Bob Todd, The Benny Hill Show, 1971

Bob Todd (born Brian Todd; 15 December 1921 – 21 October 1992) was a British comedy actor, mostly known for appearing as a straight man in the sketch shows of Benny Hill and Spike Milligan. The Benny Hill Show is a British Comedy television show starring Benny Hill and various comedy character actors Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) A double act, also known as a Comedy duo, is a comic device in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners usually of the same Alfred Hawthorne Hill ( 21 January 1924 &ndash 19 April 1992) better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE ( 16 April, 1918 &ndash 27 February 2002) known as Spike Milligan, was an Anglo He was born in Faversham, Kent and died in Sussex, six months after Benny Hill died. Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. For many years he lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Career

Todd was best known for his lugubrious expression and talent for slapstick, and was known to fellow comedians by the nickname "Silly Todd". His television career began in the early 1960s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Prior to becoming a comic support he was a cattle farmer and served as a Royal Air Force navigator during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Todd gained a reputation for drunkenness while working on The Benny Hill Show. Drunkenness or inebriation is the state of being intoxicated by consumption of Alcoholic beverages to a degree that mental and physical faculties are noticeably The Benny Hill Show is a British Comedy television show starring Benny Hill and various comedy character actors He once failed to turn up for a London Palladium show after a 'drinking episode', and eventually found himself in a Dublin hospital five days later. The London Palladium is a 2286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. After this was reported in the media, Hill had Todd dropped from the show. Producer Dennis Kirkland persuaded Hill to rescind the decision, saying Todd brought much to the show and his drinking rarely affected his work. Dennis Kirkland ( 2 December 1942 – 16 February 2006) was a British Television producer and director who was

Todd was referenced in the 1985 Half Man Half Biscuit song "99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd". Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Half Man Half Biscuit, often "HMHB" is a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active since the mid-1980s known for satirical sardonic and sometimes surreal In Architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone Grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building

External links

• Bob Todd at the Internet Movie Database
• Benny's Place tribute to Bob Todd