Biography
Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 β 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 19
Movies 14
Writer 7
TV Shows 5
self 4
Director 2
Self (archive footage)
Belushi (2020)
Movie
Writer
Who's Who in Mycology (2016)
Movie
Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)
Movie
Writer
Snow White: The Sequel (2007)
Movie
Book Publisher
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
TV
7.5
George Parkyn
Suits (1999)
Movie
1
Writer
The Great White Hype (1996)
Movie
The Cosby Mysteries (1994)
TV
Cookie Commercial Director
Life with Mikey (1993)
Movie
10
Writer
The Big Bang (1987)
Movie
Hunter
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Movie
10
Miami Vice (1984)
TV
7
Ian Faith
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Movie
5.81
Writer
Mama Dracula (1980)
Movie
Writer
The Missing Link (1980)
Movie
Writer
Disco Beaver from Outer Space (1979)
Movie
Director
Lemmings (1973)
Movie
Self
Kraft Music Hall (1958)
TV
Self - Comedian
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Ratings
Average 5.79
Based on 255 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1948
1980
1993
1994
2020
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1941-07-15
Deathday2021-03-04 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceHertfordshire, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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