers | 1961 | Reggie Blake | |
A Matter of WHO | 1961 | Archibald Bannister | |
Bachelor Flat | 1962 | Professor Bruce Patterson | |
Operation Snatch | 1962 | Lieutenant "Piggy" Wigg | |
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | 1962 | Ludwig | ('The Singing Bone') |
Kill or Cure | 1962 | J. Barker Rynde | |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | 1963 | Lt-Colonel J. Algernon Hawthorne | |
The Mouse on the Moon | 1963 | Spender | Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy[28] |
Terry-Thomas in Tuscany | 1963 | Host | Producer;[29] 15-minute short[30] |
Terry-Thomas in the South of France | 1963 | Host | Producer;[31] 19-minute short[30] |
Terry-Thomas in Northern Ireland | 1963 | Host | Producer;[32] 19-minute short[30] |
How to Murder Your Wife | 1965 | Charles Furbank | |
Strange Bedfellows | 1965 | Mortician | |
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines | 1965 | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage | |
You Must Be Joking! | 1965 | Major Foskett | |
The Wild Affair | 1965 | Godfrey Deane | |
Our Man in Marrakesh | 1966 | El Caid | |
The Daydreamer | 1966 | Brigadier Zachary Zilch | |
Munster, Go Home! | 1966 | Freddie Munster | |
The Sandwich Man | 1966 | Scoutmaster | |
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die | 1966 | James; Lord Aldric | |
La Grande Vadrouille | 1966 | Sir Reginald | |
Top Crack | 1967 | Charles | |
A Guide for the Married Man | 1967 | Technical Advisor; "Tiger" | |
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon | 1967 | Captain Sir Harry Washington Smythe | |
The Perils of Pauline | 1967 | Sten Martin | |
How to Kill 400 Duponts | 1967 | Commissioner Green | |
Arabella | 1967 | General Sir Horace Gordon; Duke Pietro Moretti; hotel manager; insurance manager | |
Seven Times Seven | 1967 | Police Inspector | Originally titled Sette Volte Sette[33] |
Danger: Diabolik | 1968 | Minister of the Interior, then Minister of Finance | |
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | 1968 | H. William Homer | |
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | 1968 | Ladislaus Walichek | |
Uno Scacco Tutto Matto
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1968 | Il Direttore Dorgeant | Also known as Checkmate for McDowell or It's Your Move[34] |
How Sweet It Is! | 1968 | Mr Tilly | |
2000 Years Later | 1969 | Charles Goodwyn | |
Monte Carlo or Bust! | 1969 | Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage | Originally called Quei Temerari Sulle Loro Pazze, Scatenate, Scalcinate Carriole[35] |
Arthur? Arthur! | 1969 | Clennery Tubbs | |
Una Su Tredici
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1969 | Albert | Also known as 12 + 1 or The Thirteen Chairs[36] |
Atlantic Wall | 1970 | Commandant Perry | |
The Abominable Dr. Phibes | 1971 | Dr Longstreet | |
Colpo Grosso ... Grossissimo ... Anzi Probabile | 1972 | Pierre Le Compte | |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again | 1972 | Lombardo | |
Tunisia – Yesterday and Today | 1972 | Commentator | 16-minute short[37] |
Gli Eroi | 1973 | John Cooper | Also known as The Heroes[38] |
The Vault of Horror | 1973 | Arthur Gritchit | |
Robin Hood | 1973 | Sir Hiss | Voice[39] |
The Cherry Picker | 1974 | Appelby | |
Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? | 1974 | ||
Side by Side | 1975 | Max Nugget | |
Closed Up-Tight | 1975 | ||
Spanish Fly | 1976 | Sir Percy de Courcy | |
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones | 1976 | Mr. Square | |
The Last Remake of Beau Geste | 1977 | Prison Governor | |
Kingdom of Gifts | 1978 | The Bumbling Chancellor | Voice |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1978 | Dr Mortimer | |
The Mysterious House of Dr C | 1978 | The Bull | |
La Isla De Las Cabezas | 1979 | Cast member | |
Febbre a 40! | 1980 | Dr Christopher | Also known as Happy Birthday Harry![40] |
Radio
Broadcast[41][42] | Date | Channel | Notes |
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Friends to Tea | 6 June 1938 | London Regional | |
Anzac Hour | 5 March 1943 | BBC General Forces Programme | |
Anzac Hour | 9 March 1943 | BBC General Forces Programme | |
We're All Together Now | 5 January 1944 | BBC Home Service | |
Strike a Home Note | 29 November 1944 | BBC General Forces Programme | |
Band Party | 6 August 1945 | BBC Home Service | |
Out of the Hat | 24 January 1946 | BBC Home Service | |
Folly to be Wise | 1 April 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
They're Out | 14 May 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Star Show | 8 June 1946 | BBC General Overseas Service
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George Elrick's Band Party | 6 July 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
Caribbean Carnival | 15 July 1946 | BBC General Overseas Service
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Variety Bandbox | 1 September 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
Cabaret | 17 September 1946 | Midland Home Service | |
Worker's Playtime | 25 October 1946 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 27 October 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
Happidrome | 12 November 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
The Carroll Levis Show | 8 December 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
Piccadilly Hayride | 23 December 1946 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 25 December 1946 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime | 10 January 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
The Carroll Levis Show | 26 January 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Bandbox | 23 February 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime | 28 February 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Happidrome | 4 March 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
The Carroll Levis Show | 16 March 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Bandbox | 20 April 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime Anniversary Programme | 27 May 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Accordion Club | 30 May 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Bandbox | 1 June 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Up and Doing | 21 June 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 29 June 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime | 4 July 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Up and Doing | 2 August 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 10 August 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
The Carroll Levis Show | 24 August 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Accordion Club | 11 September 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Navy Mixture | 18 September 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Alhambra of the Air | 19 October 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime | 21 October 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
October Revue | 31 October 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 2 November 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Accordion Club | 6 November 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
The Carroll Levis Show | 13 November 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
November Revue | 25 November 1947 | BBC Home Service | |
Christmas Crackers | 24 December 1947 | BBC Light Programme | |
Night Shift | 13 January 1948 | BBC Light Programme | |
Caribbean Carnival | 23 January 1948 | BBC General Overseas Service
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Worker's Playtime | 3 February 1948 | BBC Home Service | |
Worker's Playtime | 4 February 1948 | BBC Home Service | |
Caribbean Carnival | 25 May 1948 | BBC General Overseas Service
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Worker's Playtime | 30 May 1948 | BBC Home Service | |
Worker's Playtime | 15 June 1948 | BBC Home Service | |
Worker's Playtime | 16 June 1948 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 1 August 1948 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime | 7 September 1948 | BBC Home Service | |
Worker's Playtime | 8 September 1948 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Hall of Fame | 23 September 1948 | BBC Light Programme | |
Best Indian Rendezvous | 5 October 1948 | BBC Light Programme | |
Alhambra of the Air | 6 October 1948 | BBC Light Programme | |
To Town with Terry | 12 October 1948 – 28 March 1949 | BBC Home Service | 24 episodes; broadcast weekly[43] |
Music Hall | 16 April 1949 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime | 28 April 1949 | BBC Home Service | |
Caribbean Carnival | 5 July 1949 | BBC General Overseas Service
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The Vera Lynn Show | 7 July 1949 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Bandbox | 23 October 1949 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Bandbox | 1 January 1950 | BBC Light Programme | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 11 January 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Music Hall | 21 January 1950 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Fanfare | 3 February 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 9 April 1950 | BBC Light Programme | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 26 April 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Worker's Playtime | 28 April 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Something to Sing About | 27 May 1950 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Fanfare | 13 July 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Bandbox | 13 August 1950 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Fanfare | 27 August 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Fanfare | 31 August 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Variety Fanfare | 16 September 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 16 October 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Music Hall | 25 October 1950 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Bandbox | 3 December 1950 | BBC Light Programme | |
Can You Beat It | 12 December 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Calling All Forces | 17 December 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 19 December 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Worker's Playtime | 22 December 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 25 December 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 26 December 1950 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 2 January 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 9 January 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 10 January 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 16 January 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 19 January 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Calling All Forces | 21 January 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 6 February 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 13 February 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 20 February 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Music Hall | 24 February 1951 | BBC Light Programme | |
Can You Beat It | 27 February 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 7 March 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Can You Beat It | 26 March 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 27 March 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Anglo-American Programme | 4 July 1951 | BBC Light Programme | |
Top of the Bill | 8 August 1951 | BBC Light Programme | |
Calling All Forces | 18 August 1951 | BBC Home Service | |
Happy-Go-Lucky | 30 August 1951 | BBC Light Programme | |
Music Hall | 23 February 1952 | BBC Light Programme | |
Dick Turpin | 27 February 1952 | BBC Light Programme | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 9 April 1952 | BBC Home Service | |
Calling All Forces | 5 May 1952 | BBC Light Programme | |
All Star Bill | 10 June 1952 | BBC Light Programme | |
Henry Hall's Guest Night | 15 October 1952 | BBC Home Service | |
All Star Bill | 20 October 1952 | BBC Light Programme | |
Star Show | 1 November 1952 | BBC Light Programme | |
Forces Show | 11 November 1952 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Playhouse | 23 May 1953 | BBC Home Service | |
Hip, Hip, Hooray | 25 May 1953 | BBC Light Programme | |
BBC Ballroom | 1 June 1953 | BBC Light Programme | |
Top of the Town | 5 June 1953 | BBC Home Service | Pilot episode[44] |
Star Bill | 9 August 1953 | BBC Light Programme | |
Worker's Playtime | 27 August 1953 | BBC Home Service | |
Ignorance Is Bliss | 30 September 1953 | BBC Light Programme | |
Star Bill | 25 October 1953 | BBC Light Programme | |
Top of the Town | 1 November 1953 – 21 February 1954 | BBC Light Programme | 16 episodes, broadcast weekly; series one[45] |
Variety at the Capitol | 31 January 1954 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety at the Capitol | 7 February 1954 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety at the Capitol | 21 February 1954 | BBC Light Programme | |
Star Bill | 4 April 1954 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Playhouse | 8 May 1954 | BBC Home Service | |
Royal Salute | 15 May 1954 | BBC Home Service | |
Thank Your Lucky Stars | 17 June 1954 | BBC Light Programme | |
Blackpool Nights | 14 July 1954 | BBC Light Programme | |
Blackpool Nights | 11 August 1954 | BBC Light Programme | |
In Town Tonight | 15 October 1954 | BBC Home Service | |
Top of the Town | 31 October 1954 – 27 February 1955 | BBC Light Programme | 16 episodes, broadcast weekly; series two[46] |
Desert Island Discs | 13 February 1956 | BBC Home Service | |
Star Struck | 26 February 1956 | BBC Home Service | |
The Peers Parade | 11 May 1957 | BBC Light Programme | |
Variety Playhouse | 28 December 1957 | BBC Home Service | |
The Laughtermakers | 26 March 1958 | BBC Home Service | |
Today Today | 24 March 1959 | BBC Light Programme | |
In Town Tonight | 21 November 1959 | BBC Home Service | |
In Town Tonight | 19 August 1961 | BBC Home Service | |
Home This Afternoon | 17 February 1966 | BBC Light Programme | |
Home This Afternoon | 21 March 1966 | BBC Light Programme | |
Spoken Words | 24 November 1966 | WNYC-FM (USA) | |
Open House | 23 April 1970 | BBC Radio 2 | |
Arthur Askey's Seventieth Birthday | 6 June 1970 | BBC Radio 4 | |
Desert Island Discs | 1 August 1970 | BBC Radio 4 |
Stage credits
Production[42][48] | Date | Theatre | Notes |
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Piccadilly Hayride | September 1946 – January 1948 | Prince of Wales Theatre, London | |
Variety | 13 September 1946 | London Palladium | |
Royal Variety Performance | 4 November 1946 | London Palladium | |
Variety | June 1948 | London Palladium | |
Variety | 27 September – 4 October 1948 | London Palladium | |
Cabaret | Spring 1949 | Paris | |
The Gracie Fields Show | 15 – 23 May 1949 | Empress Hall, London | |
NSPCC Midsummer Ball | 22 June 1949 | Dorchester Hotel , London
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Summer Season | Summer 1949 | New Royal Theatre, Bournemouth | |
Cabaret | October – November 1949 | Palma House Night Club, Chicago | |
Variety | 10 – 17 April 1950 | The Chelsea Palace, London | |
Summer Season | 1950 | Opera House Theatre, Blackpool | |
Out of this World | 5 October 1950 | Opera House Theatre, Blackpool | |
A Night of Variation | 12 November 1950 | Bedford Theatre, London | |
Jingle Bells | December 1950 | Wood Green Empire, London | |
Cabaret | 31 December 1950 | The Garter Club, Mayfair | |
Cabaret | June 1951 | The Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York | |
Humpty Dumpty | 22 December 1951 – 29 February 1952 | London Palladium | 109 performances[49] |
Top of the Town | July 1952 | Opera House Theatre, Blackpool | |
Concert Party | September 1952 | Military bases, Malaya | |
Royal Variety Performance | 3 November 1952 | London Palladium | |
Dick Whittington | December 1952 – January 1953 | Johannesburg | As the Honourable Idle Jack[50] |
Variety | July 1953 | Pier Pavilion, Llandudno | |
Summer Season | 1953 | Palace Theatre, Blackpool | |
Fun and the Fair | 7 October – 19 December 1953 | London Palladium | 138 performances[49] |
Dick Whittington | December 1953 – January 1954 | Granada, Sutton; Granada, Woolwich; Finsbury Park Empire | As the Honourable Idle Jack[51] |
Summer Season | 1954 | Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool | |
Room for Two | 28 February – 2 April 1955[a] | Prince of Wales Theatre, London; preceded by a national tour.[52][b] | As Hubert Crone;[52] 48 performances[49] |
Summer Season | 1956 | Morecambe | |
Charley's Aunt | August – September 1956 | Blackpool | As Lord Fancourt Babberley[52] |
Variety | 24 – 29 September 1956 | Prince of Wales Theatre, London | |
King John | 28 October 1956 | Adelphi Theatre, London | |
Season of Variety | January 1957 | Prince of Wales Theatre, London | |
Carroll Levis's Sensational TV Star Search | September 1957 | Shrewsbury | |
Jingle Bells | 27 December 1957 | Wood Green Empire, London | |
Our Friends the Stars | 13 March 1957 | Victoria Palace Theatre, London | |
Large as Life | 23 May – 13 December 1958 | London Palladium | As one of The Three Musketeers;[52] 380 performances[53] |
Cabaret | 1 January 1959 | Savoy Hotel, London | |
It's in the Bag | March – May 1960 | Provincial tour | |
It's in the Bag | 25 May – 4 June 1960 | Duke of York's Theatre, London | |
Revue | March – April 1963 | New South Wales | |
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | 1971 | The Metro Theatre, Sydney |
Television
Programme[13][59][60] | Date | Channel | Role | Notes |
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Technical Hitch | 11 October 1947 | BBC Television Service
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Live broadcast[61][62] | |
Stars in Your Eyes | 30 January – 6 May 1949 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | |
How Do You View? | 26 October – 21 December 1949 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | Series one; script by Terry-Thomas[63] |
How Do You View? | 5 April – 17 May 1950 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | Series two; Terry-Thomas also wrote additional material for the programme[64] |
Picture Page | 25 April 1950 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | |
How Do You View? | 8 November 1950 – 28 February 51 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | Series three |
Toast of the Town | 15 March 1951 | CBS (USA) | ||
Vic Oliver Introduces ... | 16 June 1951 | BBC Television Service
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How Do You View? | 19 September 1951 – 28 November 1951 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | Series four |
Hello Up There | 12 October 1951 | BBC Television Service
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La Belle Hélène | 25 November 1951 | BBC Television Service
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Compere[65] | |
What's My Line? | 17 December 1951 | BBC Television Service
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Celebrity challenger[66] | |
Joan Gilbert at Home | 26 March 1952 | BBC Television Service
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How Do You View? | 2 April – 11 June 1952 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | Series five |
How Do You View? | 9 September 1953 | BBC Television Service
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Cast member | Special edition |
For Your Pleasure | 28 October 1953 | BBC Television Service
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Television's Christmas Party | 25 December 1953 | BBC Television Service
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The Name's the Same | 26 January 1954 | BBC Television Service
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Variety Parade | 6 April 1954 | BBC Television Service
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The Pat Kirkwood Show | 8 May 1954 | BBC Television Service
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Celebration Music Hall | 15 May 1954 | BBC Television Service
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Stars at Blackpool | 15 July 1954 | BBC Television Service
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In Town Tonight | 15 October 1954 | BBC Television Service
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Television broadcast of Home Service radio show[67] | |
The Richard Hearne Show | 4 December 1954 | BBC Television Service
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Variety Parade | 3 May 1955 | BBC Television Service
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Around the Town | 1 October 1955 | BBC Television Service
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Jack Hylton Presents "Saturday Night at the London Palladium" | 6 November 1955 | Associated-Rediffusion/ITV | ||
Dance Music | 8 December 1955 | Associated-Rediffusion/ITV | ||
Bird in Hand | 25 December 1955 | BBC Television Service
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Cyril Beverley | |
Strictly T-T | 12 January – 8 March 1956 | BBC Television Service
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Five episodes[68] | |
Celebrity | 11 May 1956 | ATV/ITV | ||
1-2-3 Click | 11 May 1956 | ATV/ITV | ||
My Wildest Dreams | 15 May – 5 December 1956 | Granada/ITV
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Series one; 28 episodes[69] | |
The Holiday Show | 6 August 1956 | BBC Television Service
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Jack Hylton Presents "Friday Night" | 10 August – 7 September 1956 | Associated-Rediffusion/ITV | Three episodes[70] | |
We Are Your Servants | 27 October 1956 | BBC Television Service
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Off the Record | 12 November 1956 | BBC Television Service
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Sunday Night at the London Palladium
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9 December 1956 | ATV/ITV | ||
The Harry Secombe Show | 31 December 1956 | BBC Television Service
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My Wildest Dreams | 30 January – 11 June 1957 | Granada/ITV
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Series two; 15 episodes[71] | |
Jack Hylton's Music Box | 8 February 1957 | Associated-Rediffusion/ITV | ||
What's My Line? | 24 February 1957 | BBC Television Service
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Beat Up the Town | 22 April 1957 | BBC Television Service
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Personal Appearance | 30 April 1957 | ATV/ITV | ||
The Alma Cogan Show | 9 May 1957 | BBC Television Service
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The Secombe Saga | 7 December 1957 | BBC Television Service
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A Santa for Christmas | 26 December 1957 | ATV/ITV | ||
What's My Line? | 16 March 1958 | BBC Television Service
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The Terry-Thomas Show | 29 March 1958 | ATV/ITV | ||
The World Our Stage | 5 April 1958 | BBC Television Service
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What's My Line? | 14 December 1958; 21 December 1958 |
BBC Television Service
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar | 16 November 1959 | NBC (USA) | ||
Armchair Theatre: "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" | 3 January 1960 | ABC (USA)/ITV | Lord Arthur Saville | |
Close Up | 23 June 1960 | Associated-Rediffusion/ITV | ||
The Bing Crosby Show | 11 December 1961 | ABC (USA) | ||
Juke Box Jury | 2 June 1962 | BBC tv
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The Perry Como Show | 31 October 1962 | NBC (USA) | ||
What's My Line? | 7 April 1963 | BBC tv
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Terry-Thomas | 20 July 1963 | BBC tv
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The British at Play | 21 August 1963 | Associated-Rediffusion/ITV | ||
The Judy Garland Show | 13 October 1963 | CBS (USA) | ||
Burke's Law | 18 October 1963; 24 January 1964; 24 February 1964 |
ABC (USA) | The Man | |
Here's Edie | 16 January 1964 | ABC (USA) | ||
What's My Line? | 17 May 1964 | CBS (USA) | ||
An Hour with Robert Goulet | 19 November 1964 | CBS (USA) | ||
A Long View Leslie Mitchell | 17 February 1965 | Westward Television | ||
The Andy Williams Show | 8 March 1965 | NBC (USA) | ||
Everybody's Got a System | 18 June 1965 | ABC (USA) | Narrator[72] | |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: "The Five Daughters Affair" | 31 March 1967; 7 April 1967 |
NBC (USA) | Constable | |
The Red Skelton Hour
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22 May 1967 | CBS (USA) | ||
Comedy Playhouse: "The Old Campaigner" | 22 May 1967 | BBC1
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James Franklin-Jones | |
The Red Skelton Hour
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17 October 1967 | CBS (USA) | ||
The Red Skelton Hour
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20 February 1968 | CBS (USA) | [73] | |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | 4 March 1968 | NBC (USA) | ||
Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose | 6 March 1968 | ABC (USA) | ||
The Big Show | 7 April 1968 | ATV/ITV | ||
The Old Campaigner | 6 December 1968 – 10 January 1969 | BBC1
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James Franklin-Jones | |
This is Tom Jones
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28 February 1969 | ITV | Also broadcast on ABC (USA) on 2 March 1969 | |
The Hollywood Palace | 22 March 1969 | ABC (USA) | ||
The Liberace Show | 18 May 1969 | LWT/ITV | ||
Howdy | 8 August 1969 | NBC (USA) | ||
Music Hall | 12 October 1969; 19 October 1969 |
LWT/Seven Network (Aus) | ||
The Peapicker in Piccadilly | 24 November 1969 | NBC (USA) | Also broadcast on ITV on 31 December 1969 | |
The Des O'Connor Show | 16 May 1970 | ATV/ITV | ||
The Dick Cavett Show | 20 May 1970 | ABC (USA) | ||
The Kraft Music Hall | 1 July 1970 | NBC (USA) | ||
The Dickie Henderson Show | 23 April 1971 | LWT/ITV | ||
Parkinson | 10 June 1971 | BBC1
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The Mike Douglas Show | 2–6 August 1971 | KYW-TV (USA) | ||
The Kraft Music Hall | 1 September 1971 | NBC (USA) | ||
Hollywood Squares | 8–12 November 1971; 15–19 November 1971 |
NBC (USA) | ||
The Persuaders!: "The Man in the Middle" | 16 December 1971 | ITC/ITV | Archie Sinclair Beauchamp | |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | 21 February 1972; 13 March 1972 |
NBC (USA) | ||
Film Night | 26 August 1972 | BBC1
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The Dave Cash Radio Show | 16 November 1972 | ATV/ITV | ||
Russell Harty Plus | 20 January 1973 | LWT/ITV | ||
I Love a Mystery | 27 February 1973 | NBC (USA) | ||
The Special London Bridge Special | 15 March 1973 | BBC2
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Parkinson | 19 October 1974 | BBC1
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The Circus World Championships | 20 February 1981 | BBC1
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The Human Brain | 31 May 1982; 21 June 1982 |
BBC2
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Inspector Gadget: "All That Glitters" | 26 November 1983 | ITV | Archaeologist |
Discography
Albums
Title[74][75] | Year | Label | Type | Notes | |
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Strictly T-T | 1958 | London LL3292
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Solo | Re-released Decca LK4398 (1961) & London LP5764 (1963) | |
Jeeves | 1958 | Caedmon Audio TC1137 | with Judith Furse, Rita Webb, Avril Elgar, Miles Malleson, and Roger Livesey | re-released in stereo, 1964, (TC-1137-S) – re-released Harper Audio HarperCollins 1559940042 (1989) | |
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | 1962 | MGM 1E/SIE/E-3 | Cast recording | ||
Three Billion Millionaires! | 1963 | United Artists UXTL-4 | Cast recording | ||
Terry-Thomas Discovers America | 1964 | Warner Bros W1558 | Solo | ||
The Daydreamer | 1966 | Columbia LP OL-6540/OS-2940 | Cast recording | ||
Vintage Variety | 1973 | BBC Records LP REC 134M | Cast recording | Extract is from Victory Star Show, 8 June 1946[76] | |
Robin Hood | 1973 | Buena Vista 3810
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Cast recording | ||
They Played the Palladium | 1983 | Decca LP RFLD 30 | Cast recording |
Singles
Title[77][75] | Year | Label | Billed as | Notes |
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"A Sweet Old-Fashioned Boy" / "Lay Down Your Arms" |
1956 | Decca F10804 | Terry-Thomas, Esq., & His Rock 'n' Roll Rotters / R.S.M. Terry-Thomas |
78 rpm
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"The Phantom Grenadier Strikes Again" | 1959 | — | Terry-Thomas | Produced and privately circulated by Terry-Thomas |
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ McCann shows the start date of the stay at the Prince of Wales as 7 March 1955.[49]
- ^ Terry-Thomas broke his arm while performing at the Brighton Hippodrome, but returned five days later when the tour reached London.[52]
References
- ^ Hope-Hawkins & Nicholls 2004.
- ^ a b Terry-Thomas & Daum 1990, p. 1.
- ^ Ross 2002, pp. 1–2.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 25.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 25–30.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 19.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 52.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 51.
- ^ a b Turner, Adrian (9 January 1990). "Preserving a particular kind of English cad, vowel-perfect: Obituary of Terry-Thomas". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Ross 2002, pp. 44–45.
- ^ Spicer, Andrew. "Terry-Thomas (1911–1990)". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ Adair, Gilbert (9 January 1990). "Obituary: Terry-Thomas". The Independent. London. p. 13.
- ^ a b "Filmography: Terry-Thomas". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 225–246.
- ^ Ross 2002, pp. 85–187.
- ^ Mayer 2003, pp. 355–57.
- ^ a b c d e f g h McCann 2009, p. 225.
- ^ "Cast: It's Love Again". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e McCann 2009, p. 226.
- ^ "Climbing High". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Cast: Climbing High". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Cast: For Freedom". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Climbing High". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 227.
- ^ "What's Cooking?". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Film: British Actor in 1959". BAFTA Awards Database. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 123.
- ^ "Terry-Thomas". Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Terry-Thomas in Tuscany". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c McCann 2009, p. 234.
- ^ "Terry-Thomas in the South of France". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Terry-Thomas in Northern Ireland". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Sette Volte Sette". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Uno Scacco Tutto Matto". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Quei Temerari Sulle Loro Pazze, Scatenate, Scalcinate Carriole". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Una Su Tredici". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 174.
- ^ "Gli Eroi". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Cast: Robin Hood". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Una Su Tredici". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 197–205.
- ^ a b Ross 2002, pp. 19–27.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 199–200.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 202.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 203.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 204.
- ^ Terry-Thomas & Daum 1990, p. 30.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 195–197.
- ^ a b c d McCann 2009, p. 196.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 23.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 24.
- ^ a b c d e Ross 2002, p. 25.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 197.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 66.
- ^ "Bev "Prong Cig Holder" Advertisement". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Bev "Lost Lighter" Advertisement". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Lyons Bev – Sergeant Major". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Lyons Bev – Tired". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 205–225.
- ^ Ross 2002, pp. 51–83.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 258.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 51.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 57.
- ^ "How Do You View". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 208.
- ^ "What's My Line? (17/12/51)". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 210.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 210–11.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 211–13.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 213.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 214–15.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 219.
- ^ Hyatt 2004, p. 172.
- ^ McCann 2009, pp. 246–247.
- ^ a b Ross 2002, pp. 44–49.
- ^ Ross 2002, p. 49.
- ^ McCann 2009, p. 248.
Bibliography
- Hope-Hawkins, Richard; Nicholls, C. S. (2004). "Stevens, Thomas Terry Hoar (Terry-Thomas) (1911–1990)". required.)
- Hyatt, Wesley (2004). A Critical History of Television's The Red Skelton Show, 1951-1971. Jefferson, NC: ISBN 978-0-7864-1732-2.
- Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British Cinema. Westport, CT: ISBN 978-0-313-30307-4.
- McCann, Graham (2009). Bounder! The Biography of Terry-Thomas. London: ISBN 978-1-84513-441-9.
- Ross, Robert (2002). The Complete Terry-Thomas. London: Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 978-1-903111-29-1.
- ISBN 978-0-86051-662-0.
External links
- Terry-Thomas at the better source needed]
- Terry-Thomas at the BFI's Screenonline
- Terry-Thomas at IMDb
- Terry-Thomas at the TCM Movie Database