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Michael Bentine, CBE (born
Michael James Bentin; 26
January 1922 – 26
November 1996) was a
British comedian,
comic actor and
founding member of the Goons...
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Michael Bentine's Potty Time was a
British children's show,
written by and
starring Michael Bentine, and
directed and
produced by Leon Thau for Thames...
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alongside Harry Secombe,
Peter Sellers and (for the
first two series)
Michael Bentine. The
scripts mixed ludicrous plots with
surreal humour, puns, catchphrases...
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British comedy film
directed by
Robert Hartford-Davis
starring Michael Bentine, with
support from a cast of
British character actors including Dora Bryan...
- cod-Shakespearian speech.
Bentine was part of the
regular cast for the
first two seasons. As a
tribute of sorts,
unheard characters called Bentine are
sometimes referred...
- in
London for
various fictitious drugs,
including "Triple Sod", "Yellow
Bentines" and "Clarky Cat",
leaving the
dealer puzzled and
increasingly irritated...
- illusion.
These circuses are
known as "Humbug" flea circuses.
Michael Bentine gave a
mechanical flea
circus a
regular slot on his
television show It's...
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starring Michael Bentine and
produced by the BBC. It ran from 1960
until 1964, each
episode being of 30
minutes duration. The
series gained Bentine a
BAFTA award...
- Tony Han**** Show and made many
appearances with Tony Han****,
Michael Bentine, Dora
Bryan and **** Emery,
among others,
before winning the role of Jones...
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Having worked with
Michael Bentine in It's a
Square World and The
Sandwich Man, he
produced and
directed Michael Bentine's Potty Time for
Thames Television...
