Terry Thomas Overview:

Character actor, Terry-Thomas, was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens on Jul 14, 1911 in London, England. Thomas died at the age of 78 on Jan 8, 1990 in Godalming, England .

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Gap-toothed, dark-haired, mustachioed British comedian whose exaggerated upper-crust accent, benign but foxy expression and long cigarette holder were all part of the act. He started as a dance extra, but in post-war years gained a reputation as a stand-up comic (always prefacing his act with "How do you do") before successfully tackling character comedy on film, alternately playing blustering idiots and wily rogues. In poor health in his last years. Died from Parkinson's Disease.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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Terry Thomas Quotes:

[repeated line]
Major Hitchcock: They're a shower. Absolute shower.


Lily Munster: Oh! Freddie Munster, you're not a very nice person!
Freddie Munster: I am a thorough rotter. Like all the Musters before me, and proud of it!


Raymond Delauney: [Repeated line during tennis game to Palfrey] Hard cheese old boy!


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In 1965 he brought a successful court action against "Private Eye" magazine after a cartoon image in the August 23 edition depicted him as a "drunken dissolute character standing under a stage door" (The Times, February 9, 1965).

The Marvel UK comic book villain Mad Jim Jaspers is based on him.

He and producer Douglas Rankin headed their own production company together. It was called Thomkins Productions Ltd.

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