Tony Tanner
| Tony Tanner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 July 1932 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
| Occupation | actor, director, singer, choreographer, playwright, lyricist |
| Years active | 1953–present |
Tony Tanner (born 27 July 1932, in Hillingdon, Middlesex), is a British stage, film and television actor and a Tony-nominated theatre director and choreographer.
Tanner graduated from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art with the Douglas Cup, awarded him by Margaret Rutherford. He spent five years in northern repertory companies, playing everything from Saint Peter to the front end of a cow in a British pantomime.
Intimate revues in West End of London brought Tanner some notoriety, including an appearance in a sketch by then-unknown Harold Pinter. Later Tanner played the patsy in The Birthday Party, opposite Pinter himself, by this time known to everybody. Tanner has made numerous appearances in plays and on variety shows on British television, including a stint as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, opposite Benny Hill’s Bottom.
All of this culminated in the role of Littlechap in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off in London’s West End, taking over for author Anthony Newley. He played the same role in Warner Brothers' film version of the show.
Tanner went to America to assume the lead role in Half a Sixpence on Broadway, and remained in the U.S.. Two more starring roles on Broadway followed: in No Sex Please, We're British opposite Maureen O'Sullivan and Sherlock Holmes guest starring with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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