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Stuart Wagstaff

Overview

  • Born
    February 13, 1925 · Great Dunford, Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Died
    March 10, 2015 · Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (pulmonary fibrosis)
  • Nickname
    • Waggers
  • Height
    6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)

Biography

  • Stuart Wagstaff was born on February 13, 1925 in Great Dunford, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for For Pete's Sake (1974), Is There Anybody There? (1976) and Sunstruck (1972). He died on March 10, 2015 in Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Trivia

  • In 1940 he lied about his age and joined the Royal Navy at the age of only 15. He served as an aircraft mechanic in the Fleet Air Arm for the rest of WW2.
  • Was well known on Television for commercials for a cigarette company
  • Replaced Robin Bailey, another English actor, and the first to play the part of Henry Higgins in an Australian production of My Fair Lady.

Quotes

  • Getting old is wonderful. When you get older, you really don't give a stuff what people are thinking of you.
  • [on performing in ships' concerts during WW2] Being all of 17 or 18, I thought I was a cross between God and Lawrence Olivier.

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