Kenneth Horne

Kenneth Horne (February 27 1907 - February 14 1969) was a British comedian and businessman. He starred in the BBC radio programmes Much Binding in the Marsh, (with Richard Murdoch), Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne - in the latter he was given a number of strange names. As well as being an excellent comedian he was also chairman of Triplex Glass and Chad Valley Toys, until he gave up business due to a stroke and concentrated on his comedy. He was particularly close to Kenneth Williams, who looked on him as a substitute father. He also did some TV advertising and he was in the series Horne A'plenty.

References

• Norman Hackforth, Solo for Horne. A biography of Kenneth Horne (Angus & Robertson hardback, ISBN 0207956502; Coronet Books paperback, ISBN 0340242744)