Roy Castle

English dancer, musician, comedian, actor and television presenter (1932-1994)

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Born: 1932
Works: 5

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Roy Castle
Roy Castle now and then
Jogging the memories
Roy Castle on Tap
Now and Then

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Scholes, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Roy Castle OBE was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. In addition to being an accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could play many other instruments.

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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2011
Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)2004
On Location: The Carry Ons — Captain Keene (archive footage) (uncredited)2001
What's a Carry On? — Captain Keene (archive footage) (uncredited)1998
Dalekmania — Ian1995
Pebble Mill — Self1991
You Bet!1988
Going Live! — Self1987
ChuckleVision1987
Daytime Live1987

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United Kingdom
Active from: 1932
Active to: 1994

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Listeners: 716
Total plays: 2,938

This is the biography of the late entertainer Roy Castle. For details of the contemporary musician, see Martin Chitty (Roy Castle) Roy Castle OBE (born August 31, 1932 in Scholes, near Holmfirth; died September 2, 1994) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He attended Honley High School. where there is now a building in his name. He was a talented jazz trumpet player. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 1992 and died in September 1994, jus

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Roy
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of death: Gerrards Cross
Occupation: television actor
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Instrument: trumpet
Record label: EMI
Military branch: Royal Air Force

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date of birth: 1932-08-31
date of death: 1994-09-02
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: lung cancer
start of work period: 1953-00-00
has works in the collection: Victoria and Albert Museum
end of work period: 1994-00-00
dance style: tap dance
Commons category: Roy Castle

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