Gap-toothed comic player who used his expressive eyes, mobile eyebrows and Royal Guards' mustache to create a variety of asinine British characters, usually in supporting roles, occasionally in leads. His antic personae ranged from the comically malevolent to the naive in "I'm All Right, Jack" (1959), "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) and, perhaps his signature role, Sir Percival War-Armitage in "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965).
- Also Credited As:
Terry Thomas, Thomas Terry, Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens
- Born:
July 14, 1911 in Finchley, England, United Kingdom
- Died:
January 8, 1990.
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Job Titles:
Actor, Conductor, Dancer, Impersonator, Ukulele player, Clerk, Meat salesman
Family
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Child: Cushan Stevens.
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Child: Tiger Stevens.
Education
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Ardingly College, Sussex, England
Milestones
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1946 London stage debut in revue, Piccadilly Hayride
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1949 Film debut, Helter Skelter
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1956 First film success, Private s Progress
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Played ukulele and conducted a jazz band
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Toured in revue, Stars in Battledress (mimicking Richard Tauber, radio and WWII)
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Worked as clerk, then meat salesman for a London company where he first performed with its dramatic society