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Stanley Unwin(1911-2002)

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Stanley Unwin in No 73 (1982)
The Secret Service (Trailer 1)
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The Secret Service (1969)
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Stanley Unwin was born on 7 June 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Carry on Regardless (1961) and The Secret Service (1969). He was married to Frances Anne Unwin. He died on 12 January 2002 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, UK.
BornJune 7, 1911
DiedJanuary 12, 2002(90)
BornJune 7, 1911
DiedJanuary 12, 2002(90)
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Known for

Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall, Sally Ann Howes, and Heather Ripley in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
7.0
  • Chancellor
  • 1968
Carry on Regardless (1961)
Carry on Regardless
6.0
  • Landlord
  • 1961
The Secret Service (1969)
The Secret Service
6.6
TV Series
  • Father Stanley Unwin(voice)
Aladdin
TV Movie
  • The Grand Vizier
  • 1960

Credits

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Actor

  • Rex the Runt (1991)
    Rex the Runt
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Mr. Wangle (voice)
    • 1998
  • Inside Victor Lewis-Smith (1993)
    Inside Victor Lewis-Smith
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Laboratory Technician
    • 1993–1995
  • Lesley Sharp in Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge (1994)
    Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge
    7.5
    TV Series
    • (as Professor Stanley Unwin)
    • 1994
  • The Great Bong (1993)
    The Great Bong
    TV Series
    • Great Bong (voice)
    • 1993
  • Freddie Starr in Freddie Starr (1993)
    Freddie Starr
    6.5
    TV Series
    • 1993
  • Mark Arden and Stephen Frost in Lazarus & Dingwall (1991)
    Lazarus & Dingwall
    6.8
    TV Series
    • The Judge
    • 1991
  • Jeremy Beadle in Beadle's About (1986)
    Beadle's About
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Professor Stanley Unwin
    • 1990
  • Emu's Wide World (1987)
    Emu's Wide World
    5.6
    TV Series
    • The Chronicler Charles
    • 1987
  • The Laughing Prisoner (1987)
    The Laughing Prisoner
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • No. 3
    • 1987
  • Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1984)
    Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Postman
    • Telephone repairman
    • Headmaster
    • 1986
  • Eddie Large and Syd Little in The Little and Large Show (1978)
    The Little and Large Show
    5.1
    TV Series
    • 1986
  • Everyman (1977)
    Everyman
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Balloon seller
    • 1985
  • Digital Dreams (1983)
    Digital Dreams
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • The Power of Babel
    • 1983
  • Jim Davidson in Jim Davidson's Special (1982)
    Jim Davidson's Special
    2.9
    TV Series
    • 1982
  • The Innes Book of Records (1979)
    The Innes Book of Records
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Guest
    • 1981

Soundtrack

  • No 73 (1982)
    No 73
    7.1
    TV Series
    • performer: "Dry Bones" (as Professor Stanley Unwin, uncredited)
    • 1984

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The Secret Service (Trailer 1)
Trailer 1:03
The Secret Service (Trailer 1)
The Secret Service
Trailer 1:15
The Secret Service
The Secret Service
Trailer 1:15
The Secret Service

Personal details

  • Official site
    • The World of Stanley Unwin
  • Alternative names
    • Merlin the Magician
  • Height
    • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
  • Born
    • June 7, 1911
    • Pretoria, South Africa
  • Died
    • January 12, 2002
    • Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, UK(natural causes)
  • Spouse
    • Frances Anne UnwinDecember 26, 1937 - November 2, 1993 (her death, 3 children)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He was buried in the same grave as his wife who had died before him. The epitaph on their tombstone reads (in "Unwinese"): "Reunitey in the heavenly-bode. Deep joy!".
  • Trademark
    Famous for speaking "Unwinese", a made-up language in which English words are mangled so that the exact words are gibberish, but intonation of the sentences and the sound of the "words" makes the meaning perfectly clear.
  • Nickname
    • Professor Stanley Unwin
  • Salary
    • Carry on Regardless
      (1961)
      £200

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