Tony Buffery

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name = Tony (Anthony) Buffery


caption = Tony Buffery (2005)
occupation = Bon Vivant, Socialite, English teacher, Psychologist

Tony Buffery is a British actor, comedian, and writer--apart from having a career in academic psychology [For example, see http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v214/n5092/abs/2141054a0.html] .

Buffery got his start in the Cambridge Footlights, but his place in the London Footlights Revue was taken over by Graham Chapman (later of Monty Python) [John Cleese in David Morgan's "Monty Python Speaks", chapter 1. ISBN 978-0380804795. Also appears online at http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/morgan-python.html] when Buffery chose an academic career over one in entertainment.

I do remember that in one year -- probably 1967 -- Clive [James] did a two-man show with Tony Buffery... who had been part of the 1963 Footlights show "Cambridge Circus" which featured John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, and David Hatch, but who as a committed graduate student had not gone with it on its professional tour to the West End and elsewhere. He was -- probably still is -- an astonishingly funny man not least physically, and I know that Clive always admired him no end.
"-- Pete Atkin, 03 Sep 2006" [ [http://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=Chums;action=print;num=1148937849 Midnight Voices - Print Page ] ]

As a member of the Footlights, Buffery contributed to the writing, music, and/or performance of many of the troupe's productions in the 1960s, including [ [http://footlights.org/1960.html 1960 ] ] :
* "This Way Out" (1965-66)
* "My Girl Herbert" (1964-65)
* "Stuff What Dreams are Made Of" (1963-64)
* "A Clump of Plinths" (1962-63)
* "Double Take" (1961-62)

Buffery also appeared in the 1967 Comedy series "Twice a Fortnight" along with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, and Jonathan LynnFact|date=August 2008.

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