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When I was in my early teens, Terry-Thomas seemed to be one of the stars of almost every other really good British comedy film around. He was certainly one of the most recognizable characters of all with that gap-toothed grin, cigarette holder and inimitable ‘Hel-lo!’, ‘Hard cheese!’, and best of all, the angry, ‘You’re an absolute shower!’
It is therefore remarkable to find out in this biography shows how hard he worked to develop these upper-crust ... ...relatively humble origins, he deliberately cultivated them as part of an act when he began to appear in music hall. Determined to live the part to the full, after the Second World War he bought himself a property in Queen’s Gate Mews where he hired several servants and had a wardrobe comprising 80 suits, 22 dinner jackets and 150 fancy waistcoats. (All right for some…)
Initially he made his name in BBC TV comedy, with the pioneering How Do You View, ...
JOHNV 29.10.2009
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