I am a real person, an actor born in Bedfordshire in 1929, I left my job as a bank clerk and made my London stage debut in the play “Morning Becomes Electra”

I appeared in my first film in 1953 which was entitled “The Silent Witness”. Other films he has appeared in include “A Ghost Of A Chance” and “The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins”

In 1966 I joined the cast of TV’s “The Frost Report” which was to prove a turning point in my career. I retired from acting during the 90’s to run an antiques business

Despite having frequently appeared in drag on our TV screens, I intensely dislikes dressing as a woman

I am generally regarded as one of Britain’s best ever comedy writers.

It was on the TV series “The Frost Report” that I met a fellow comedian who became my working partner in a TV comedy series which ran for 17 years

In 1988 I starred in a short-lived TV sitcom called “Clarence” in which I played a short-sighted removal man, I also starred as Arkwright in a very popular TV comedy series

I starred as Fletcher in another classic TV comedy series

I am a star of “Open All Hours”, “Porridge” and one of the “Two Ronnies”