Max Bygraves
Walter William "Max" Bygraves was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs.
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Background
- Born in
- Rotherhithe
- Awards
- 🏆 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Trending topics shown first"My outlook is that life is like a self-service restaurant and you have to help yourself. Sometimes when you see what the other fella has got, you want some of it too."
"I'd never malign another performer, but the style is not good enough. They've done away with laugh pay-offs. We were given nine minutes or eight minutes. Now they wander wherever they like, they don't…"
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Timeline
1922
Born
Birth2012
Died
Death
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