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Roy Castle
Sign in to saveEnglish dancer, musician, comedian, actor and television presenter (1932-1994)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Roy Castle
- Roy Castle now and then
- Jogging the memories
- Roy Castle on Tap
- Now and Then
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 1994
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- 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
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
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- EMI
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
Show 9 more facts
- 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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