Michael Bentine(1922-1996)
- Writer
- Actor
- Puppetry
When he appeared at the London Palladium in 1948, sporting an untidy black beard, he brought the house down with a five-minute act using the back of an antique chair which became a ships rudder, a harp, a flag, a comb and a cows udder. He was booked for the Royal Variety show and looked set for stardom, but five years of obscurity followed, during which time he toured the States and spent two years in Australia. Back in Britain, he made the comedy film The Sandwhich Man. He periodically went to a West London rifle range to shoot clay pigeons.
