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Terry-Thomas (1911–90) was an English comedian and
character actor , known to a world-wide audience through his portrayals of
upper class cads ,
toffs and
bounders . His dress sense and style were striking, as was
the gap of a third of an inch between his two front teeth. He worked his way through small and uncredited film parts in the 1930s before wartime service with
Entertainments National Service Association and
Stars in Battledress led to a post-war career on stage and then into
How Do You View? (1949), the first comedy series on British television. He successfully transferred into British films, appearing in works by the
Boulting brothers which included
Private's Progress (1956),
The Green Man (1956),
Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957),
I'm All Right Jack (1959) and
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959). During the early 1960s he worked extensively in Hollywood, providing a coarser version of his already-unsubtle screen persona in films such as
Bachelor Flat ,
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and
How to Murder Your Wife . Later in the 1960s he worked in European films, before being diagnosed with
Parkinson's disease in 1971. He spent much of his fortune on medical treatments and, towards the end of his life, lived in poverty, existing on charitable hand-outs before a 1989 charity gala in his honour brought him financial comfort for the remaining months before his death. (
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Support as nom. - SchroCat (talk ) 23:30, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[ reply ]
