Terry Scott

Terry Scott
Terry Scott
Born	Owen John Scott 4 May 1927 Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Died	26 July 1994(1994-07-26) (aged 67) Witley, Surrey, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Spouses	Mary Howard ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1957)​ Margaret Peden ​ (m. 1957)​
Children	5

Owen John "Terry" Scott (4 May 1927 – 26 July 1994) was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven of the Carry On films. He is also best known for appearing the BBC1 sitcom Terry and June with June Whitfield.

Early life

Scott was born and brought up in Watford, Hertfordshire and educated at Watford Field Junior School and Watford Grammar School for Boys. He was the youngest of three children, and the only surviving son after his brother Aubrey died when Scott was six. After National Service in the Navy at the end of World War II, he briefly studied accounting.

Career

Scott began his acting career with appearances on radio shows such as Workers Playtime, which were followed by appearances on television. He gained an opportunity to perform in farce when he joined the Whitehall Theatre Company. With Bill Maynard he appeared at Butlin's Holiday Camp in Skegness, Lincolnshire and partnered him in the TV series Great Scott - It's Maynard!. During the 1960s, he appeared alongside Hugh Lloyd in Hugh and I (1962–1967). They both appeared as Ugly Sisters in pantomime at The London Palladium and Scott reappeared in the same role with Julian Orchard in later years. Scott later appeared with Lloyd in Hugh and I Spy (1968) and in the 1969 sitcom The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969) as gnomes.

Scott's novelty record "My Brother" (written by Mitch Murray, released in 1962 on Parlophone) was based on a schoolboy character (he dressed in the uniform to sing it on TV). In the 1970s, he had a role in TV commercials for Curly Wurly caramel bars, in which he again appeared dressed as a schoolboy, with short trousers and cap. He repeated this performance several times on BBC TVs long-running variety show The Good Old Days. Scott had played a small role in the very first of the Carry On films series of films, Carry On Sergeant in 1958. In 1968 he returned to the series with a role in Carry On Up the Khyber (1968), playing main roles in six of the later films.

He starred alongside June Whitfield in several series of the comedy Happy Ever After and its successor, Terry and June. They had first worked together making a series of the sketch show Scott On (1968). They also featured in supporting roles together in the film version of Bless This House. Although both Scott and Whitfield both made several Carry On appearances, they never appeared in the same film. From 1981 to 1992, Scott was the voice of Penfold the hamster in the animated series Danger Mouse.

Personal life and death

He suffered from ill health for several years in the latter part of his life. In 1979, he had a life-saving operation after a brain haemorrhage. He also suffered from creeping paralysis and had to wear a neck brace.

Scott was also diagnosed with cancer in 1987. He died from its effects at his family home in Witley, Surrey, on 26 July 1994, at the age of 67. He said of his last illness: "I know it would be better to give up the booze, fags and birds, but life would be so boring, wouldn't it?".

When Terry and June ended in 1987, he suffered a nervous breakdown. His meltdown was in part brought on by his public confession that he had indulged in a series of affairs since his marriage to dancer Margaret Peden in 1957. The couple had four daughters: Sarah, Nicola, Lindsay and Ally.

Filmography

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Blue Murder at St Trinian's	1957	Police Sergeant
Carry On Sergeant	1958	Sergeant O'Brian
Too Many Crooks	1959	Fire Policeman James Smith
The Bridal Path	1959	Police Constable Donald
I'm All Right Jack	1959	Crawley
And the Same to You	1960	Police Constable
The Night We Got the Bird	1961	P. C. Lovejoy
Nearly a Nasty Accident	1961	Sam Stokes
Double Bunk	1961	2nd River Policeman
Mary Had a Little...	1961	Police Sergeant
No My Darling Daughter	1961	Constable
Nothing Barred	1961	P. C. Budgie
What a Whopper	1961	Sergeant
A Pair of Briefs	1962	Policeman at Law Courts
Father Came Too!	1964	Executioner
Murder Most Foul	1964	Police Constable Wells
Gonks Go Beat	1965	PM
Doctor in Clover	1966	Robert
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery	1966	Policeman
Carry On Up the Khyber	1968	Sergeant Major MacNutt
Carry On Camping	1969	Peter Potter
Carry On Up the Jungle	1970	Cecil The Jungle Boy
Carry On Loving	1970	Terence Philpott
Carry On Henry	1971	Cardinal Wolsey
Carry On at Your Convenience	1971	Mr Allcock	(scenes deleted)
Carry On Matron	1972	Dr Prodd
Bless This House	1972	Ronald Baines

Discography

• Don't Light The Fire 'Til After Santa's Gone/My Brother, Parlophone R 4967 (December 1962)

External links

• Terry Scott at IMDb