Michael Staniforth

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Michael Staniforth (15 December 1942 - 31 July 1987) born in Selly Oak, Birmingham was an accomplished British stage actor, whose career included a spell as 'CB' in the original casting of the Andrew Lloyd-Webber stage musical Starlight Express. He reached his widest audiences as ghostly jester Timothy Claypole, a mischievous medieval poltergeist, in the long-running BBC TV children's comedy series Rentaghost. Staniforth also composed, played and sang the Rentaghost theme music. He died from an AIDS related illness on 31 July 1987.

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