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Humphrey Lestocq
Category: Comedy
Status: Available
Ref: 6208
Price: £15.00
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Legendary British comedy actor and World war II fighter pilot.
Lestocq shot to fame playing Flying Officer Kyte in the wartime BBC sitcom Merry-Go-Round (1944-1948), which later evolved into Much-Binding-in-the-March.
He later became a huge children’s television star presenting the BBC’s fortnightly Saturday afternoon programme Whirligig (1950-1956) with a puppet called Mr Turnip.
Lestocq’s many films include Angels One Five (1953), Meet
Mr Lucifer (1953), Conflict of Wings (1954), Son of Robin Hood
(1959), Not A Hope In Hell (1960), Pit of Darkness (1961) and Waltz of the Toreadors
(1962).
Lestocq created and popularised the phrase “Goody goody
gumdrops”
Hank was "Hank the Cowboy", another star of Whirligig, played by Francis Coudrill (1914-1989). This programme featured Coudrill in costume, with puppets Silver King (a goofy horse), Mexican Pete the Bandit and Big Chief Dirty Face. There were simple animated cartoons against a static background and live appearances with comedy, music and songs.
In very good condition (some light album removal scuffing to the printed side of the card.)