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In 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work as an entertainer and actor. In this latest instalment of gongs he was promoted to Knight Commander for his services to entertainment and charity. As far as "entertainment" goes, in between he has scarcely been seen or heard of. The odd appearance on the likes of "The One Show" or "This Morning" is all I can find. In fact, I don't really know what he's been living on during those four decades.
In an interview he is quoted as saying:
"I have always been very lucky that things have happened to me. I went into Half A Sixpence, which was a musical, and then next thing I know I am on Broadway, then I am in Hollywood doing films. It sounds like a blinking fairy story and I suppose it is. It’s a showbusiness fairy story.”
I might also suggest it's about as credible as a fairy story. The only films of any note I can see him being in after Half a Sixpence was “Finian’s Rainbow” which was made in a year later and where he played second or even third fiddle to Fred Astaire and Petula Clark.
Don't get me wrong, he was a good entertainer in his time - which lasted but a short while. "Half a Sixpence" was a good yarn but it was made over fifty years ago. He was a very good squash player (along with Leonard Rossiter who numbered among the top ten amateur squash players in the UK) and I understand he’s done a bit of sculpting. But a Knighthood? Anybody any ideas why he has been awarded a "K" other than because it was "Buggins' Turn"?
In 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work as an entertainer and actor. In this latest instalment of gongs he was promoted to Knight Commander for his services to entertainment and charity. As far as "entertainment" goes, in between he has scarcely been seen or heard of. The odd appearance on the likes of "The One Show" or "This Morning" is all I can find. In fact, I don't really know what he's been living on during those four decades.
In an interview he is quoted as saying:
"I have always been very lucky that things have happened to me. I went into Half A Sixpence, which was a musical, and then next thing I know I am on Broadway, then I am in Hollywood doing films. It sounds like a blinking fairy story and I suppose it is. It’s a showbusiness fairy story.”
I might also suggest it's about as credible as a fairy story. The only films of any note I can see him being in after Half a Sixpence was “Finian’s Rainbow” which was made in a year later and where he played second or even third fiddle to Fred Astaire and Petula Clark.
Don't get me wrong, he was a good entertainer in his time - which lasted but a short while. "Half a Sixpence" was a good yarn but it was made over fifty years ago. He was a very good squash player (along with Leonard Rossiter who numbered among the top ten amateur squash players in the UK) and I understand he’s done a bit of sculpting. But a Knighthood? Anybody any ideas why he has been awarded a "K" other than because it was "Buggins' Turn"?
As ever The Birthday Honours List covers many areas and some will sit easier with us than others,in a difficult year I think the balance is quite good and if it brings more smiles that squabbles it can only be good.
https:/ /www.bb c.co.uk /news/u k-54468 492
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//NJ,What did Lenny Henry,John Major,Elton John etc,do to deserve one?//
Well that nice Mr Major was the Prime Minister. Whether that's justification for a Knighthood is debateable but it's certainly more justification than awarding one to Mr Steele. The other two - one thought he was a comedian and took part (I think) in the Red Nose nonsense for a few years; the other sang a few songs and inexplicably made a pile of money from the exercise. Neither justifies a Knighthood on those bases.
Well that nice Mr Major was the Prime Minister. Whether that's justification for a Knighthood is debateable but it's certainly more justification than awarding one to Mr Steele. The other two - one thought he was a comedian and took part (I think) in the Red Nose nonsense for a few years; the other sang a few songs and inexplicably made a pile of money from the exercise. Neither justifies a Knighthood on those bases.
I was also intrigued by the link in the middle of that story saying "Cross-dressing songwriter guilty of beheading mother and putting head in freezer". I don't think I'll bother clicking on it, though.
Good for Sir Tommy, though like NJ I did wonder what he'd done lately. Wikipedia says he released an audio thriller serial this year, which may have been excellent.
Good for Sir Tommy, though like NJ I did wonder what he'd done lately. Wikipedia says he released an audio thriller serial this year, which may have been excellent.
I saw him at the Theatre Royal in Norwich years ago and he was amazing. I also saw him in the title role of Scrooge in the musical and was very disappointed, he seemed to take the whole thing as a laugh and in places it was very poignant. Anthony Newley was the Scrooge and in my eyes a hard act to follow but then I was / am a big fan.
So many 'celebrities' and 'stars' do huge amounts for charities that we don't hear about.
So many 'celebrities' and 'stars' do huge amounts for charities that we don't hear about.
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