Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas (14 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) was a distinctive British comic actor famous for the trademark gap in his front teeth, cigarette holder, dressing gown, and such catch-phrases as "You're an absolute shower!" and "Good show!"

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14 July - 1911 - 8 January - 1990 - British - Actor

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Born Thomas Terence Hoar-Stephens in Finchley, London he worked in cabaret and as a film extra before finding success as an entertainer during World War II. After the war he worked in TV, radio and variety, but it was during the mid-1950s that he developed his famous persona: as Major Hitchcock in John and Roy Boulting's Private's Progress (1956) his "shower" catchphrase was born, a role reprised in I'm All Right Jack (1959). He played a variety of exuberant, malevolent and silly characters during the 1960s, and became famous for his portrayal of the archetypal cad, bounder, and absolute rotter.

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Finchley - London - Cabaret - Film extra - World War II - John and Roy Boulting - Private's Progress - 1956 - I'm All Right Jack - 1959

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In 1971 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and by 1977 he had retired.

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