AKA: Thomas Terry, Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens, Terry Thomas
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 07/14/1911
Birthplace: Finchley, England, United Kingdom
Death Date: 01/08/1990
Gap-toothed comic player who used his expressive eyes, mobile eyebrows and Royal Guards' mustache to create a variety of asinine British characters, usually in supporting roles, occasionally in leads. His antic personae ranged from the comically malevolent to the naive in "I'm All Right, Jack" (1959), "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) and, perhaps his signature role, Sir Percival War-Armitage in "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965).
J Algernon Hawthorne
1963
Sir Percival Ware-Armitage
Professor Bruce Patterson
Cadogen de Vere Carlton-Browne
Played ukulele and conducted a jazz band
Worked as clerk, then meat salesman for a London company where he first performed with its dramatic society
Toured in revue, "Stars in Battledress" (mimicking Richard Tauber, radio and WWII)
1946
London stage debut in revue, "Piccadilly Hayride"
1949
Film debut, "Helter Skelter"
