Terry-Thomas
Acting
Biography
Terry-Thomas (14 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) was an English actor. He was famous for his comedic portrayals of disreputable members of the upper classes.
Born: July 10, 1911
Place of Birth: Finchley, London, England, UK
Known For
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.
The Judy Garland Show
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
The Persuaders!
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Too Many Crooks
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
How Sweet It Is!
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Robin Hood
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Make Mine Mink
In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as The Villain Ivan (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Customs Captain
as Dr. Christopher
as Dr. Mortimer
as Governor
as Archibald Sinclair Beachum
as Mr. Square
as Sir Percy de Courcy
as Max Nugget
as Appleby
as Sir Hiss - A Snake (voice)
as Arthur Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
as Gordon Elliott
as Major John Cooper
as Lombardo
as Pierre Le Compte
as Bus Conductor Terry-Thomas
as Archibald Sinclair Beachum
as Dr. Longstreet
as Commander Perry of British HQ
as Albert
as Clennery Tubbs
as Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage
as Goodwyn
as Gilbert Tilly
as Jerome
as H. William Homer
as Ladislaus
as Police Inspector
as Commissario Green
as Minister of Interior / Minister of Finance
as Self
as Self
as Hotel manager
as Sten Martin
as Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe
as Technical Adviser (Harold aka Tiger)
as Constabler
as Reginald Brook
as Lord Aldric / James
as Scout Master
as Freddie Munster
as Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice)
as El Caid
as Charles
as Godfrey Deane
as Major Foskett
as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
as Assistant Mortician
as Charles
as Constable
as Self
as J. Algernon Hawthorne
as Self
as Charlie Hill
as Gideon Auerbach
as Arthur Shelby
as Maurice Spender
as Capt. J. (Jeroboam) Barker-Rynde PI
as Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone")
as Lt. 'Piggy' Wigg
as Self - Guest Host
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Professor Bruce Patterson
as Archibald Bannister
as Reggie Blake
as Major Albert Rayne
as Raymond Delauney
as Lord Arthur Savile
as Major Hitchcock
as Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne
as Billy Gordon
as Ivan
as Policeman
as Capt. Romney Carlton-Ricketts
as Lord Henry Mayley
as Bertrand Welch
as Alfred Green
as Charles Boughtflower
as Major Hitchcock
as Self
as Freddy Forrester
as Terry-Thomas
as Terry
as Self
as Presenter
as Extra (uncredited)
as Extra at Race Meeting (uncredited)
as Dancer (Extra) (uncredited)
as Man of the Future (uncredited)
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Extra (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)