Charlie Naughton - Revision history

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	'''Charles John Naughton''' (21 April 1886 – 11 February 1976) was a Scottish comedian.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/12/archives/charlie-naughton-89-dies-one-of-britains-crazy-gang.html\|website=The New York Times\|title=Charlie Naughton, 89, Dies; One of Britain's Crazy Gang}}</ref>		'''Charles John Naughton''' (21 April 1886 – 11 February 1976) was a Scottish comedian.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/12/archives/charlie-naughton-89-dies-one-of-britains-crazy-gang.html\|website=The New York Times\|title=Charlie Naughton, 89, Dies; One of Britain's Crazy Gang}}</ref>

	Naughton was born in Glasgow. He was a member of [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]], and part of a double act, [[Naughton and Gold]] with fellow Glaswegian [[Jimmy Gold]]. In 1955, he starred in the first [[Guinness]] television commercial, playing the zoo-keeper with a German seal.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11888063/TV-adverts-of-the-Fifties-PG-Tips-to-Guinness.html\|website=The Telegraph\|title=TV adverts of the Fifties: PG Tips to Guinness}}</ref> He died in London.		Naughton was born in Glasgow. He was a member of [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]], and part of a double act, [[Naughton and Gold]] with fellow Glaswegian [[Jimmy Gold]]. In 1955, he starred in the first [[w:Guinness\|Guinness]] television commercial, playing the zoo-keeper with a German seal.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11888063/TV-adverts-of-the-Fifties-PG-Tips-to-Guinness.html\|website=The Telegraph\|title=TV adverts of the Fifties: PG Tips to Guinness}}</ref> He died in London.

	His daughter, Sally, was a pre-war actress on stage and with British-Gaumont films, appearing under the name Sally Stewart. As a 23-year-old she married in an Edinburgh solicitor's office in January 1939 to Peter Croft, 21-year-old British film actor, son of Ann Croft, actress. Sally's daughter, Naughton's granddaughter, [[Sally-Anne Stapleford]] is a five-time [[British Figure Skating Championships\|British champion]] in figure skating in the ladies event and won the silver medal at the [[1965 European Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Flashing Blades - The Story of British Ice Hockey\|last=Drackett\|first=Phil\|publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd\|year=1987\|isbn=978-1852230616}}</ref>

	==Selected filmography==		==Selected filmography==
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| caption = Charlie Naughton (first left) with [[Nervo and Knox|Teddy Knox]], [[Bud Flanagan]], [[Nervo and Knox|Jimmy Nervo]], [[Jimmy Gold]] and [[Chesney Allen]]
| birth_name = Charles John Naughton
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1886|04|21}}
| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|02|11|1886|04|21}}
| death_place = London, England
| nationality = Scottish
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| occupation = Actor, comedian
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| known_for = [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]
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'''Charles John Naughton''' (21 April 1886 – 11 February 1976) was a Scottish comedian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/12/archives/charlie-naughton-89-dies-one-of-britains-crazy-gang.html|website=The New York Times|title=Charlie Naughton, 89, Dies; One of Britain's Crazy Gang}}</ref>

Naughton was born in Glasgow. He was a member of [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], and part of a double act, [[Naughton and Gold]] with fellow Glaswegian [[Jimmy Gold]]. In 1955, he starred in the first [[Guinness]] television commercial, playing the zoo-keeper with a German seal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11888063/TV-adverts-of-the-Fifties-PG-Tips-to-Guinness.html|website=The Telegraph|title=TV adverts of the Fifties: PG Tips to Guinness}}</ref> He died in London.

His daughter, Sally, was a pre-war actress on stage and with British-Gaumont films, appearing under the name Sally Stewart. As a 23-year-old she married in an Edinburgh solicitor's office in January 1939 to Peter Croft, 21-year-old British film actor, son of Ann Croft, actress. Sally's daughter, Naughton's granddaughter, [[Sally-Anne Stapleford]] is a five-time [[British Figure Skating Championships|British champion]] in figure skating in the ladies event and won the silver medal at the [[1965 European Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Flashing Blades - The Story of British Ice Hockey|last=Drackett|first=Phil|publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd|year=1987|isbn=978-1852230616}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
* ''[[My Lucky Star (1933 film)|My Lucky Star]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Highland Fling (film)|Highland Fling]]'' (1936)
* ''[[O-Kay for Sound]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Alf's Button Afloat]]'' (1938)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0622541|name=Charlie Naughton}}

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[[Category:Male actors from Glasgow]]
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[[Category:Scottish male television actors]]
[[Category:Scottish male comedians]]
[[Category:British male comedy actors]]
[[Category:20th-century British comedians]]

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