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The Roy Castle Show
Roy Castle OBE (born August 31, 1932 in Scholes, near Holmfirth; died September 2, 1994) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician.
He was a talented jazz trumpet player and attributed his lung cancer (of which he died) to years of passive smoking in music clubs, insisting that he had never smoked himself.
In the final years of his life, he started the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and raised money to fund a cancer centre in Liverpool. The centre opened after his death in 1998.
Another Fine Mess from Ronnie Barker's 'Seven Of One'
The talented all-round entertainer Roy Castle has starred in scores of TV shows over the years. In 1965 he starred in his own BBC television show The Roy Castle Show which had comedy at its core and was scripted by Morecambe and Wise's writers Sid Green and Dick Hills.
The series was made at a time when Castle's career was blossoming in all fields, and he recorded it directly after filming his contribution to the first Doctor Who feature film Dr Who And The Daleks in which he played the role of the Doctor's first male assistant, Ian Chesterton.
The same year he starred in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as a jazz musician suffering a curse after copying voodoo tunes.
Carry On up the Khyber
He appeared in Carry On up the Khyber in 1968 and from 1972-1994 he presented the children's show Record Breakers which featured live record attempts in the studio.
He recorded the theme song for the show himself and whilst presenting the show, he broke several world records himself, including ...
Fastest tap-dancer
Longest wing walk
Playing the same tune on 43 different instruments in 4 minutes
The Roy Castle Show
As a young performer in the 1950s, he lived in Cleveleys near Blackpool and appeared there at the local Queen's Theatre.
He was married to the dancer Fiona Dickson from 1963 until his death. They had four children. Their youngest son, Ben Castle, is a successful jazz saxophonist.
Roy Castle memorably refused to shake Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's hand.
