- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Simon Dee was born on July 28, 1935 in Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Italian Job (1969), Doctor in Trouble (1970) and The Simon Dee Show (1970). He was married to Judith Wilson, Sarah Terry and Berry 'Bunny' Cooper. He died on August 29, 2009 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK.
- SpousesJudith Wilson(? - 2004) (divorced, 1 child)Sarah Terry(? - 1985) (divorced, 1 child)Berry 'Bunny' Cooper(? - 1975) (divorced, 2 children)
- According to actress Elizabeth Hurley, his "sixties grooviness" made him the inspiration for Mike Myers's Austin Powers character.
- After his media career was destroyed, he worked as a bus driver.
- After serving in the Royal Air Force, his first civilian jobs included bouncer in a coffee bar, actor, photographic assistant to Balfour de Havilland (dismissed when he loaded the wrong film into the camera for a fashion shoot and none of the photos came out), builders' labourer, leaf-sweeper in Hyde Park, and vacuum cleaner salesman.
- Passed away the day after his public announcement that he was terminally ill.
- He took the name "Simon Dee" because he felt his birth name sounded too upper-class.
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