Biography
Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist, actor and writer who worked mostly in the United States. Educated at St Albans School (where he was a classmate of Stephen Hawking) and at St John's College, Cambridge, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
Hendra was probably best known for being the head writer and co-producer in 1984 of the first six shows of the long-running British satirical television series Spitting Image, and for starring in the film This Is Spinal Tap as the band's manager Ian Faith.
Hendra died on 4 March 2021 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Filmography
all 18
Movies 13
Writer 5
TV Shows 5
self 4
Director 2
Producer 1
Belushi (2020)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Suits (1999)
Life with Mikey (1993)
The Big Bang (1987)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Mama Dracula (1980)
Lemmings (1973)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1941-07-10
Deathday2021-03-04 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceHertfordshire, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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