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Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Percival returned to Britain and sang in clubs, got spots in revue and small roles in films, including some of the Carry Ons, and the rather more elegant The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). Oops, we were unable to send the email. After being demobbed from the army having completed his national service he went to Canada where he got a job in advertising writing There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. He later became successful as an after-dinner speaker. Structural Info Salary Facts Filmography Known for movies Yellow Submarine (1968) as Old Fred Darling Lili (1970) as T.C. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. screen.colorDepth:screen.pixelDepth))+';u'+escape(document.URL)+ Percival returned to film work in the Frankie Howerd vehicles Up Pompeii (1971), Up the Chastity Belt (1971), and Up the Front (1972), sustaining a film career until 1978. Read about our approach to external linking. 4:34. Percival had a cameo role in The V.I.P.s (1963) and another in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). Following on from voicing roles in The Beatles cartoon, he went on to be cast as Old Fred in the band's surreal Yellow Submarine animated film. WebLance Percival Artists Chords for LANCE PERCIVAL - 'Riviera Cayf' - 1963 45rpm He used to do a topical calypso regularly in "That Was The Week That Was" for one, however he also had his own shows "Lance at Large" (a sitcom) in 1964 and "The Lance Percival Show" in 1965 and 1966 (2 series) - the latter was a sketch/variety format, so I wouldn't Percival also left 110,000 each to his sisters Elizabeth Durham, 87, and Penelope Stock, 84. Of the cast, the narrow-faced Lance Percival, proved most memorable for impersonating then Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home (something seen as nothing short of lse-majest at the time); in fact it was as much TW3 as the Profumo scandal that quashed not only that Tory government but the long-held belief that a wealthy, distant elite ruled us selflessly and humourlessly. We provide you with news from the entertainment industry. Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England, London, City of London, Greater London, England. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. To use this feature, use a newer browser. I came up through TV satire performances, he said, and here I am writing speeches in which the one thing you cant do is satire. He also wrote two books of verse, Well-Versed Dogs (1985) and Well-Versed Cats (1986). Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Make sure that the file is a photo. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. 130 Shares. Soon he chose to concentrate on a career as a speechwriter for business leaders and as an after-dinner speaker. Millicent Martin, another of the cast, joined him on the bill. The young French aristocratic Hongray de la Glaciere asks his Papa, the Marquis de la Glaciere, permission to marry Mirabelle de Veau, only to find out that Mirabelle is the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis, and so the marriage between the two young ones would be an incestuous one. This led to the odd film role, including one as the ships cook in Carry on Cruising (1962). Percival was the one who impersonated and lampooned the aristocratic demeanour of the Conservative prime minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Percival almost lost the sight of one eye and was summoned to court where he agreed to pay substantial damages following the death of a third, uninvolved driver, Paul Young. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, This is a fitting week to remember an iconoclastic 1960s satire show, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. VinylFun. Best Review Site for Digital Cameras. In 1960 he won a role in the revue Pieces of Eight at the Apollo Theatre, alongside Kenneth Williams, Ken Loach and Sheila Hancock. He was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, and was educated at Sherborne School in Sherborne, Dorset, where he learnt to play the guitar. WebObituary: Lance Percival, humourist and actor Born: 26 July, 1933, in Sevenoaks, Kent. Tall-eared and toothy, Percivals rabbity features made him a striking comic presence on the programme, but he was also blessed with sharp timing, a good armoury of funny voices, and best of all, speed of thought. Why that style? He also appeared as an "upper class tramp" in the Hermans Hermits film vehicle Mrs. Brown, Youve Got a Lovely Daughter (1968). Sorry! 'target="_blank">