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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.
Terry-Thomas. 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 Ardingly College in Sussex, with ...
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 ...
Jan 9, 1990 · Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens, the son of upper-middle-class parents. As a boy, he preferred the ukulele to books, and played in school jazz bands before dropping out to become a ...
Terry-Thomas. 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 Ardingly College in Sussex, with ...
Aug 30, 2018 · Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens in North Finchley in July 1911. His father was a bowler-hatted butcher based at Smithfield Market and it was through him that the young Thomas Stevens got his first job at the centuries-old meat market as a fifteen-bob-a-week junior transport clerk with the Union Cold Storage Company. On his first ...
Jan 9, 1990 · Terry-Thomas was married to Ida Patlanskey, a dancer, from 1938 until they were divorced in 1962. A year later, he married Belinda Cunningham, with whom he had two sons, Tiger and Cushan. His wife ...
Jul 10, 2024 · Terry-Thomas (born July 14, 1911, London, England—died January 8, 1990, Godalming, Surrey) was a thickly mustachioed, gap-toothed British comic actor noted for his film roles as a pretentious, scheming twit. Terry-Thomas’s career progressed from music hall and cabaret performances to small film parts and radio, then to television, and ...
Terry-Thomas 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 and props tended to include a monocle, waistcoat and cigarette holder.
Jan 8, 1990 · Terry-Thomas, the gap-toothed comedian who played the cad in dozens of British and American films including "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," died today at age 78.
