Stanley Baxter
Stanley Baxter (born 24 May 1926) was a popular Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and then starring along Leslie Phillips and James Robertson Justice. Very Important Person (1961) Crooks Anonymous (1962) The Fast Lady (1962) and finally Father Came Too! (1963)
Baxter later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2182 |
| Birthday | 1926-05-24 |
| Place of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As |
1962
The Fast Lady
5.818/22
A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father.
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The Fast Lady
1961
Very Important Person
5.542/12
Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist...
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Very Important Person
1962
Crooks Anonymous
6.042/24
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a depart...
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Crooks Anonymous
1964
Father Came Too!
5.885/13
When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up them...
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Father Came Too!
1965
Joey Boy
6.167/3
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish s...
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Joey Boy
1980
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
3.75/4
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1985
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
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Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
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Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
1986
Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
6/1
Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
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Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
1998
Stanley Baxter in Person
0/0
Documentary profile of Stanley Baxter featuring his first in-depth interview for forty years and extracts from his comedy series and specials. With co...
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Stanley Baxter in Person
2022
Ooh the Banter!
0/0
Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous celebration of Scotland's most valuable export – i...
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Ooh the Banter!
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
7.118/140
Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protective orbs of the palace get stolen, Tacka and Yum Yu...
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The Thief and the Cobbler
1955
Geordie
6.909/11
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength....
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Geordie
1977
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
5.3/3
Bing Crosby and his family spend Christmas at the estate of a distant relative in England.
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Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
0/0
Comedy legend Stanley Baxter returns from retirement and returns to the Christmas schedules with a trawl through the very best of his classic sketches...
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Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
1976
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box
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Sketches include the film noir 'Farewell my Cinders', the BBC Jewish news, The Bruce Fosdyke Show, A Christmas Appeal by Faith Douche, the meaning of...
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Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box
1979
Stanley Baxter on Television
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We hear from the Minister of White Papers about how Stanley Baxter is to return, then we hear how Miss Porker wants her own show, we learn about sex a...
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Stanley Baxter on Television
2025
Being Stanley Baxter
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A portrait of Stanley Baxter, Scotland’s most dazzling TV star of the 1970s and ’80s, whose groundbreaking sketches and lavish specials made him a hou...
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Being Stanley Baxter
2001
This is Stanley Baxter
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BBC Scotland documentary catching up with and celebrating the life of legendary Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter as he returns to Glasgow for his 75th...
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This is Stanley Baxter
2013
The Many Faces of Stanley Baxter
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Celebrating the extraordinary career of entertainer Stanley Baxter, whose shows captivated huge audiences for twenty years before the cost of his epic...
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The Many Faces of Stanley Baxter
1982
The Stanley Baxter Hour
6/1
The sketches include too many feet, Whicker's World looks at marriage, somewhere in Hell...1982, at look at the use of language in Arra Gemme, Bridesh...
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