Bruce Forsyth

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{{Short description|British entertainer and presenter}}{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name = Bruce Forsyth
| honorific_suffix = {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}}
| image = Bruce Forsyth1 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Forsyth in 2006
| birth_name = Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1928|2|22}}
| birth_place = [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|8|18|1928|2|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Wentworth Estate]], [[Virginia Water]], Surrey, England
| death_cause = 
| resting_place = [[London Palladium]]
| other_names = Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom, Brucie, Brucey, Sir Brucie, Bruce
| occupation = {{hlist|Presenter|actor|comedian|singer|dancer|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 1942–2015
| spouse = {{Plain list|
* {{marriage|Penny Calvert |1953|1973|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Anthea Redfern]] |1973|1979|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Wilnelia Merced]] |1983}}
}}
| children = 6
| relatives = [[Joseph Forsyth Johnson]] (great-grandfather) [[William Forsyth (horticulturist)|William Forsyth]] (4x great-grandfather)
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance = {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = [[Royal Air Force]]
| serviceyears = 1947–1949
| unit = Film Unit
| rank =
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}}

'''Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson''' {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}} (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British entertainer and presenter whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the late 1950s through the [[Associated Television|ITV]] series ''[[Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]''. He went on to host several game shows, including ''[[The Generation Game]]'', ''[[Play Your Cards Right]]'', ''[[The Price Is Right (UK game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' and ''[[You Bet!]]''. He co-presented ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' from 2004 to 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26889405 | work=BBC News | title=Sir Bruce Forsyth steps down from Strictly Come Dancing | date=4 April 2014}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/9/sir-bruce-forsyth-breaks-tv-career-world-record/|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth breaks TV career world record|date=7 September 2012|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Forsyth was born on Victoria Road in [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], [[Middlesex]] on 22 February 1928,<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3419687.ece "Why I have done so well, by Bruce Forsyth, great-grandfather, at 80"], ''The Times'', 23 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.</ref> the son of Florence Ada (''née'' Pocknell) and John Thomas Forsyth-Johnson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/33/Bruce-Forsyth.html|title=Bruce Forsyth Biography (1928–)|website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref> His family owned a car repair garage and, as members of the [[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]], his parents played [[Brass band (British style)|brass instruments]]; his mother was a singer.<ref name="Guard1">{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,2226793,00.html|title=Didn't he do well ...|last=Cooke|first= Rachel|work=The Guardian|date=16 December 2007|access-date=4 January 2008|location=London}}</ref>

His great-grandfather [[Joseph Forsyth Johnson]] (1840–1906) was a [[landscape architect]] who worked in multiple countries,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10665583|title=Bruce Forsyth discovers 'bigamist' in his family tree|publisher=BBC|work=BBC News|date=19 July 2010|access-date=19 July 2010|location=London}}</ref> and great-great-great-great-grandfather [[William Forsyth (horticulturist)|William Forsyth]] (1737–1804) was a founder of the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] and the namesake of the plant [[genus]] ''[[Forsythia]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Family detective: Bruce Forsyth|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=6 December 2006|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1435131/Family-detective-Bruce-Forsyth.html|location=London|first=Nick|last=Barratt|access-date=27 April 2010}}</ref>

Following the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Forsyth was evacuated to [[Clacton-on-Sea]]. Shortly after he arrived, Forsyth's parents allowed him to return to London as a result of his feeling homesick.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The children's front : the impact of the Second World War on British children|last=Buckton|first=Henry|publisher=Phillimore|year=2009|isbn=9781860775710|location=Chichester, West Sussex, England|pages=101–102|oclc=317931464}}</ref> In 1943, Forsyth's older brother John, who served as a pilot in the [[Royal Air Force]], was killed during a training exercise at [[RAF Turnberry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/14/bruce-forsyth-family-values|title=Bruce Forsyth: My family values|last=Wintle|first=Angela|date=14 April 2012|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270257/FORSYTH-JOHNSON,%20JOHN%20FREDERICK|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> Forsyth attended [[the Latymer School]]. After watching [[Fred Astaire]] in films at the age of eight, he trained in dance in [[Tottenham]] and then [[Brixton]].<ref name="Guard1" />

==Career==
===Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom===
Forsyth started his live public performances aged 14, with a song, dance and [[accordion]] act called "Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom".<ref name="Loxley"/> His first appearance was at the Theatre Royal in [[Bilston]], with ''The Great Marzo'' at the top of the bill.<ref name="Guard1"/> He had made his television debut in 1939 as a child, singing and dancing on BBC talent show ''Come and Be Televised'', broadcast from [[Radiolympia]], and introduced by [[Jasmine Bligh]].<ref name="Loxley"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1039077/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Forsyth, Bruce (1928–) Biography|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

===Post-war work===
After the war, with the goal of joining [[Moss Empires]] theatres, he spent years on stage with little success and travelled the UK working seven days a week, doing summer seasons, [[pantomime]]s and [[circus]]es, where he became renowned for his strong-man act.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/strictly-come-dancing/news/a835951/bruce-forsyth-dies-obituary/|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth dies: Remembering the iconic TV host, entertainer and Strictly Come Dancing star|last=Eames|first=Tom|date=18 August 2017|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> His act was interrupted by his National Service when he was conscripted into the Royal Air Force.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/p28729/|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth to celebrate 70 years in Showbiz on the BBC|date=20 March 2013|publisher=[[Associated Television|ATV Today]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

In 1958, an appearance with the comedian [[Dickie Henderson]] led to his being offered the job of compère of [[Val Parnell]]'s weekly TV variety show, ''[[Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wr6qy|title=I'm in Charge|publisher=[[Archive on 4]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> He hosted the show for two years, followed by a year's break, then returned for another year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.bt.com/pictures/tv-news/60-years-of-sunday-night-at-the-palladium-a-look-back-at-some-classic-archive-shots-41363978588222|title=60 years of Sunday Night at the Palladium: A look back at some classic archive shots|publisher=[[British Telecom]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> His schedule of stage performances, which continued throughout the 1960s, forced him to give up the job of host.

[[File:Every Night at the Palladium.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Forsyth on front of "Every Night at the Palladium" souvenir brochure, 1962]]
Forsyth appeared in the London production of ''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me]]'', along with [[Avril Angers]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/nov/14/guardianobituaries.media|title=Obituary: Avril Angers|last=Barker|first=Dennis|date=14 November 2005|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> In the musical film ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'' (1968), a biopic of stage actress [[Gertrude Lawrence]], he played alongside lead performer [[Julie Andrews]] as Lawrence's father.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B07E0DE1130E034BC4B51DFB6678383679EDE&pagewanted=print&mcubz=0&mcubz=0|title=Screen: 'Star!' Arrives:Julie Andrews Featured in Movie at Rivoli|last=Adler|first=Renata|date=23 October 1968|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

In January 1968 [[Pye Records]] issued as a single "I'm Backing Britain", supporting the [[I'm Backing Britain|campaign of the same name]], written by [[Tony Hatch]] and [[Jackie Trent]], and sung by Forsyth.<ref>{{cite journal|date=20 January 1968|title=Back Britain drive hits chord in music field|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=40|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgoEAAAAMBAJ&q=bruce+forsyth+I%27m+Backing+Britain+trent+Hatch&pg=RA1-PA49-IA11}}</ref> The chorus included "The feeling is growing, so let's keep it going, the good times are blowing our way". All involved in making the single took cuts in their fees or royalties so that the single sold for 5[[shilling|s.]] instead of the going rate of 7s. 4½d. Forsyth happily endorsed the campaign, saying "The country has always done its best when it is up against the wall. If everyone realises what we are up against we can get out of trouble easily."<ref name="Single">"Song for the typists" (Business Diary), ''The Times'', 8 January 1968, p. 19.</ref> The song did not make the charts,<ref name="Not charted">Craig Brown, "Way of the world: A mutual case of wow", ''Daily Telegraph'', 4 June 2005, p. 23.</ref> selling only 7,319 copies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15551818|title=Buy British: Why isn't there a new campaign?|last=McClatchey|first=Caroline|date=8 November 2011|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

On 7 October 1968, he was top of the bill on the opening night of the Golden Garter nightclub, Wythenshawe.<ref>{{cite book|last=Forsyth|first=Bruce|title=Strictly Bruce: Stories Of My Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiIrCQAAQBAJ&q=bruce+forsyth+Wythenshawe&pg=PT158|access-date=18 August 2017|year=2015|publisher=[[Penguin Random House]]|isbn=9780593075982}}</ref> Two years later, he played Swinburne in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] fantasy film ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''.<ref name="Sellers"/> In 1976, he appeared on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', where he took on the duo [[Statler and Waldorf]].<ref name="Muppet">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-01-28/the-stars-share-their-muppet-memories/|title=The stars share their Muppet memories|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

===Game show host===
During his spell of hosting ''Sunday Night at the London Palladium'' as part of the show he hosted the 15-minute game show ''[[Beat the Clock]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11882663/BFI-to-show-entire-night-of-television-recorded-in-1964.html|title=BFI to show entire night of television recorded in 1964|last=Hawkes|first=Rebecca|date=30 September 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Forsyth's next success was ''[[The Generation Game]]'' ([[BBC1]], 1971–1977, 1990–1994), which proved popular and attracted huge Saturday evening audiences.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13710011|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth's old-fashioned appeal|date=4 April 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> It was on this show that Forsyth introduced his "[[The Thinker]]" pose, emulating [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]]'s sculpture, appearing in silhouette each week after the opening titles. This pose is reminiscent of the circus strong-man attitude.<ref name="Loxley">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-04-05/9-facts-you-might-not-know-about-sir-bruce-forsyth/|title=9 facts you might not know about Sir Bruce Forsyth|last=Loxley|first=Tom|date=5 April 2014|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> He also wrote and sang the theme for the show "Life is the Name of the Game."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/sir-bruce-forsyth-dies-aged-89/|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth dies aged 89|date=18 August 2017|publisher=[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Millions of viewers became familiar with the rasp of Forsyth's [[Regional accents of English|north London accented voice]] and his "distinctively pointy" chin that he emphasised in poses such as the "human question mark", with chin over raised knee.<ref name="Guard1"/> He was replaced on ''The Generation Game'' by [[Larry Grayson]].<ref name="Appeal">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4570306.stm|title=Forsyth's old-fashioned appeal|date=31 December 2005|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

In 1977 he announced that he was leaving television to take the star role in a new musical, ''The Travelling Music Show'', based on the songs of [[Anthony Newley]] and [[Leslie Bricusse]].<ref name="Bruce: The Autobiography">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcYLmLuXxYMC&q=bruce+forsyth+clair+de+lune&pg=PP186|title=Bruce: The Autobiography|isbn=9780330475945|last1=Forsyth|first1=Bruce|date=6 September 2012}}</ref> The show did reasonably well in provincial theatre, but received poor reviews when it moved to London and it closed after four months in July 1978.

[[London Weekend Television]] persuaded him to return to the screen later that year to present ''[[Bruce Forsyth's Big Night]]'', a two-hour Saturday-night show on ITV encompassing a variety of different entertainment formats (later reduced to 90 minutes). However, the show was not a success and lasted for just one series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-fight-for-saturday-night-tv-review-top-marks-for-michael-grades-illuminating-look-at-televisions-9931877.html|title=The Fight for Saturday Night, TV review: Top marks for Michael Grade's illuminating look at television's golden age|last=Dean|first=Will|date=18 December 2014|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Forsyth remained with ITV, hosting the game show ''[[Play Your Cards Right]]'', which was the UK version of the US original ''[[Card Sharks]]'', from 1980 to 1987, 1994 to 1999,<ref name="Viner">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bruce-forsyth-humiliated-by-itv-directors-lack-of-respect-634802.html|title=Bruce Forsyth 'humiliated' by ITV director's lack of 'respect'|last=Viner|first=Brian|date=26 October 2000|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> and a brief period from 2002 to 2003, before the show was cancelled mid-run due to low ratings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/play-your-cards-right-1980|title=Play Your Cards Right, 1980|date=24 April 2015|publisher=British Classic Comedy|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

In 1986, he went to the United States to host a game show on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], ''[[Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]'', which ran for 65 episodes from January to April that year.<ref name="Loxley"/> Forsyth starred in the [[Thames Television]] sitcom ''[[Slinger's Day]]'' in 1986 and 1987, a sequel to ''[[Tripper's Day]]'' which had starred [[Leonard Rossiter]], whom Forsyth replaced in the new show.<ref name="Sellers"/> He was the original host of ''[[You Bet!]]'' (1988 to 1990).<ref name="Timeline">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/04/18/bruce-forsyth-a-timeline/|title=Bruce Forsyth: a timeline|date=18 August 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

Forsyth fronted the third version of ''[[The Price Is Right (UK game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (1995 to 2001).<ref name="Viner"/> His unsuccessful gameshows include ''[[Takeover Bid]]'' (1990 to 1991),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/feb/09/game-show-hosts-six-to-watch|title=Six to watch: Gameshow hosts|last=Bettridge|first=Daniel|date=9 February 2012|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> ''[[Hollywood or Bust (TV series)|Hollywood Or Bust]]'' (1984),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19840410&id=yspAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1257,2055714|title=TV|last=Belcher|first=David|date=10 April 1984|work=[[The Glasgow Herald]]|page=26|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> and ''[[Didn't They Do Well!]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/bruce-forsyth-returns-tv-new-quiz-show-bbc/193926|title=Bruce Forsyth returns to TV with new quiz show on BBC|last=Billings|first=Claire|date=30 October 2003|publisher=Campaign|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> During the 1970s Forsyth featured in the [[Stork (margarine)|Stork margarine]] adverts on television,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/our-brands/stork.html|title=Stork|publisher=[[Unilever]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> and then during the 1980s and 1990s he appeared in an advertising campaign for the furniture retailer [[Courts (brand)|Courts]], in which he dressed as a judge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/nov/30/6|title=Courts furniture chain collapses|last=Treanor|first=Jill|date=30 November 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

Forsyth celebrated his 70th birthday in 1998 and appeared in a week-long run of his one-man show at the [[London Palladium]].<ref name="Sellers">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bruce-forsyth-death-obituary-tributes-biography-who-was-he-career-life-a7900981.html|title=Bruce Forsyth: The face of Saturday night television who has died at the age of 89|last=Sellers|first=Robert|date=18 August 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> In 2000, Forsyth hosted a revived series called ''[[Tonight at the London Palladium]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/nov/24/bruce-forsyth-70-years-stage|title=Bruce Forsyth to celebrate 70 years in showbiz with stage show|last=Trueman|first=Matt|date=24 November 2011|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

===Career revival===
In 2003, and again in 2010, Forsyth was a guest presenter on the news and satire quiz show ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''. Forsyth had called [[Paul Merton]], one of the team captains on the show, to suggest himself as a guest presenter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Youngs|first1=Ian|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth: 8 little-known facts about his career|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40985302|website=[[BBC News]] – Entertainment & Arts|access-date=20 August 2017|date=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="hignfy">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/13/have-i-got-news-for-you-host|title=What makes the perfect Have I Got News For You host?|last=Heritage|first=Stuart|date=13 April 2012|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> He co-presented ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' from 2004 to 2013, formally stepping down from hosting the regular live show in April 2014. This decision was made to reduce his workload and for the preparation of pre-recorded specials.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/04/bruce-forsyth-steps-down-strictly-come-dancing|title=Bruce Forsyth steps down as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing live shows|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=4 April 2014|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

On 7 April 2010, Forsyth became one of the first three celebrities to be subjected to the British version of the American institution of a [[Roast (comedy)|comedy roast]], on Channel 4's ''[[A Comedy Roast]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television-bruce-forsyth-a-comedy-roast-channel-4embarrassing-bodies-charlottes-story-1938515.html|title=Last Night's Television: Bruce Forsyth: A Comedy Roast, Channel 4 Embarrassing Bodies: Charlotte's Story, Channel 4|last=Sutcliffe|first=Tom|date=7 April 2010|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Forsyth was the subject of the [[BBC]] [[genealogy]] series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', broadcast on 19 July 2010.<ref name="wdytya">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6gbb|title=Who Do You Think You Are?|access-date=23 July 2010|work=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref> On 20 March 2010, Forsyth appeared on the autobiography-interview programme ''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]'', which was broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/q5ttz/piers-morgans-life-stories--s3-e3-piers-morgans-life-stories-bruce-forsyth/|title=Series 3 – Episode 3 Piers Morgan's Life Stories: Bruce Forsyth|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

In 2011, Forsyth released a collection of songs on CD called ''[[These Are My Favourites]]''. He chose the songs for their personal and musical importance, including a duet with his granddaughter, Sophie Purdie. ''These Are My Favourites'' also includes a recording of "Paper Moon" with [[Nat King Cole]].<ref name="CD">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a345198/bruce-forsyth-granddaughter-duet-on-album-these-are-my-favourites/|title=Bruce Forsyth, granddaughter duet on album 'These Are My Favourites'|last=Corner|first=Lewis|date=12 October 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

==Tributes and honours==
[[File:Sir Bruce Forsyth opening The Sir Bruce Forsyth Auditorium at Millfield Theatre on October 6th 2009 2014-08-10 12-29.jpg|thumb|Forsyth opening The Sir Bruce Forsyth Auditorium at the [[Millfield Theatre]], Enfield, in October 2009]]
Forsyth's showbiz awards include [[Variety Club]] Show Business Personality of the Year in 1975; ''[[TV Times]]'' Male TV Personality of the Year, in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978; and BBC TV Personality of the Year in 1991.<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/strictly-host-tess-daly-pays-11013148 "Strictly host Tess Daly pays tribute to legendary Sir Bruce Forsyth with heartfelt message"]. [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]. 18 August 2017</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/dec/22/broadcasting.comment |title=Profile: Bruce Forsyth |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

On 7 June 1959 Forsyth was inducted into the elite entertainers' fraternity, the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], Water Rat number 566.<ref>{{cite web|title=SIR BRUCE FORSYTH CBE Blue Collar Rat|url=http://www.gowr.co.uk/all-water-rats/v/216|website=Grand Order of Water Rats|access-date=24 October 2017}}</ref>

In 1987, a fan club was created – the Great Bruce Forsyth Social Club.<ref name="socialclub">{{cite web|url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/plymouth-mourns-sir-bruce-forsyth-after-his-death-aged-89/story-30487940-detail/story.html|title=Plymouth mourns Sir Bruce Forsyth after his death aged 89|date=18 August 2017|work=[[Plymouth Herald]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> They would later go on to assist Forsyth in singing his opening number, "It's Never Too Late", at his ''Audience With'' show.<ref name="socialclub"/> He repaid this favour by adding the society to his busy schedule in June 1997 and appeared at their 10th annual general meeting in [[Plymouth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sir-bruce-forsyth-fans-meeting-plymouth/story-29233112-detail/story.html|title=Hordes of people obsessed with Sir Bruce Forsyth are going to invade Plymouth|date=5 May 2016|work=[[Plymouth Herald]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Forsyth was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=55155 |date=15 June 1998|page=11 |supp=y}}</ref> and [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=57855 |date=31 December 2005|page=7 |supp=y}}</ref>

On 27 February 2005, the BBC screened ''A [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] Tribute to Bruce Forsyth'' to mark the entertainer's 60 years in show business.<ref name="Bust"/> He had a bronze bust of himself unveiled at the [[London Palladium]] in May 2005. The sculpture was created by his son-in-law and is on display in the theatre's Cinderella Bar.<ref name="Bust">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/nice-to-see-you-bust-marks-bruce-forsyths-six-decades-in-showbiz-220432.html|title=Nice to see you: bust marks Bruce Forsyth's six decades in showbiz|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>

In 2008, Forsyth received the [[BAFTA Fellowship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7357516.stm|title=Brucie's big night at TV awards|last=Osborn|first=Michael|date=20 April 2008|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> In 2009, he was awarded the Theatre Performer's Award at the annual [[Carl Alan Awards]]. Hosted by the [[International Dance Teachers' Association]], the awards are voted for by the leading dance organisations in the United Kingdom and recognise those who have made an exceptional contribution to the world of dance and theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.idta.co.uk/Site2/PDFs/press_release_carl_alan_awards_2009_results.pdf|title= Results of the 2009 Carl-Alan Awards|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090327093041/http://www.idta.co.uk/Site2/PDFs/press_release_carl_alan_awards_2009_results.pdf|archive-date= 27 March 2009|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

Forsyth received a [[Royal Television Society]] Lifetime Achievement Award on 17 March 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/programme-awards-winners-2008|title=Programme Awards Winners 2008|year=2009|publisher=Royal Television Society|access-date=6 July 2011}}</ref> On 26 January 2011 he received the [[National Television Awards#16th awards (2011)|National Television Awards]] special recognition award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltvawards.com/past-winners#y2011|title=Winners 2011|publisher=[[National Television Awards]]|date=26 January 2011|access-date=26 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114201058/http://www.nationaltvawards.com/past-winners#y2011|archive-date=14 November 2010}}</ref>

Forsyth was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2011 Birthday Honours]] for services to entertainment and charity.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59808|date=11 June 2011|page=1 |supp=y}}</ref> This followed a years-long public campaign to award him a knighthood. His investiture, by the [[Elizabeth II|Queen]], took place on 12 October 2011 and he became Sir Bruce Forsyth CBE.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15270608|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth collects knighthood from the Queen|date=12 October 2011|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 October 2011}}</ref>

In July 2012, Forsyth was given the honour of carrying the Olympic flame through London, as it finally reached the city on the penultimate day of the [[London 2012]] Torch Relay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19004771|title=Olympic torch: BBC greets flame and Sir Bruce Forsyth|last=Hirst|first=Michael|date=26 July 2012|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref>

Forsyth earned a place in the 2013 ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the male TV entertainer having had the longest career, calling it a "wonderful surprise".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19516385|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth becomes record breaker|publisher=BBC|date=7 September 2012|access-date=7 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/sir-bruce-forsyth-acknowledged-for-long-career-with-guinness-world-record-8116723.html|title= Sir Bruce Forsyth acknowledged for long career with Guinness World Record
|access-date=7 September 2012 | location=London|work=The Independent|date=7 September 2012}}</ref> He also appeared at the 2013 [[Glastonbury Festival]] on the Avalon stage, becoming the oldest performer to ever play at the festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jun/30/bruce-forsyth-glastonbury-2013-review|title=Bruce Forsyth at Glastonbury 2013 – review|first=Paul|last=MacInnes|date=30 June 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> In 2018 the NTA's honoured the memory of Sir Bruce by naming an NTA award after him.

==Personal life==
Forsyth was married to Penny Calvert from 1953 until their divorce in 1973, with whom he had three daughters named Debbie, Julie, and Laura.<ref name="Selby">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/bruce-forsyth-backs-assisted-dying-campaign-if-i-had-alzheimers-or-dementia-i-would-do-something-10189375.html|title=Bruce Forsyth backs assisted dying campaign: 'If I had Alzheimer's or dementia I would do something about it'|last=Selby|first=Jenn|date=20 April 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Julie is a songwriter, who composed [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988|the UK’s entry in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest]].

In 1973, he married [[Anthea Redfern]], the hostess on ''The Generation Game''. They had two daughters named Charlotte and Louisa, before divorcing in 1979. Asked to judge the [[Miss World 1980|1980 Miss World competition]], Forsyth met Puerto Rican beauty queen [[Wilnelia Merced]], who was [[Miss World 1975|the 1975 winner]] and a fellow judge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bruce Forsyth|work=The Observer|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/recorddoctor/story/0,,1369014,00.html|date=12 December 2004|location=London|access-date=27 April 2010}}</ref> They were married from 1983<ref name="Selby"/> until his death in 2017. They had one son together named Jonathan Joseph (who is better known as "JJ").<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4521271.stm|title=Forsyth's six decades in limelight|date=6 May 2005|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> By his six children, Forsyth had nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-08-18/bruce-forsyth-not-just-another-british-entertainer-he-was-the-embodiment-of-british-entertainment/|title=Bruce Forsyth: "Not just another British entertainer; he was the embodiment of British entertainment"|last=Glanfield|first=Tim|date=18 August 2017|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

Forsyth was a supporter and ambassador for the children's charity [[John Caudwell|Caudwell Children]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caudwellchildren.com/index.php/news-and-media/celebrity-ambassadors |title=Celebrity ambassadors |publisher=Caudwell Children |access-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> regularly appearing at many of their fundraising events.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/photo/bruce-forsyth-and-wife-wilnelia-caudwell-children-diamond-butterfly_3919690 |title=Picture – Bruce Forsyth | Photo 3051844 |magazine=Contactmusic.com |access-date=19 October 2013}}</ref>

In August 2014, Forsyth was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>

Forsyth lived on the [[Wentworth Estate]] in Surrey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surreylife.co.uk/homes-gardens/property-market/luxury-living-at-the-wentworth-estate-home-to-royalty-business-tycoons-and-sir-bruce-forsyth-1-1648518|title=Luxury living at the Wentworth Estate: home to royalty, business tycoons and Sir Bruce Forsyth|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/investment/9680349/Top-20-celebrity-retirement-hot-spots.html?frame=2399472|title=Top 20 celebrity retirement hot spots|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Until 2000, he also occupied a flat in [[Nell Gwynn House]], [[Sloane Avenue]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]].<ref>[https://www.nellgwynnchelsea.london Homepage of Nell Gwynn House] at nellgwynnchelsea.london, accessed 13 January 2018</ref>

==Illness and death==
Towards the end of his life, Forsyth suffered from ill health, which reduced his appearances in public. On 8 October 2015, he was admitted to hospital for cuts and minor concussion after tripping over a rug at his home and hitting his head.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nadia |last=Khomami |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/09/sir-bruce-forsyth-taken-to-hospital-after-fall-at-home |title=Sir Bruce Forsyth taken to hospital after fall at home | Television & radio |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref> A month later, he made his last full TV appearance on ''[[Children in Need 2015|Strictly Children in Need Special]]'',<ref name="Timeline"/> with filming for this taking place prior to him undergoing surgery for an abdominal [[aortic aneurysm]] on 12 November.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34855260 |title=Bruce Forsyth recovering after surgery for aneurysm |work= BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref> As a result of his surgery, Forsyth was unable to host that year's ''Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special'' as planned, but a spokesman representing him later stated he would play a part in the production, recording a special video message for it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Foster |first=Patrick |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12030790/Sir-Bruce-Forsyth-pulls-out-of-Strictly-Come-Dancing-Christmas-special.html |title=Sir Bruce Forsyth pulls out of Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special over health |work=Telegraph |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref>

After 2015, Forsyth made no further public appearances, as his health began to decline, with his wife commenting that he struggled to move easily following his surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11084846|title=Obituary: Sir Bruce Forsyth|date=18 August 2017|publisher=BBC}}</ref> On 26 February 2017, he was again admitted to hospital with a severe chest infection and spent five days in [[Intensive care medicine|intensive care]], before returning home on 3 March 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/03/sir-bruce-forsyth-spends-five-days-intensive-care-chest-infection/|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth spends five days in intensive care with chest infection|date=3 March 2017|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

On 18 August 2017, Forsyth died of [[bronchial pneumonia]] at his [[Wentworth Estate]] home in [[Virginia Water]], aged 89.<ref>
{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/18/bruce-forsyth-king-of-uk-gameshows-dies-aged-89|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth: King of UK gameshows dies aged 89|date=18 August 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40978576|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth: TV legend dies aged 89|date=18 August 2017|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Several celebrities paid tribute to Forsyth following his death, including his former ''Strictly Come Dancing'' co-host [[Tess Daly]]; his friends [[Michael Parkinson]], [[Jimmy Tarbuck]], and [[Des O'Connor]], the [[Director-General of the BBC|BBC director general]] [[Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead|Tony Hall]] and the then Prime Minister, [[Theresa May]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40981246|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth: Tributes paid to 'a national hero'|date=18 August 2017|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> [[BBC One]] aired ''Sir Bruce Forsyth – Mr Entertainment'', in place of the scheduled ''[[The One Show]]'', in tribute.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/18/bbc-one-to-air-tribute-to-bruce-forsyth-in-place-of-the-one-show-in-the-wake-of-his-death-6863145/|title=BBC One to air tribute to Bruce Forsyth in place of The One Show in the wake of his death|last=Westbrook|first=Caroline|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Forsyth was cremated on 5 September 2017 in a private ceremony attended only by close family and friends.

A few days later, on 9 September 2017, when that year's series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' began, it paid tribute to Forsyth with a special ballroom dance routine from their professional dancers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41160807|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth's private funeral held|date=5 September 2017|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref> On 14 December 2017, the BBC announced that it would produce a tribute show to Forsyth at the [[London Palladium]] on 21 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/bruce-a-celebration|title=Bruce: A Celebration to air on BBC One|work=BBC Media Centre|publisher=BBC|date=14 December 2017|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> Hosted by [[Tess Daly]], ''Sir Bruce: A Celebration'' was broadcast on BBC One on 11 March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09w3vd9|title=Sir Bruce: A Celebration|work=BBC|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref> On 18 August 2018, exactly a year after he died, Forsyth's ashes were laid to rest beneath the stage at the [[London Palladium]] in a private ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0819/986155-bruce-forsythes-ashes-laid-to-rest-at-london-palladium/|title=Bruce Forsyth's ashes laid to rest at London Palladium|date=20 August 2018|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film and television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1958–1964 || ''[[Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]''<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f18f909|title=Bruce Forsyth|publisher=BFI|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1961 || ''[[The Royal Variety Performance]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1965–1973 || ''The Bruce Forsyth Show''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1966 1975 || ''Frankie and Bruce''<ref name="BFI"/> || Co-star || TV movie documentary
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Arthur Lawrence || Film
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?]]'' || Uncle Limelight || Film
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Red Peppers]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || George Pepper || TV movie
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Swinburne, Bookman's henchman || Film
|-
| 1971 || ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Clayton || Film (segment "Avarice")
|-
| 1971–1977 1990–1994 || ''[[The Generation Game]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series; 207 episodes
|-
| 1971 || ''[[The Royal Variety Performance]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1973 || ''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Guest star || TV Series
|-
| 1974 || ''Bruce Forsyth Meets Lulu''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/30a855183c86456f9ad573c6c5428778|title=Bruce Forsyth meets Lulu|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>||Host || TV movie
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Mating Season (1976 UK TV)|The Mating Season]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Bruce Gillespie || TV Series
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Muppet Show]]''<ref name="Muppet"/> || Guest star || TV Series
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Bruce Forsyth's Big Night]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1980 || ''Sammy and Bruce''<ref name="BFI"/> || Co-star || TV movie
|-
| 1980–1987 1994–1999 2002–2003 || ''[[Play Your Cards Right]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Anna Pavlova (film)|Anna Pavlova]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Alfred Batt || TV Series
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Hollywood or Bust (TV series)|Hollywood or Bust]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]''<ref name="BFI"/>|| Host || TV Series
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' || Lottery Host || TV Series Episode: "A Little Bit of Luck...A Little Bit of Grief"
|-
| 1986–1987 || ''[[Slinger's Day]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Slinger || TV Series
|-
| 1988 || ''[[The Royal Variety Performance]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Co-host with [[Ronnie Corbett]] || TV Series
|-
| 1988 || ''Bruce and Ronnie''<ref name="BFI"/> || Co-star || TV Series
|-
| 1988–1990 || ''[[You Bet!]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Takeover Bid]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1992–1993 || ''Bruce's Guest Night''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1992 || ''Fiddly Foodle Bird''<ref name="BFI"/> || Narrator || TV Series
|-
| 1995–2001 || ''[[Bruce's Price Is Right]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 1997 || ''[[An Audience with...|An Audience with Bruce Forsyth]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Special
|-
| 2000 || ''House!''<ref name="BFI"/> || Himself || Film, (final film role)
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Tonight at the London Palladium]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 2003, 2010 || ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''<ref name="hignfy"/>|| Guest Host || TV Series
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Didn't They Do Well]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV Series
|-
| 2004–2013, 2014–15 specials || ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''<ref group="note">He was co host for three specials after 2013 – the Children in Need specials in 2014 and 2015, and the 2014 Christmas Special. He made a guest appearance for the 2015 Christmas Special via Video Message, which was his final television appearance.</ref><ref name="BFI"/> || Co-host with ''[[Tess Daly]]'' || TV Series
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''<ref name="wdytya"/>|| Guest || TV Series documentary
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Rob Brydon Show]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_rob_brydon_show/episodes/2/|title=The Rob Brydon Show|publisher=Comedy.co.uk|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>|| Guest || TV Series
|-
| 2012 || ''[[National Television Awards]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Guest (With Ant & Dec) || TV Special
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/saturdaynighttakeaway/videos/little-ant-dec-bruce-forsyth|title=Little Ant and Dec meet Bruce Forsyth|publisher=ITV.com|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> (Little Ant & Dec segment) || Guest || TV Series
|-
| 2013 || ''When Miranda Met Bruce''<ref name="BFI"/> || Guest star || TV Special
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Perspectives (TV series)|Perspectives: Bruce Forsyth on Sammy Davis Jr]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep6week22/perspectives|title=Perspectives episode 6|publisher=ITV|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>|| Host || TV Series documentary
|-
| 2014 || ''Bruce's Hall of Fame''<ref name="BFI"/> || Host || TV movie
|}

===Stage===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1958–2004 || One-man show which had various titles|| Himself || Intermittently toured UK<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/bruce-forsyth-proves-can-still-9133895|title=Bruce Forsyth proves he can still work a crowd as he entertains Cardiff audience|first=Bob|last=Rogers|date=28 April 2015|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/18/sir-bruce-forsyth-obituary|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth obituary: a TV presenter in a class of his own|first=Michael|last=Coveney|date=18 August 2017|access-date=19 August 2017|via=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
| 1962 || ''Every Night at the Palladium''<ref>{{cite book|title=Bruce:The Autobiography|first=Bruce|last=Forsyth|isbn=9780330475945|date=6 September 2012}}</ref>||Himself || Starred with ''[[Morecambe and Wise]]'' in a season at the [[London Palladium]]
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me]]''<ref name="guardianobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/18/sir-bruce-forsyth-obituary|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth obituary|newspaper=Guardian|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>||Various Characters || A 334 performance season at the [[Cambridge Theatre]]
|-
| 1978 || ''The Traveling Music Show''<ref name="guardianobit"/>||Fred Limelight || A four-month season at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]], before touring the UK
|-
| 1979 || ''Bruce Forsyth on Broadway''<ref name="guardianobit"/>|| Himself || A five performance season of his one-man show at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] from 12–17 June
|-
| 2012–2015 || ''Bruce Forsyth Entertains''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Tour/One/Bruce-Forsyth-Bruce-Forsyth-Entertains/T668774093/|title=Tour archive for Bruce Forsyth|publisher=untw.co.uk|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>|| Himself || Toured the UK
|}

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details
! scope="col"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:6em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Musical Side of Bruce''
|
* Released: 1973
* Label: [[Pye Records|Pye]]: NSPL 18405
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Both Sides of Bruce (Live)''
|
* Released: 1977
* Label: [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Come Get It!''
|
* Released: 1979
* Label: Pye
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Mr. Entertainment''
|
* Released: 19 March 2007
* Label: [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[These Are My Favourites]]''<ref name="CD"/>
|
* Released: 7 November 2011
* Label: EMI
| 58
|}

===Singles===
*1959, "Excerpts from ''[[The Desert Song]]'' (No.2)", with [[June Bronhill]], [[Edmund Hockridge]], [[Inia Te Wiata]], The Williams Singers, Michael Collins and His Orchestra (7" EP), [[His Master's Voice]]: 7EG 8676<ref name="discogs"/>
*1960, "I'm a Good Boy", [[Parlophone]]<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/644069-Bruce-Forsyth?filter_anv=0&subtype=Singles-EPs&type=Releases|title=Bruce Forsyth discography|publisher=Discogs.com|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
* 1960, "I'm in Charge" (7"), Parlophone: 45-R 4535<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1962, "The Oh-Be-Joyfuls (7"), [[Pye Records|Piccadilly]]: 7N.35086<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1964, "Real Live Girl" (7"), [[Pye Records|Pye]]: 7N.15744<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1964, "Saturday Sunshine" (7"), Piccadilly: 7N.35169<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1964, "The Mysterious People" (7"), Piccadilly: 1189<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1965, "Real Live Girl" (7"), Blue Cat: BC 105<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1968, "[[I'm Backing Britain]]" / "There's Not Enough Love in the World", Pye<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1973, "Didn't He Do Well?" (7"), [[Philips Records|Philips]]: 6006 285<ref name="discogs"/>
* 1978, "Love Medley", with Valerie Walsh (7), CBS: S CBS 6469<ref name="discogs"/>

==In popular culture==
[[Neopets]], a [[virtual pet site|virtual pet website]], had a collectible character which was originally a direct representation of Forsyth himself. The pet was later renamed to just "Bruce" and his appearance changed to that of a penguin to better fit with the other pets on the platform. Despite the change, the pet retained Forsyth's iconic bow tie.<ref name="wiredneopets">{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2005/12/neopets/|title=The Neopets Addiction|publisher=Wired.com|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="oldneopets">{{cite web|url=https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=bruce|title=Old Neopets – Bruce|publisher=bookofages.jellyneo.net|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f18f909 Bruce Forsyth] at the [[British Film Institute]]
*{{IMDb name|287028}}
*{{Discogs artist}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|people|bruce_forsyth}}

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| before = [[Bob Warman]]
| title = Host of ''[[The Price Is Right (UK game show)|The Price is Right]]''
| years = 1995–2001
| after = [[Joe Pasquale]]
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| title = Host of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''
| years = 2004–13
| after = [[Tess Daly]] [[Claudia Winkleman]]
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