Jonathan Cecil:
† 1939-2011
Despite being descended from the aristocratic
line of Lord Salisbury, and educated at Eton and Oxford (his father was
the famous Oxford literary scholar Lord David Cecil), he has spent his
whole career playing idiotic fops, upper-crust nincompoops, and society
dimwits. Perhaps best-known on TV
as Poirot's slow-witted sidekick, Captain Hastings, he has mainly
appeared in a lot of fairly low-brow and kid's stuff, including 'The
Goodies', 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum', 'Worzel Gummidge', 'Kenny Everett',
'Doctor In The House', 'Romany Jones' and the like. 'Wodehouse
Playhouse', 'Dad's Army' and 'Alice In Wonderland' (1986) were rare
treats, but he's a great character actor who always brightens the screen
when he appears.
Jonathan Cecil - imdb profile
Thanks for posting this on my uncle Jonathan, a man even more hilarious in real life than he was on film.
ReplyDeletePerhaps his most celebrated role (outside that of raconteur in the French House, Soho) was as the camp Captain in Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, who gets his clothes stolen in a slightly naughty scene.
We all miss him!
Yours respectfully, David Cecil
Thank you, David. I'm glad that you noticed my small salute to your uncle. It is most sincerely felt.
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