Lance Percival

Lance Percival (born 26 July 1933, Sevenoaks, Kent) is an English actor, comedian and after-dinner speaker.

Biography

Educated at Sherborne School, Percival first became well known for performing topical calypsos on television satire shows such as "That Was The Week That Was". He appeared in the Carry On film, "Carry On Cruising" (1962). He also provided the voice of central character "Old Fred" in The Beatles' animated film "Yellow Submarine", and the 'voice' of both Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the 1965 cartoon series based on The Beatles, simply entitled "The Beatles". In 1963 Percival had a cameo role in the film, "The V.I.P.s". 1964 saw Peter Tinniswood collaborate with long-term writing partner David Nobbs on the BBC TV comedy "Lance At Large", starring Percival.

He is also the author of books of verse, "Well-Versed Cats" and "Well-Versed Dogs" which are both illustrated by Lalla Ward. In 1970 he starred alongside Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson and Jeremy Kemp in the musical film, "Darling Lili",

He also has one UK Singles Chart hit, reaching #37 in October 1965 with his cover version of a calypso-style song entitled, "Shame and Scandal in the Family".cite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 423
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5]

Between 1972 and 1978 the Thames Television game show, "Whodunnit!" was written by Percival and Jeremy Lloyd.

Television and film credits

*"Shoestring"
*"Confessions from a Holiday Camp"
*"Chico the Rainmaker aka The Boy with Two Heads"
*"The Yellow Rolls-Royce"
*"The Watere Babies"
*"Carry On Up The Kyber" (1968)
*"Up the Chastity Belt"
*"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"
*"The Big Job" (1965)
*"The V.I.P.s"
*"Up the Front"
*"Joey Boy" (1965)
*"Too Late the Hero"
*"Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse"
*"Who Do You Do?"
*"You Must Be Joking?"
*"Twice Round the Daffodils"
*"Postman's Knock"
*"Raising the Wind"
*"Operation Snafu"
*"What a Whopper!"

ee also

*List of British comedians
*List of Carry On films cast members
*List of people from Kent

References

External links

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