Henry McGee
Acting
Biography
Henry McGee was a British actor, best known as a comic foil for the likes of Benny Hill and Charlie Drake
Born: May 14, 1929
Place of Birth: Kensington, London, England, UK
Known For
Benny Hill Show
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Mr. Hill's last TV work, taped and aired before his death, with outdoor scenes taped in New York City. Highlights of this show include "A Streetcar Named Desirée" (a Tennessee Williams takeoff) and a spoof of "Ask Dr. Ruth" (where he impersonated Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Roseanne).
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Goodies
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
Holiday on the Buses
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Benny Hill Show
The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show that starred Benny Hill and aired in various incarnations between 15 January 1955 and 30 May 1991 in over 140 countries. The show focused on sketches that were full of slapstick, mime, parody, and double-entendre. Thames Television cancelled production of the show in 1989 due to declining ratings and large production costs at £450,000 per show.
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
The Best of Benny Hill
The Best of Benny Hill is a 1974 film version of material from the television comedy series, The Benny Hill Show. This movie features sketches from the early Thames Television years, from 1969 to 1973.
Last of the Summer Wine
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Filmography
as Self/Various Roles
as Inspector Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Harold Hump
as Officer Bardot
as Roger Gresham
as Inspector Rogers
as Pilkington
as TV Announcer
as Dicky Bligh
as George Coombs - Holiday Camp Manager
as Goff Helliwell
as Frank
as Chief Encyclopedia Salesman
as Roger Relay
as Tailor
as Sir Peter Watling
as Dr. Orden
as Sir Peter Watling, F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I., Dip. Arch., M.R.San.I., G.B.E.
as Mack Martinson
as Bert
as Reeves
as Jeweller
as Maidwell
as Labour Exchange Clerk
as Mr. East