- In 1953 he retired from performing but carried on writing regular columns for the showbiz press and working on behalf of the British Music Hall Society.
- Pint-sized, squeaky-voiced British music hall comedian, a performer from the age of five. Was awarded an OBE in 1946.
- When he was young he often worked with Charlie Chaplin. resulting in a close friendship.
- He became chairman of the Variety Artists Federation in 1946 when he was given an OBE after a 7,000 mile air tour entertaining troops and he was also a former King Rat.
- Studied at Trinity College.
- Brought up as one of 21 children.
- When he was small he had the ambition to be an actor.
- When he was 10 his mother, who'd divorced his father got him into a touring pantomime company one of whose members was Stan Laurel.
- Lived in the Bloomsbury area of London for 25 years until his death.
- His mother was a possessive woman who dominated his life and divorced his father when he was 10.
- He was under 5 foot in height.
- He had a brief marriage to an American actress in New York.
- Would liked to have been a lawyer or journalist.
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