Stanley Baxter
Date of birth: 1926-05-24
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Stanley Baxter (born 24 May 1926) was a popular Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and then starring along Leslie Phillips and James Robertson Justice. Very Important Person (1961) Crooks Anonymous (1962) The Fast Lady (1962) and finally Father Came Too! (1963) Baxter later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.
Movie Credits
The Fast Lady
1962-12-14
A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father
Very Important Person
1961-04-24
Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease
Crooks Anonymous
1962-03-31
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as
Father Came Too!
1964-02-11
When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling fathe
Joey Boy
1965-01-01
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980-12-26
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
1986-12-29
Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
1985-12-27
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
Stanley Baxter in Person
1998-12-31
Documentary profile of Stanley Baxter featuring his first in-depth interview for forty years and ext
Ooh the Banter!
2022-12-31
Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993-09-23
Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protecti
Geordie
1955-09-02
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building cours
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977-11-30
Bing Crosby and his family spend Christmas at the estate of a distant relative in England.
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008-12-25
Comedy legend Stanley Baxter returns from retirement and returns to the Christmas schedules with a t
Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box
1976-12-26
Sketches include the film noir 'Farewell my Cinders', the BBC Jewish news, The Bruce Fosdyke Show, A
Stanley Baxter on Television
1979-04-01
We hear from the Minister of White Papers about how Stanley Baxter is to return, then we hear how Mi
Being Stanley Baxter
2025-12-31
A portrait of Stanley Baxter, Scotland’s most dazzling TV star of the 1970s and ’80s, whose groundbr
This is Stanley Baxter
2001-07-12
BBC Scotland documentary catching up with and celebrating the life of legendary Scottish comedian St
The Many Faces of Stanley Baxter
2013-01-06
Celebrating the extraordinary career of entertainer Stanley Baxter, whose shows captivated huge audi