Ken Goodwin (comedian)
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| Born | April 17, 1933 Manchester, England, UK |
| Medium | Stand-up comedy |
| Years active | 1960s – Present |
| Notable works and roles | The Comedians |
Ken Goodwin (born 7 April 1933 in Manchester) is an English comedian best known for his performances on the ITV Television show The Comedians.
His performance style is nervous and stuttering. He laughs at his own jokes and reacts to laughter from the audience with the catchphrase " Settle down now, settle down".
Goodwin started performing in working men's clubs, telling jokes and playing the ukelele. He then performed on the Royal Variety Show in 1971 and in a summer season at the London Palladium, before his television break on Opportunity Knocks followed by The Comedians.
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Ken was also an inventer like his farther who had invented boil in the bag rice, yorkshire pudding and the mobile phone, but kens inventions never took off he had at one stage during 1979 claimed to have invented a flying machine, but had been informed that it had already been invented in 1903 and was in everyday use across the entire world by major airports. Kens sister jane goodwin was married to 1960s singer pj proby, his older brother david was a nazi spy who was executed under the nuremburg trails in 1945-1949, and kens younger sister maggie married 1970,s child star keith chegwin
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