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Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) [a] was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, toffs and bounders, using his distinctive voice; his costume ...
Jan 9, 1990 · L.A. Times Archives. Jan. 9, 1990 12 AM PT. From a Times Staff Writer. Terry-Thomas, the English comedy actor whose trademarks were the hyphen in his name and the gap between his two front teeth ...
May 19, 2020 · The glorious life and tragic death of Terry-Thomas. British comedian Terry Thomas arrives at court to answer a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol in 1958. (AP) There are few actors more quintessentially English than Terry-Thomas. With his trademark 1/3-inch gap between his two front teeth, he came to personify the notion of ...
Terry-Thomas (1911-1990) Terry-Thomas. One of Britain's most beloved eccentric comedians, the irrepressible, gap-toothed Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Lichfield Grove, Finchley. He was the son of Ellen Elizabeth (Hoar) and Ernest Frederick Stevens, a fairly well-to-do London businessman. He was afforded a private education ...
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Aug 30, 2018 · In 1984 Terry-Thomas who had been living in Ibiza since 1968 in a villa he designed himself (‘I’m allergic to architects’), admitted in an interview that he had been told he had Parkinson’s Disease and only had a few years left to live.
Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. One of Britain's most beloved eccentric comedians, the irrepressible, gap-toothed Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Lichfield Grove, Finchley. He was the son of Ellen Elizabeth (Hoar) and Ernest Frederick Stevens, a fairly well-to-do London businessman. He was afforded a private education at ...
Jan 9, 1990 · By From News Services. January 8, 1990 at 7:00 p.m. EST. LONDON -- Terry-Thomas, 78, the immensely gifted gap-toothed comedian who played the cads, twits and bounders in almost 200 British and ...
