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Ardingly College, where Terry-Thomas engaged in amateur dramatics.. Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens at 53 Lichfield Grove, Finchley, North London. [1] He was the fourth of five children born to Ernest Frederick Stevens, managing director of a butcher's business at Smithfield Market and part-time amateur actor, and his wife Ellen Elizabeth Stevens (née Hoar).
During the 1960s and 1970s, Terry-Thomas' appearances on stage and radio were becoming less frequent but his television and film output remained consistent, despite his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in 1971; by the mid-1980s, though, the disease had effectively ended his career. [11]
Terry Thomas may refer to: Terry-Thomas (1911–1990), English comic actor; Terry Thomas (basketball) (1953–1998), American NBA player; Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield (1937–2018), British peer; Terry Thomas (musician), founding member of the British rock band Charlie and record producer; Terry Thomas (athlete) (born 1997 ...
Charlie was a British rock band formed in 1971 by singer/songwriter Terry Thomas. The group was most active as a recording unit from the mid-1970s to 1986. Charlie never charted in the UK but had four minor hits in the US: "Turning To You" (1977) "She Loves to Be In Love" (1978), "Killer Cut" (1979) and "It's Inevitable" (1983).
While Terry-Thomas had a substantial leading role as a "bounder", Hill, Sykes and Hancock played lesser cameos. [15] Although Hancock had broken his leg off-set, two days into filming, Annakin wrote his infirmity into the story, and his leg bound in a cast figured in a number of scenes.
Set in the fictitious English borough of Sludgely, the film centres on two rival nightclubs, located side by side. [4] The decrepit Golden Nugget, which features strip shows and music hall variety turns, is run by Max Nugget (Terry-Thomas), assisted by his hypochondriac nephew Rodney (Barry Humphries), while Sound City is a pop music club, run by Gary (Billy Boyle).
Make Mine Mink is a 1960 British comedy farce film directed by Robert Asher and featuring Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques and Billie Whitelaw. [2] It was based on the 1958 play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke, and its sequels.
Thomas or Tom Terry may refer to: Tomás Terry (died 1886), Cuban business magnate; Thomas D. Terry (1816–1897), president of Santa Clara University; Tom Terry (meteorologist) (born 1969), television meteorologist; Tom Terry (author), author and broadcaster; Terry-Thomas (1911–1990), who used this stage name for a short while