There are few actors more quintessentially English than Terry-Thomas, but what was going on off-screen?
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Thirty years since his death, Terry-Thomas remains the most English of screen stars. From 1968, however, the comedy icon lost his heart to a Spanish island in the middle of the Mediterranean...
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Comic actor, born as Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Finchley, Middlesex. He performed with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during World War II and went on to work on radio and television. He rose to fame through a number of Boulting brothers' films, usually playing caddish roles, with catchphrases such as 'you're an absolute shower!'. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the 1970s, he was reduced to living in near poverty until a benefit concert was held for him. He died at the Busbridge Hall Nursing Home in Godalming, Surrey.
Diamond-encrusted cigarette holders. Tailor-made underpants. But all legendary comic and dandy Terry-Thomas was really interested in were the 'jolly eager girls'.
TERRY Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he was compèring a revue called Piccadilly Hayride at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The revue, its star Sid Fields and the gap-toothed compère were a tremendous success...
There are few actors more quintessentially English than Terry-Thomas, but what was going on off-screen?
The great eccentric British comedian Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens, 1911-1990) was born on July 10. It may shock you (or perhaps not) to know that this quintessential caricature of an upp…
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Henry Conway: The cravat will make you distinguished once more. Go on, pour yourself a stiff Madeira and give it a try
Caricature print of Terry Thomas with his catchphrase.
