Terry Scott
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Terry Scott (May 4, 1927 - July 26, 1994) was an actor and comedian who appeared in seven Carry On films. He also appeared in BBC One's popular domestic sitcom Terry and June with June Whitfield. As a regular comedy performer, he went on to become one of Britain's top stars.
Scott was born in Watford, studied accounting and served in the Navy during World War II. During the early 1960s, he became well known to television audiences for his role alongside Hugh Lloyd in Hugh and I.
Scott is best known for starring in several series of the comedy Happy Ever After and its successor, Terry and June. Due to the popularity of the sitcom, many people believed he was actually married to co-star June Whitfield. The pair also starred together in the movie version of Bless This House.
Scott later appeared with Lloyd as gnomes in the 1969 sitcom The Gnomes of Dulwich.
Scott had played a small role in the very first of the Carry On series of movies, Carry On Sergeant in 1958. In 1968 he returned to the series with a role in Carry On Up the Khyber (1968), playing main roles in six of the films. He said he stopped because he was busy with other projects[citation needed]. In the 1980s, he was the voice of Penfold the hamster in the animated series DangerMouse.
Scott's novelty record My Brother received regular airplay on BBC radio for many years.
Scott suffered from ill-health for many years. In 1979, he had a life-saving operation after a haemorrhage. He also suffered from creeping paralysis and had to wear a neck brace, even on television. When Terry and June was axed in 1988, Scott suffered a nervous breakdown. The attack was in part was brought on by his public confession that he had a series of affairs during his marriage to former dancer Maggie Pollen, whom he married in 1957.
[edit] Selected films
- Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957)
- I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Murder Most Foul (1964)
- Doctor in Clover (1966)
- Carry On up the Khyber (1968)
- Carry On Camping (1969)
- Bless This House (1972)
[edit] External links
| Carry On films |
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| Main Cast: Kenneth Williams | Joan Sims | Charles Hawtrey | Sid James | Kenneth Connor | Peter Butterworth | Bernard Bresslaw | Hattie Jacques | Jim Dale | Barbara Windsor | Terry Scott |
| Films: Sergeant • Nurse • Teacher • Constable • Regardless • Cruising • Cabby • Jack • Spying • Cleo • Cowboy • Screaming • Don't Lose Your Head • Follow That Camel • Doctor • Up the Khyber • Camping • Again Doctor • Up the Jungle • Loving • Henry • At Your Convenience • Matron • Abroad • Girls • Dick • Behind • England • Emmannuelle • Columbus TV: Laughing • Christmas Specials • That's Carry On! Unmade: Spaceman Upcoming: London |
