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Terry-Thomas (1911–1990)

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One of Britain's most beloved eccentric comedians, the irrepressible, gap-toothed Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens, the son of a fairly well-to-do London businessman. He was afforded a private education at Ardingly College in Sussex, with the understanding that this was to lead him towards a prosperous future in the world of commerce... See full bio »

Born:

Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens
in Finchley, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 78) in Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
Bernard Cribbins and Terry-Thomas at event of The Mouse on the Moon Terry-Thomas Still of Peter Jeffrey and Terry-Thomas in Dr. Phibes Rises Again Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters, Ethel Merman, Dick Shawn and Terry-Thomas at event of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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1980 Febbre a 40!
Dr. Christopher
 
1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dr. Mortimer
 
1978 Kingdom of Gifts
The Bumbling Chancellor (voice)
 
1978 La isla de las cabezas
 
1977 The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Governor
 
1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Mr. Square
 
1976 Spanish Fly
Sir Percy de Courcy
 
1975 Side by Side
Max Nugget
 
1974 The Cherry Picker
Appleby
 
1974 Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia?
 
1973 Robin Hood
Sir Hiss (voice)
 
1973 The Vault of Horror
Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
 
1973 I Love a Mystery (TV movie)
Gordon Elliott
 
1973 Gli eroi
John Cooper, English officer
 
1972 Film Night (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 August 1972 (1972)
 
1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Lombardo
 
1972 The Special London Bridge Special (TV movie)
Bus Conductor Terry-Thomas
 
1972 Colpo grosso, grossissimo... anzi probabile
Pierre Le Compte
 
1971 The Persuaders! (TV series)
Archibald Sinclair Beachum
– The Man in the Middle (1971) … Archibald Sinclair Beachum
 
1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr. Longstreet
 
1970 Atlantic Wall
Perry (as Terry Thomas)
 
1970 Howdy (TV movie)
 
1969 Arthur! Arthur!
Clennery Tubbs
 
1969 12 + 1
Albert
 
1969 Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage
 
1969 2000 Years Later
Goodwyn
 
1967-1969 The Old Campaigner (TV series)
James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
– French Farce (1969) … James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
– Home Cooking (1969) … James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
– White Man's Tomb (1968) … James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
– Man of Letters (1968) … James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
– Minx (1968) … James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
See all 7 episodes »
 
1968 That's Life (TV series)
– Moving In (1968)
 
1968 How Sweet It Is!
Gilbert Tilly
 
1968 It's Your Move
Jerome - il direttore Dorgeant
 
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Ladislaus Walichek
 
1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
H. William Homer
 
1967-1968 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Duke of Tallyho / Floorwalker / Lance Ramsbottom / …
– Cauliflower Ears That Bloom in the Spring, Tra-La (1968) … Duke of Tallyho/Lance Ramsbottom
– Episode #17.7 (1967) … Floorwalker
– Episode #16.23 (1967) … Smythe Farquardt
 
1968 Danger: Diabolik
Minister of Finance (as Terry Thomas)
 
1968 Seven Times Seven
Police Inspector
 
1967 Arabella
Hotel manager
 
1967 How to Kill 400 Duponts
Commissario Green
 
1967 The Perils of Pauline
Sten Martin
 
1967 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
James Franklin-Jones
– The Old Campaigner (1967) … James Franklin-Jones
 
1967 A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser (Harold aka Tiger)
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Constable
– The Five Daughters Affair: Part II (1967) … Constable
– The Five Daughters Affair: Part I (1967) … Constable
 
1967 Those Fantastic Flying Fools
Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe
 
1966 The Mysterious House of Dr. C
The Bull (voice) (uncredited)
 
1966 La Grande Vadrouille
Sir Reginald
 
1966 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Lord Aldric/James
 
1966 The Sandwich Man
Scout Master (as Terry Thomas)
 
1966 The Daydreamer
Brig. Zachary Zilch (The First Tailor) (voice)
 
1966 Munster, Go Home!
Freddie Munster
 
1966 Bang! Bang! You're Dead!
El Caid
 
1966 Top Crack
Charles
 
1965 You Must Be Joking!
Maj. Foskett
 
1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
 
1963-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Arthur Shelby / Charlie Hill / Gideon Auerbach
– Who Killed the Thirteenth Clown? (1965) … Gideon Auerbach
– Who Killed Madison Cooper? (1964) … Arthur Shelby
– Who Killed Julian Buck? (1963) … Charlie Hill
 
1965 Strange Bedfellows
Assistant Mortician
 
1965 How to Murder Your Wife
Charles
 
1963 The Wild Affair
Godfrey Deane
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
J. Algernon Hawthorne
 
1963 Terry-Thomas (TV movie)
 
1963 The Mouse on the Moon
Maurice Spender (as Terry Thomas)
 
1963 The British at Play (TV movie)
 
1962 Kill or Cure
Captain J. (Jeroboam) Barker-Rynde PI
 
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Ludwig ('The Singing Bone')
 
1962 Operation Snatch
Lt. 'Piggy' Wigg
 
1962 Bachelor Flat
Professor Bruce Patterson
 
1961 A Matter of WHO
Archibald Bannister
 
1961 His and Hers
Reggie Blake
 
1960 Make Mine Mink
Major Albert Rayne
 
1960 School for Scoundrels
Raymond Delauney
 
1960 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Lord Arthur Savile
– Lord Arthur Saville's Crime (1960) … Lord Arthur Savile
 
1960 That's Odd (short)
 
1959 I'm All Right Jack
Major Hitchcock
 
1959 Man in a Cocked Hat
Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne
 
1959 Too Many Crooks
Billy Gordon
 
1958 tom thumb
Ivan
 
1958 Happy Is the Bride
Policeman
 
1957 Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Captain Romney Carlton-Ricketts (as Terry Thomas)
 
1957 A Santa for Christmas (TV movie)
 
1957 Your Past Is Showing
Lord Henry Mayley
 
1957 Lucky Jim
Bertrand Welch
 
1957 Beat Up the Town (TV movie)
 
1957 Brothers in Law
Alfred Green
 
1956 The Green Man
Charles Boughtflower
 
1956 Friday Night with Terry-Thomas (TV series)
Host
 
1956 Strictly T-T (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1956)
– Episode #1.5 (1956)
– Episode #1.4 (1956)
– Episode #1.3 (1956)
– Episode #1.2 (1956)
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1956 Private's Progress
Major Hitchcock
 
1955 Around the Town (TV movie)
 
1951 This Is Show Business (TV series)
 
1951 La belle Hélène (TV movie)
Presenter
 
1951 Cookery Nook (short)
The Man (Husband)
 
1949 How Do You View? (TV series)
 
1949 Melody Club
Freddy Forrester
 
1948 A Date with a Dream
Terry
 
1948 If You Don't Save Paper (short)
Shop Assistant
 
1948 Copy Book Please (short)
Presenter
 
1941 Quiet Wedding
Extra (uncredited)
 
1940 For Freedom
News reader
 
1940 Under Your Hat
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1939 Flying Fifty-Five
Bit at Racetrack (uncredited)
 
1939 Sam Goes Shopping (short)
Boyfriend
 
1938 Climbing High
Voice of a Cow (voice) (uncredited)
 
1938 This'll Make You Whistle
Extra (uncredited)
 
1937 Rhythm Racketeer
Extra (uncredited)
 
1936 It's Love Again
Dancer (Extra) (uncredited)
 
1936 Cheer Up
Extra: Dancer (uncredited)
 
1936 Things to Come
Man of the Future (uncredited)
 
1936 When Knights Were Bold
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1936 Crowning Glory (short)
Unwanted Suitor at Party (uncredited)
 
1936 Rhythm in the Air
Drunkard Frankie (uncredited)
 
1935 The Ghost Goes West
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1935 Weekend Millionaire
Man at Auction (uncredited)
 
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Extra (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1967 Those Fantastic Flying Fools (performer: "You Must Always Trust the Stranger")
 
1964 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.16 (1964) (performer: "Tea for Two")
 
1957 The Music Box (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1957) (performer: "Joe the Carrier Lad")
 
1948 Brass Monkey (performer: "It's the Greatest Business in the World", "Somebody Blew My Bluebird's Egg")
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1963 Terry-Thomas in Northern Ireland (documentary short) (producer)
 
1963 Terry-Thomas in the South of France (documentary short) (producer)
 
1963 Terry-Thomas in Tuscany (documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1963 Terry-Thomas (TV movie)
 
1949 How Do You View? (TV series) (1949-1950)
 
Show ShowSelf (45 titles)
1981 The Circus World Championships (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1976 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1976) … Himself
 
1971-1974 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.9 (1974) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1971) … Himself
 
1974 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1972 The Dave Cash Radio Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.6 (1972) … Himself - Singer
 
1968-1972 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Performer
– Episode #5.23 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #5.20 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1968) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1972 Tunisia: Yesterday and Today (documentary short)
Himself (voice)
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.41 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 November 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.99 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1970 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.177 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Peapicker in Piccadilly (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969 Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 October 1969 (1969) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 October 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1968-1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.4 (1969) … Himself
– Christmas Show (1968) … Himself
 
1969 The Liberace Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Comedian
– Episode #6.24 (1969) … Himself - Comedian
 
1969 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Showtime (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode dated 6 April 1968 (1968) … Himself - Host
 
1968 Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.9 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Everybody's Got a System (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1965 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 March 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 An Hour with Robert Goulet (TV special)
 
1964 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 17 May 1964 (1964) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1963-1964 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.29 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #6.7 (1963) … Himself
 
1964 The Object Is (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 January 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 Here's Edie (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.9 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Sketch Actor
– Episode #1.16 (1964) … Himself - Singer/Sketch Actor
 
1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 Terry-Thomas in the South of France (documentary short)
Himself - Host
 
1963 Terry-Thomas in Tuscany (documentary short)
Himself - Host
 
1963 Terry-Thomas in Northern Ireland (documentary short)
Himself - Host
 
1961 The Bing Crosby Show (TV special)
Himself
 
1957 The Music Box (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.4 (1957) … Himself - Presenter
 
1955-1956 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself
– Constellation (1956) … Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1955) … Himself
 
1956 My Wildest Dream (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 May 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1951 What's My Line (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Challenger
– Episode dated 17 December 1951 (1951) … Himself - Celebrity Challenger
 
1951 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.28 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 The Queen Steps Out (short)
Himself
 
1949 Helter Skelter
Himself
 
1948 Brass Monkey
Himself (as Terry Thomas)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2010-2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2000-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Legends (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (TV documentary)
Lieutenant Colonel J. Algernon Hawthorne (uncredited)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Electric Company Fortune-teller
 
1980 Clapper Board (TV series)
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 The Karate Killers
Constable
 
1967 Lionpower from MGM (short)
Ladislaus Walichek (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1946) Royal Variety Performance, The Palladium Theatre, Argyll Street, London W1. Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Other performers included: Arthur Askey, Sid Field, Jerry Desmonde, Jimmy Jewel and Charlie Chester. Compered by Val Parnell. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Terry Thomas

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Trivia:

Was charged with driving a car in Great Windmill Street, Soho, on December 23 1957 "while under the influence of drink to such an extent as to be incapable of proper control of the vehicle." At Bow Street Court on January 16, 1958 he pled not guilty and elected to go for trial. At the trial on March 14, 1958 he was found not guilty and discharged. See more »

Trademark:

Catchphrases "You're an absolute shower", "Good show" etc See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer