Stanley Baxter

Stanley Baxter

Birthday: 1926-05-24

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography: Stanley Baxter (born 24 May 1926) was a popular Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and then starring along Leslie Phillips and James Robertson Justice. Very Important Person (1961) Crooks Anonymous (1962) The Fast Lady (1962) and finally Father Came Too! (1963) Baxter later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.

Movies

The Fast Lady
The Fast Lady

A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father...

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Very Important Person
Very Important Person

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease ...

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Crooks Anonymous
Crooks Anonymous

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as ...

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Father Came Too!
Father Came Too!

When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling fathe...

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Joey Boy
Joey Boy

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it ...

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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career....

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Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper

Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper...

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Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual

Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual...

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Stanley Baxter in Person
Stanley Baxter in Person

Documentary profile of Stanley Baxter featuring his first in-depth interview for forty years and ext...

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Ooh the Banter!
Ooh the Banter!

Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous ...

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The Thief and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler

Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protecti...

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Geordie
Geordie

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building cours...

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Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

Bing Crosby and his family spend Christmas at the estate of a distant relative in England....

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Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then

Comedy legend Stanley Baxter returns from retirement and returns to the Christmas schedules with a t...

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Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box

Sketches include the film noir 'Farewell my Cinders', the BBC Jewish news, The Bruce Fosdyke Show, A...

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Stanley Baxter on Television
Stanley Baxter on Television

We hear from the Minister of White Papers about how Stanley Baxter is to return, then we hear how Mi...

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