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Tony Hendra
Tony Hendra

Tony Hendra

ActingBorn July 10, 1941Died March 4, 2021 (age 79)Hertfordshire, England, UK

Biography

Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist, actor and writer who worked mostly in the United States. Educated at St Albans School (where he was a classmate of Stephen Hawking) and at St John's College, Cambridge, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Hendra was probably best known for being the head writer and co-producer in 1984 of the first six shows of the long-running British satirical television series Spitting Image, and for starring in the film This Is Spinal Tap as the band's manager Ian Faith. Hendra died on 4 March 2021 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

2020
Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2010
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2001TV
1999
Suits

as George Parkyn

Movie
1993
Life with Mikey

as Cookie Commercial Director

Movie
1986Movie
1984
Miami Vice

as Gordon Wiggins

TV
1984
This Is Spinal Tap

as Ian Faith

Movie
1981Movie
1958TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 10, 1941
Day of DeathMarch 4, 2021
Place of BirthHertfordshire, England, UK
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