Terry-Thomas

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1. #001

   Terry-Thomas used to say that the hyphen in his name represented the famous gap between his front teeth.

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2. #002

   When he died in 1990, he was in poor financial straits. Since he and his wife could afford only a small bedroom, various figures from show business helped raise money for Terry-Thomas.

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3. #003

   After being asked repeatedly whether he was related to the stage legend Ellen Terry, he changed his professional name to Thomas Terry.

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4. #004

   While making Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965), Terry-Thomas became close friends with the actor Stuart Whitman. Whitman said he was deeply saddened by the illness that robbed his friend of most of his motor functions toward the end of his life.

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5. #005

   He and Belinda Terry-Thomas had two sons, Timothy ("Tiger") and Cushan.

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6. #006

   The gap in his upper teeth is so famous that British medicine has a Terry-Thomas sign — the gap between the scaphoid and lunate bones on an X-ray (scapholunate dissociation). These two bones are in the human wrist.

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7. #007

   In 1966 he was set to star alongside Jan Berry and Dean Torrence in a film called "Easy Come, Easy Go." The film was cancelled because of a car accident during which Berry suffered severe brain damage and paralysis. The film would also have marked the screen debut of Mel Brooks, who was likewise set to appear in it.

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8. #008

   The Marvel UK comic-book villain Mad Jim Jaspers is based on him.

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9. #009

   A comic heritage plaque now commemorates the property at 11 Queen's Gate Mews, South Kensington, London, SW7. He lived in the West London mews from 1949 to 1981.

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10. #010

    He and the producer Douglas Rankin jointly ran their own production company. It was called Thomkins Productions Ltd.

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11. #011

    Although some sources give his date of birth as 10 July 1911, Terry-Thomas himself gave his date of birth as 14 July 1911 in all official records.

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12. #012

    The director Derek Jarman wanted him to play "Prospero" in his William Shakespeare adaptation The Tempest (1979), but his failing health did not allow him to take the role, which was ultimately played by Heathcote Williams.

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13. #013

    He was the first choice to play Dr. Ezra Mungo in Call Me Bwana (1963), but because he turned the offer down, the part went to Lionel Jeffries.

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14. #014

    His first wife, Ida, divorced him in 1954 on the grounds that he had left her.

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15. #015

    Henri-Georges Clouzot wanted him to star in his film The Spies (1957), but Terry-Thomas had to decline because of his busy work schedule.

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16. #016

    Because of the medical expenses brought on by his illness, the comedian had to sell his house in Majorca.

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17. #017

    Although he is mentioned in some German Edgar Wallace books, Terry-Thomas did not appear as "Thompson" in The Trygon Factor (1966), either in the film's original English version or in the German version. The role was played by Allan Cuthbertson.

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18. #018

    Although most references omit the hyphen, Terry-Thomas used a hyphen in the official documents of his birth name, making it Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens.

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19. #019

    The actor Richard Briers's father was his cousin, making him Richard's first cousin once removed.

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20. #020

    Terry and his wife Ida Patlanski had a dachshund that was credited as Archie Terry-Thomas in the film Dead by Morning (1955).

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21. #021

    He was cremated at Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors in Godalming. The urn was later buried at St Peter's Church in Combe Martin.

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22. #022

    He designed his own family home in Ibiza.

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23. #023

    While living abroad, he always insisted on flying a patriotic Union Flag over his house.

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