Stanley Baxter

Stanley Baxter

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1960 "On the Bright Side"
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1997 Lifetime Achievement Award

Stanley Baxter, (born 24 May 1926 in Glasgow, Scotland), is a comic actor and impressionist, best known for his UK TV shows.

Early life

The son of an insurance manager, Baxter was schooled for the stage by his mother. He began his career as a child actor in the Scottish edition of the BBC's Children's Hour. He developed his performing skills further during his National Service with the Combined Services Entertainment unit, working alongside the likes of comedy actor Kenneth Williams, film director John Schlesinger and dramatist Peter Nichols, who used the experience as the basis for his play "Privates on Parade".

Television Work

Baxter's self-titled series were enjoyed by enormous audiences and the later shows were memorable for the high quality of their production. The cost in terms of sets, effects and extras for these spectacular programmes resulted in Baxter's sacking in turn by the BBC and London Weekend Television.

List Of Appearances

*Shop Window (BBC, 1952)
*Geordie (Film, 1955)
*On The Bright Side (BBC, 1959)
*Very Important Person (Rank, 1961)
*Comedy Playhouse: "Lunch In The Park" (BBC, 1961)
*The Fast Lady (Rank, 1962)
*Crooks Anonymous (Film, 1962)
*The Stanley Baxter Show (BBC, 1963-1971)
*Father Came Too! (Rank, 1963)
*Espionage, (BBC, 1963 Guest Appearance)
*Baxter On... (BBC, 1964)
*Joey Boy (Film, 1965)
*Wednesday Play: "The Confidence Course" (BBC, 1965)
*Christmas Night With The Stars (BBC, 1970, Guest Appearance)
*The Goodies, (BBC, 1971 Guest Appearance)
*Time For Baxter (BBC, 1972)
*The Stanley Baxter Picture Show (LWT 1972-1975)
*Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box (LWT, 1976)
*Stanley Baxter On Television (LWT, 1979)
*The Stanley Baxter Series (BBC, 1981)
*Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper (BBC, 1985)
*Stanley Baxter's Television Annual (BBC, 1986)
*Mr Majeika (Television South, 1988-1990, Title Role)
*Rab C. Nesbitt (BBC, 1991, Guest Appearance)
*Arabian Knight (Animation, 1995, Voice Only)
*Stanley Baxter Is Back (C4, 1995)
*Stanley Baxter In Reel Terms (C4, 1996)
*Meeow (Animation, 2000, Voice Only)
*The Unforgettable...Kenneth Williams (Carlton, 2001, Interviewee)
*The Sketch Show Story (BBC, 2001, Interviewee)
*Return Of The Goodies (BBC, 2005, Interviewee)
*The Story Of Light Entertainment (BBC, 2006, Interviewee)
*Comedy Map Of Britain (BBC, 2007, Interviewee)
*Happy Birthday BAFTA (2007, Guest)
*The Comedy Christmas (2007, Interviewee)

“Parliamo Glasgow”

Perhaps his most memorable routine is “Parliamo Glasgow”. Conceived as being written by a fictitious scholar visiting Glasgow, the sketch took the patois of Glasgow and developed it to marvellous comic effect. This sketch was included in one of his BBC Scotland series in the 1960s and was based on the corporation's first venture into language programmes namely 'Parliamo Italiano' - 'Let's speak Italian'. The scene which most people remember is when he goes to the local market and says to the trader "Izat a marra on yer barra, Clara?", which he then translates into plain English as "Is that a marrow on your barrow, Clara?". Another introduced the Glaswegian word "Sanoffy", as in "Sanoffy cold day" ("It's an awfully cold day").

Other Television Roles

He guest starred in one of the episodes of "The Goodies" and later appeared in the lead role in "Mr Majeika", a children's show about a magic teacher, expelled from Walpurgis (the wizard land) for failing his wizarding exams. he later stated that he had wished to retire after his spectacular hour-long shows had been axed and that the move to children's television was a "purely financial" arrangement.

tage Work

After the war Baxter returned to Glasgow taking to the stage for three years at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre before moving to London to work in television in 1959. In 1969 he played in the original production of Joe Orton's controversial farce "What The Butler Saw" in the West End at the Queen's Theatre in 1969 with Sir Ralph Richardson, Coral Browne, and Hayward Morse. He remained a great favourite on the Scottish pantomime circuit up until his retirement in 1991, starring with popular Scottish stars, Jimmy Logan and Una McLean.

Radio Work

Working with director Neil Cargill, he then returned to radio by taking the role of Noel Coward in the BBC World Service Play of the Week, "Marvellous Party" - written by Jon Wynne-Tyson, it also starred Dorothy Tutin as Coward's lifelong friend, Esme Wynne-Tyson (Jon's mother). Also with Cargill, he read "Whisky Galore" and "Jimmy Swan - The Joy Traveller" for BBC Radio, providing the voices of all the characters.After a lengthy spell in self-imposed retirement, he appeared in 2004 in a series of three half-hour radio sitcoms for BBC Radio 4, entitled "Stanley Baxter and Friends"; the success of this led to a further series entitled "Stanley Baxter Playhouse" in 2008 and to date this has been Baxter's most recent work.

Film Appearances

Baxter has appeared in a number of films, including "Geordie" (1955), "Very Important Person" (1961), "The Fast Lady" (1962), "Crooks Anonymous" (1962) and "Father Came Too!" (1963), the last three alongside James Robertson Justice, together with the animation "Arabian Knight" (1995). He often played a fiercely nationalistic Scot, as in "Very Important Person", a POW escape comedy where a stereotypical Nazi officer (also played by Baxter!) calls him "Englischer Schwein", Baxter responding "Scottish swine!!"

Authorship

He has penned a number of books based on the language of Glasgow, as developed in his "Parliamo Glasgow" sketch as above, and on humour of the city.

Personal life

Stanley Baxter was married for 46 years. His wife Moira died in 1997.

Awards

*BAFTA for Light Entertainment Performance (1959)
*BAFTA for Light Entertainment Performance (1981) for the Stanley Baxter Series
*Lifetime Achievement Award (British Comedy Awards)
*BAFTA for Light Entertainment Performance (1972) for the Stanley Baxter Picture Show

DVD Releases

Six of Baxter's hour-long ITV shows were released in 2005 DVD as "Stanley Baxter: The Specials" with a further two-disc set being released in 2006 under the title "Stanley Baxter: The Series & Picture Box" featuring further ITV produced shows.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062820/ Stanley Baxter] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/541148/index.html Stanley Baxter biography and credits at BFI Screenonline]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/aboutus/wirelesstoweb/decades/clip_display.shtml?decade=50s&clip_name=parliamo_glasgow&size=a&media_type=video Parliamo Glasgow] audio clip from BBC Radio Scotland
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwNIFZ-64pA] Stanley Baxter as Mr Majeika (Video clip)


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