Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens (14 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) was a distinctive
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
comicComedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece...
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, known as
Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially
cadA rake is defined as a man that is habituated to immoral conduct. Rakes are frequently stock characters in novels. Often a rake is a man who wastes his fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, incurring lavish debts in the process...
s, with a "toothbrush" moustache, the trademark
gap in his front teethDiastema is a gap or space between two teeth. Many species of mammals have diastemata as a normal feature, most commonly between the incisors and molars.-In humans:...
,
cigarette holderA cigarette holder is a fashion accessory, a slender tube in which a cigarette is held for smoking. Most frequently made of silver, jade or bakelite , cigarette holders were considered an essential part of ladies' fashion from the mid-1910s through the early-1970s, and are still widely popular...
,
smoking jacketA smoking jacket is an overgarment designed for the purposes of smoking tobacco, usually in the form of pipes and cigars, or for domestic leisure.-Design:The classic smoking jacket is a waist-length jacket made from velvet or silk, or both...
, and catch-phrases such as "What an absolute shower!" and "Good show!"
He was born
Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Glenfern House, Nether Street,
FinchleyFinchley is a district in the London Borough of Barnet in north London. Finchley is on high ground, about out 11 km north of Charing Cross in the ceremonial county of Greater London and the historic county of Middlesex...
,
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,
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, and educated at
Ardingly CollegeArdingly College is a selective independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard. The college is located in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, having moved to its present location in 1870...
.
Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens (14 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) was a distinctive
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
comicComedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece...
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, known as
Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially
cadA rake is defined as a man that is habituated to immoral conduct. Rakes are frequently stock characters in novels. Often a rake is a man who wastes his fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, incurring lavish debts in the process...
s, with a "toothbrush" moustache, the trademark
gap in his front teethDiastema is a gap or space between two teeth. Many species of mammals have diastemata as a normal feature, most commonly between the incisors and molars.-In humans:...
,
cigarette holderA cigarette holder is a fashion accessory, a slender tube in which a cigarette is held for smoking. Most frequently made of silver, jade or bakelite , cigarette holders were considered an essential part of ladies' fashion from the mid-1910s through the early-1970s, and are still widely popular...
,
smoking jacketA smoking jacket is an overgarment designed for the purposes of smoking tobacco, usually in the form of pipes and cigars, or for domestic leisure.-Design:The classic smoking jacket is a waist-length jacket made from velvet or silk, or both...
, and catch-phrases such as "What an absolute shower!" and "Good show!"
Early life and career
He was born
Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Glenfern House, Nether Street,
FinchleyFinchley is a district in the London Borough of Barnet in north London. Finchley is on high ground, about out 11 km north of Charing Cross in the ceremonial county of Greater London and the historic county of Middlesex...
,
North LondonNorth London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes.-Boundary Commission:At its widest extent, North London is the part of Greater London that is north of the River Thames...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and educated at
Ardingly CollegeArdingly College is a selective independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard. The college is located in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, having moved to its present location in 1870...
. He began his working life as a clerk with Union Cold Storage Co, before drifting into showbusiness. Terry-Thomas worked in
cabaretCabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue—a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance being introduced by a master of ceremonies, or MC.Cabaret...
and as a
film extraAn extra, also called a background actor, is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...
before finding success as an entertainer during
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. After the war, he worked in TV, radio and variety, but it was during the mid-1950s that he developed his famous
personaA persona, in the word everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. This is an Italian word that derives from the Latin for "mask" or "character", derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning...
, first in his
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
series,
How Do You View?, and then in films. His performance as Major Hitchcock in
John and Roy BoultingJohn and Roy Boulting were English film-makers, who became known for their popular series of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:The twin brothers were born in Bray, Berkshire, England on 21 November 1913, to Arthur Boulting and Rose Bennet...
's
Private's ProgressPrivate's Progress is a British comedy film of 1956, based on the novel by Alan Hackney. It was directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, from a script by John Boulting and Frank Harvey.-Plot:...
(
1956The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* August 4 - The last film serial, Blazing the Overland Trail from Columbia Pictures, is released.* November 15 - Elvis Presley's first film, Love Me Tender, opens....
) gave birth to his catchphrase, "you're an absolute shower", and made him a favourite in British comedy films for the next decade. He reprised the role of Hitchcock in
I'm All Right JackI'm All Right Jack is a British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting released in 1959 as a sequel to their 1956 film Private's Progress. Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, Terry-Thomas and Miles Malleson all reprised their characters from the earlier film...
(
1959The year 1959 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters.*September 18 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely....
), and appeared in several of the Boultings' other films, including
Lucky JimLucky Jim is an academic satire written by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first published novel, and won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction...
and
Brothers in LawBrothers in Law was a 1955 comedy book by Henry Cecil, himself a County Court judge, about Roger Thursby — a young barrister — experiencing his first year in chambers. In 1957 the book was made into a film starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas directed by Roy Boulting...
.
Although Terry-Thomas was renowned for his caddish persona, he was a gifted voice actor with a range of accents in his repertoire. It was reported that the voice actor
Ivan OwenIvan Owen was a British voice actor who created the vocal persona of the puppet Basil Brush.Born in South London, Owen had already developed expertise in puppet voices when he met Peter Firmin, Basil's designer, in the 1960s. He voiced Basil from his first appearance in 1963, which he modelled, it...
based his voice for
Basil BrushBasil Brush is a fox. Best known as a Brit ish television character for children, he is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet , but has also been depicted in animated cartoon shorts and comic strips...
on Terry-Thomas's voice.
Adoption of stage name
Initially billed as Thomas (or Thos) Stevens, he considered the stage name Thomas Terry, but fearing that this might be taken as an attempt to pass himself off as a relation of the actress
Ellen TerryDame Ellen Terry, GBE was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain....
, he reversed this to Terry Thomas. In 1948, he affected a
hyphenThe hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. It is often confused with dashes , which are longer and have different uses, and with the minus sign which is also longer...
between the two names in order to be more distinctive, largely to stop people calling him "Mr. Thomas" (which he disliked) and, according to biographer Graham McCann, "because it felt
right".
Career
He played a variety of exuberant, malevolent and silly characters during the 1960s, and became famous for his humourous portrayal of the archetypal English gentleman cad and bounder. (
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying MachinesThose Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin...
;
Monte Carlo or BustMonte Carlo or Bust is a 1969 comedy film. The story is based on the Monte Carlo Rally. The film is a British/French/Italian co-production, and was released in the US under the title Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies....
;
How Sweet It Is!How Sweet It Is! is a 1968 comedy movie starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds, with a supporting cast including Terry-Thomas and Paul Lynde. Garner plays a photographer who brings his wife and child along on a Paris shoot, with both husband and wife struggling to stay faithful under extreme...
;
Jules Verne's Rocket to the MoonJules Verne's Rocket to the Moon is a 1967 British science fiction comedy film directed by Don Sharp and produced by Harry Alan Towers...
). In the 1970s he reprised his character from the first two of the films above along with
Eric SykesEric Sykes, CBE is an English radio, television and film writer, actor and director whose performing career has spanned more than 50 years...
to make high quality cinema and TV advertisements for Benson and Hedges cigarettes.
In 1966, he played a notable but very different role as an
RAFThe Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts.The RAF operates almost 1,109...
airman travelling through occupied France – and nicknamed "Big Moustache" by his French helpers – in the French film
La Grande VadrouilleLa Grande Vadrouille is a 1966 comedy film about how the crew of a Royal Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress shot down over Paris must then make their way through German-occupied France with the main help of two French citizens with very different mindsets.For over forty years La Grande Vadrouille...
, which for over forty years remained the most successful film in the history of cinema in France.
Personal life
He was married twice. His first marriage was to Ida Patlansky, from 1938 to 1962, and he was married to Belinda Cunningham from 1963 until his death. He had two sons.
In 1971 Thomas was diagnosed with
Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills, speech, and other functions....
, and by 1977, he had retired. During the 1980s he spent periods on and off working with ghost writer Terry Baum on an autobiography,
Terry-Thomas Tells Tales, which was published posthumously in 1992. In 1989, writer and broadcaster Richard Hope-Hawkins, and actor
Jack DouglasJack Douglas, born John Roberton was an English actor most famous for his roles in the Carry On films.- Career :...
, organised a benefit concert for Thomas, after discovering he was living in virtual obscurity and ill health. The gala, held at London's Theatre Royal, ran for five hours,
Phil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
topping the bill along with 120 artists.
Michael CaineSir Michael Caine, CBE is an English film actor. Caine has appeared in more than 100 films, and is one of only two actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade since the 1960s Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an...
was the gala chairman. The show raised over £75,000 for Thomas and the
Parkinson's Disease SocietyThe Parkinson’s Disease Society of the UK is a British medical research charity dedicated to the curing of Parkinson's disease....
. He was a second cousin of the actor,
Richard BriersRichard David Briers, CBE is an English actor whose career has encompassed theatre, television, film and radio.He first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines in the 1960s, but it was in the following decade when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life that he became a...
, who because of Terry-Thomas's Parkinson's disease, became President of the Parkinson's Disease Society.
Terry-Thomas died in 1990 at the age of 78 in Busbridge Hall nursing home,
GodalmingGodalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...
,
SurreySurrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford...
. The funeral service was held in Busbridge's St. John the Baptist Church. He was cremated at Guildford Crematorium.
Radiology
Terry-Thomas' dental diastema provides the basis for naming a widening of the scapholunate space ("Terry-Thomas sign") in a traumatic wrist injury.
Filmography
- Once in a Million (1935)
- Rhythm in the Air (1936)
- Sam Goes Shopping (1939)
- For Freedom
For Freedom is a 1940 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and Castleton Knight. It was made largely for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. It featured Will Fyffe, Guy Middleton, and Terry-Thomas....
(1940)
- If You Don't Save Paper
If You Don't Save Paper is a 1948 British short film educating viewers on cutting down on paper wastage by using paper more efficiently. It starred Terry-Thomas, later famous for his roles in comedy films....
(1948) (short) as Shop Assistant
- A Date with a Dream (1948)
- Melody Club
Melody Club is a Swedish pop/synth rock band from Växjö formed in January 2000. Their break-through came in 2002 with the song Palace Station, which was also big in Germany.The band has frequent radio airplay in Sweden, Germany, Japan, Norway and Denmark....
(1949) as Freddy Forrester
- What's Cooking (1951) (short) as Husband
- The Green Man
The Green Man is a 1956 British comedy-drama film based on the play Meet A Body by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, who produced and adapted the big-screen version.-Cast:*Alastair Sim as Harry Hawkins)*George Cole as William Blake...
(1956The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* August 4 - The last film serial, Blazing the Overland Trail from Columbia Pictures, is released.* November 15 - Elvis Presley's first film, Love Me Tender, opens....
)
- Private's Progress
Private's Progress is a British comedy film of 1956, based on the novel by Alan Hackney. It was directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, from a script by John Boulting and Frank Harvey.-Plot:...
(1956) as Major Hitchcock
- Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim is an academic satire written by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first published novel, and won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction...
(1957The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
...
)
- Brothers in Law
Brothers in Law was a 1955 comedy book by Henry Cecil, himself a County Court judge, about Roger Thursby — a young barrister — experiencing his first year in chambers. In 1957 the book was made into a film starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas directed by Roy Boulting...
(1957)
- The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth is a 1957 British film comedy starring Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas and Dennis Price. Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton and Joan Sims also appear...
(1957) as Lord Mayley
- Blue Murder at St Trinian's
Blue Murder at St Trinian's is British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School.Directed by Frank Launder and written by him and Sidney Gilliat, it was the second of the series of four films with well-known British actors: Alastair Sim as Miss Fritton, George Cole as "Flash Harry",...
(1957) as Captain Romney Carlton-Ricketts
- Happy is the Bride
Happy is the Bride is a 1958 British comedy film written and directed by Roy Boulting and starring Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker, Terry-Thomas, Joyce Grenfell,Irene Handl, Eric Barker, Thorley Walters and John Le Mesurier....
(1958) as Policeman
- Tom Thumb
tom thumb is a 1958 US-made fantasy-musical film directed by George Pal and released by MGM. It was based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. The lower-case lettering in the title was deliberate...
(1958The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date...
) as Ivan
- I'm All Right Jack
I'm All Right Jack is a British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting released in 1959 as a sequel to their 1956 film Private's Progress. Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, Terry-Thomas and Miles Malleson all reprised their characters from the earlier film...
(1959The year 1959 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters.*September 18 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely....
) reprising the role of Major Hitchcock
- Carlton-Browne of the FO (1959)
- Too Many Crooks
Too Many Crooks is a 1959 British comedy film about a bunch of inept crooks who kidnap the wrong woman. It stars George Cole as the leader of the gang, Brenda De Banzie as the victim, and Terry-Thomas as her husband...
(1959) as Billy Gordon
- Make Mine Mink
Make Mine Mink is a 1960 British comedy directed by Robert Asher and featuring Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, Billie Whitelaw, Elspeth Duxbury, Jack Hedley and Raymond Huntley, with cameos by Kenneth Williams and Irene Handl. A group of misfits go on a spree, stealing mink coats....
(1960The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...
) as Major Albert Rayne
- School for Scoundrels
School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating! is a 1960 British comedy film, remade in 2006, inspired by the lifemanship books of Stephen Potter.-Plot:...
(1960)
- A Matter of WHO
A Matter of WHO is a 1961 British thriller film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Terry-Thomas as a World Health Organisation employee trying to trail the source of a deadly virus. It also featured Sonja Ziemann, Alex Nicol, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman and Carol White....
(1961) as Bannister
- His and Hers
-Television:* His and Hers an episode of the British comedy series "Are You Being Served"* His and Hers , a British television comedy series...
(1961) as Reggie Blake
- Operation Snatch
Operation Snatch is a British comedy film starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders and directed by Robert Day. The story takes place in Gibraltar, and is based on a local legend: if the resident Barbary Apes were ever to leave, the British Empire would collapse. This wartime comedy has...
(1962The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the second longest-running motion picture franchise of all time , running more than 40 years.-Top grossing films :...
) as Lt. 'Piggy' Wigg
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is a Cinerama film directed by Henry Levin. George Pál was the producer and was also in charge of the stop motion animation. The film was one of the highest grossing movies of 1962. It won one Oscar and was nominated for three additional Academy Awards...
(1962)
- Bachelor Flat
Bachelor Flat is a 1962 American comedy film starring Terry-Thomas, Tuesday Weld, Richard Beymer and Celeste Holm. Filmed in Cinemascope, the film is a revised version of director Frank Tashlin's own Susan Slept Here of 1954.-Plot summary:...
(1962) as Professor Bruce Patterson
- Kill or Cure (1962) as Jerry Barkey-Rynde
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. The ensemble comedy premiered on November 7, 1963.-Plot:...
(1963The year 1963 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City....
) as Lt. Col. Algernon Hawthorne
- The Mouse on the Moon
The Mouse on the Moon is a 1963 British comedy film, an adaptation of the novel The Mouse on the Moon by Irish author Leonard Wibberley. It was directed by Richard Lester and served as the sequel to The Mouse That Roared. In it, the people of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a microstate, attempt space...
(1963) as Spender
- The Wild Affair
The Wild Affair is a 1963 British comedy film directed by John Krish and starring Nancy Kwan, Gladys Morgan and Betty Marsden.-Cast:* Nancy Kwan as Marjorie Lee* Gladys Morgan as Mrs...
(1965) as Godfrey Deane
- You Must Be Joking!
You Must Be Joking! is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Michael Winner....
(1965) Major Foskett
- Strange Bedfellows
Strange Bedfellows is 1965 American comedy film directed by Melvin Frank and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young and Terry-Thomas....
(1965)
- How to Murder Your Wife
How to Murder Your Wife is a Technicolor 1965 American comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi. The film was directed by Richard Quine, who also directed Lemmon in My Sister Eileen, It Happened to Jane, Operation Mad Ball and Bell, Book and Candle.-Plot summary:Jack Lemmon plays handsome...
(1965The year 1965 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1965.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Boeing Boeing*Brainstorm...
) as Charles
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin...
(1965) as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
- The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man is a 1966 British comedy film starring Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan, Harry H. Corbett, Bernard Cribbins, Diana Dors, Norman Wisdom, Terry-Thomas and Ian Hendry. It was written by Bentine in conjunction with Robert Hartford-Davis...
(1966) as Scoutmaster
- The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer is a 1966 Rankin/Bass stop-motion puppet animation and live-action musical fantasy film. Directed by Jules Bass, it was written by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Romeo Muller, based on the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. It features songs by Jules Bass and Maury Laws.-Plot:Teen-aged Hans...
(1966) as Brigadier Zachary Zilch
- Our Man in Marrakesh
Our Man in Marrakesh is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Don Sharp, starring Tony Randall and Senta Berger. -Plot:...
(1966The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died on December 15,1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
) as El Caid
- La Grande Vadrouille
La Grande Vadrouille is a 1966 comedy film about how the crew of a Royal Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress shot down over Paris must then make their way through German-occupied France with the main help of two French citizens with very different mindsets.For over forty years La Grande Vadrouille...
(1966) as Sir Reginald
- Top Crack (1966)
- Munster, Go Home!
Munster, Go Home! is an American film based on the 1960s sitcom The Munsters. The film reunited the cast of the show, except that Marilyn was played by Debbie Watson instead of Pat Priest. The film was well received when it was released in theaters but a box office flop...
(1966) as Cousin Freddie Munster
- Se Tutte le Donne del Mondo
Se Tutte le Donne del Mondo is a James Bond spoof movie released in 1966. In most of the world, the English title was If All the Women in the World. It was released in the U.S. a year later with the title Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die...
(1966) as James
- Dr. Coppelius
Dr. Copellius is a 1966 Spanish English-language comedy film based on the ballet Coppelius directed by Ted Kneeland and featuring Walter Slezak, Claudia Corday, and Terry-Thomas....
(1966)
- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon is a 1967 British science fiction comedy film directed by Don Sharp and produced by Harry Alan Towers...
(1967The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:*December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
) as Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe
- Arabella
Arabella is an Italian film comedy in the English language, starring Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas and James Fox. It was directed by Mauro Bolognini....
(1967) as the hotel manager
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River is a comedy film starring Jerry Lewis and was released on July 12, 1968 by Columbia Pictures.-Plot:George Lester is an American living in England...
(1967The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:*December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
)
- A Guide for the Married Man
A Guide for the Married Man is a 1967 American comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, and Inger Stevens. It was directed by Gene Kelly. It includes a large number of cameos, a few being Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Terry-Thomas, Jayne Mansfield, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Joey Bishop, and...
(1967) as Technical Advisor
- The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline may refer to:* The Perils of Pauline , a 1914 silent film serial* The Perils of Pauline , a 1933 film serial from Universal Studios...
(1967) as Sten Martin
- Arriva Dorellik (1967) as Commissario Green
- Seven Times Seven
Seven Times Seven is a 1968 crime comedy caper directed by Michele Lupo and starring Gastone Moschin. -Cast:* Gastone Moschin - Benjamin Burton* Lionel Stander - Sam* Raimondo Vianello - Bodoni* Gordon Mitchell - Big Ben...
(1968)
- Diabolik
Danger: Diabolik is a 1968 feature film from Italian filmmaker Mario Bava based on the Italian comic character Diabolik.- About the film :...
(1968) as the Minister of Finance
- How Sweet It Is!
How Sweet It Is! is a 1968 comedy movie starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds, with a supporting cast including Terry-Thomas and Paul Lynde. Garner plays a photographer who brings his wife and child along on a Paris shoot, with both husband and wife struggling to stay faithful under extreme...
(1968) as Gilbert Tilly
- Sette volte sette (1968) as Police Inspector
- Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Hy Averback. Although it is set in New York City during the major blackout of November 9, 1965, in which 25 million people scattered throughout seven northeastern states and Ontario, Canada lost electric power for...
(1968) as Ladislaus Walichek
- Monte Carlo or Bust
Monte Carlo or Bust is a 1969 comedy film. The story is based on the Monte Carlo Rally. The film is a British/French/Italian co-production, and was released in the US under the title Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies....
(1969The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1969.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Anne of the Thousand Days...
) as Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage, son of Sir Percy of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
- It's Your Move
It's Your Move is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Robert Fiz and starring Edward G. Robinson and Terry-Thomas. -Cast:* Edward G...
(1969) as Il direttore Dorgeant
- 2000 Years Later (1969) as Goodwyn
- 12 + 1 (1969) as Albert
- Arthur!Arthur! (1969)
- Mur de l'Atlantique, Le (1970) as Perry
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a horror film starring Vincent Price. Its art deco sets, dark humor and "over the top" performance by Price has made the film and its sequel Dr...
(1971The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...
)
- Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Dr. Phibes Rises Again was the second Dr. Phibes movie, a sequel to The Abominable Dr. Phibes. It was directed by Robert Fuest, and starred Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes.-Plot:...
(1972The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1972.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ben*The Big Bird Cage*Blacula*Bone...
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- The Cherry Picker
The Cherry Picker is 1972 British drama film directed by Peter Curran and starring Lulu, Bob Sherman, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Patrick Cargill, Jack Hulbert, Fiona Curzon, Terry-Thomas and Marianne Stone....
(1972) as Appleby
- Special London Bridge Special (1972) as Bus Conductor
- Robin Hood
Robin Hood is an animated feature produced by the Walt Disney Studios, first released in the United States on November 8, 1973. The 21st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film is based on the legend of Robin Hood, but uses anthropomorphic animals instead of people.-...
(1973The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
), as the voice of Sir Hiss (who had a gap between his teeth similar to Terry-Thomas)
- The Vault of Horror
The Vault of Horror is a British portmanteau horror film made in 1973 by Amicus Productions. Like its predecessor, Tales from the Crypt, it is based on stories from the EC Comics series written by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines...
(1973) as Critchit
- Eroi, Gli (1973) as John Cooper
- Side by Side
Side by Side may refer to:*Side By Side , an American hardcore punk band*"Side by Side" , a song by Harry Woods, popularized by Kay Starr...
(1975The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope...
) as Max Nugget
- Spanish Fly (1975
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope...
) as Sir Percy De Courcy
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 American historical comedy film. It starred and was also directed and co-written by Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently-filmed story of brothers and their adventures in the French Foreign Legion. The humor is...
(1977)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1978 British comedy film spoofing The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It starred Peter Cook as Sherlock Holmes and Dudley Moore as Dr. Watson...
(1978The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
), his last film role
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