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The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933) -- Tells how King Henry VIII came to marry five more times after his divorce from his first wife.
How to Murder Your Wife (1965) -- Theatrical trailer for this mystery thriller
Things to Come (1936) -- A story of 100 years: a decades-long second world war leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and tries space travel.
Things to Come (1936) -- A story of 100 years: a decades-long second world war leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and tries space travel.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) -- A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, Dr. Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death.

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Overview

Date of Death:
8 January 1990, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK more
Trivia:
Cousin of actor Richard Briers more
STARmeter: ?
Down 9% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination more
Alternate Names:
Terry Thomas

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
  1. Febbre a 40! (1980) .... Dr. Christopher
    ... aka Happy Birthday, Harry
    ... aka Happy Birthday, Harry! - Ein süßes Früchtchen (West Germany: video title)

  2. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) .... Dr. Mortimer
  3. La isla de las cabezas (1978)
  4. Kingdom of Gifts (1978) (voice) .... The Bumbling Chancellor
  5. The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) .... Governor
  6. The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) .... Mr. Square
  7. Spanish Fly (1976) .... Sir Percy de Courcy
    ... aka La mosca hispánica (Spain)
  8. Side by Side (1975) .... Max Nugget
  9. The Cherry Picker (1974) .... Appleby
  10. Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? (1974)
    ... aka Who Stole the Shah's Jewels?
  11. Robin Hood (1973) (voice) .... Sir Hiss
  12. Gli eroi (1973) .... John Cooper, English officer
    ... aka Les enfants de choeur (France)
    ... aka Les héros (France)
    ... aka Los héroes millonarios (Spain)
    ... aka The Heroes
  13. The Vault of Horror (1973) .... Critchit (segment "2: The Neat Job")
    ... aka Further Tales from the Crypt
    ... aka Tales from the Crypt, Part II
  14. I Love a Mystery (1973) (TV) .... Gordon Elliott
  15. "Film Night" (1 episode, 1972)
        - Episode dated 26 August 1972 (1972) TV episode
  16. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) .... Lombardo, Shipping Agent
  17. The Special London Bridge Special (1972) (TV) .... Bus Conductor Terry-Thomas
  18. Colpo grosso, grossissimo... anzi probabile (1972) .... Pierre Le Compte
    ... aka Ella... ellos... y la ley (Spain)
  19. "The Dave Cash Radio Show" .... As singer (1 episode, 1972)
        - Episode #1.6 (1972) TV episode .... As singer
  20. "The Persuaders!" .... Archibald Sinclair Beachum (1 episode, 1971)
        - The Man in the Middle (1971) TV episode .... Archibald Sinclair Beachum
  21. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) .... Dr. Longstreet
    ... aka Dr. Phibes (USA: promotional title)
    ... aka The Curse of Dr. Phibes
  22. Le mur de l'Atlantique (1970) (as Terry Thomas) .... Perry
    ... aka Atlantic Wall (International: English title)
    ... aka Un elmetto pieno di... fifa (Italy)
  23. Howdy (1970) (TV)

  24. The Peapicker in Piccadilly (1969) (TV)
    ... aka The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (UK)
  25. Arthur! Arthur! (1969) .... Clennery Tubbs
  26. 12 + 1 (1969) .... Albert
    ... aka Douze et un (France)
    ... aka The 13 Chairs
    ... aka Twelve Plus One (UK)
    ... aka Una su 13
  27. Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) .... Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage
    ... aka Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (Australia) (USA)
    ... aka Gonflés à bloc (France)
    ... aka Il ralleye di Montecarlo... e tutta quella confusione (Italy)
    ... aka Le rallye de Monte Carlo (France)
    ... aka Monte Carlo Rally
    ... aka Montecarlo Rally (France)
    ... aka Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatenate, scalcinate carriole (Italy)
  28. 2000 Years Later (1969) .... Goodwyn
  29. Uno scacco tutto matto (1969) .... Il direttore Dorgeant
    ... aka 6 simpatiche carogne
    ... aka Checkmate for McDowell
    ... aka It's Your Move (USA)
    ... aka Mad Checkmate (USA: promotional title)
    ... aka Un atraco de ida y vuelta (Spain)
  30. "The Old Campaigner" .... James Franklin-Jones ('FJ') (7 episodes, 1967-1969)
        - French Farce (1969) TV episode .... James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
        - Home Cooking (1969) TV episode .... James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
        - White Man's Tomb (1968) TV episode .... James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
        - Man of Letters (1968) TV episode .... James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
        - Minx (1968) TV episode .... James Franklin-Jones ('FJ')
          (2 more)
  31. "That's Life" (1 episode, 1968)
        - Moving In (1968) TV episode
  32. How Sweet It Is! (1968) .... Gilbert Tilly
  33. Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968) .... H. William Homer
  34. Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) .... Ladislaus Walichek
  35. "The Red Skelton Show" .... British Boxer / ... (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
    ... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
        - Cauliflower Ears That Bloom in the Spring, Tra-La (1968) TV episode .... British Fight Promoter/British Boxer
        - Episode #17.7 (1967) TV episode .... Floorwalker
        - Episode #16.23 (1967) TV episode .... Smythe Farquardt
  36. Diabolik (1968) (as Terry Thomas) .... Minister of Finance
    ... aka Danger: Diabolik (USA)
    ... aka Danger: Diabolik! (France)
  37. Sette volte sette (1968) .... Police Inspector
    ... aka Seven Times Seven (USA)
  38. Arabella (1967) .... Hotel manager
    ... aka Bad Arabella (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Ragazza del Charleston (Italy)
  39. Arrriva Dorellik (1967) .... Commissario Green
    ... aka Dorellik (UK)
    ... aka How to Kill 400 Duponts (USA)
  40. The Perils of Pauline (1967) .... Sten Martin
  41. "Comedy Playhouse" .... James Franklin-Jones (1 episode, 1967)
        - The Old Campaigner (1967) TV episode .... James Franklin-Jones
  42. Rocket to the Moon (1967) .... Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe
    ... aka Blast Off
    ... aka Journey That Shook the World
    ... aka Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (UK: complete title)
    ... aka P.T. Barnum's Rocket to the Moon
    ... aka Those Fantastic Flying Fools (USA)
  43. A Guide for the Married Man (1967) .... Technical Adviser (Harold aka Tiger)
  44. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." .... Constable (2 episodes, 1967)
        - The Five Daughters Affair: Part II (1967) TV episode .... Constable
        - The Five Daughters Affair: Part I (1967) TV episode .... Constable
  45. El fantástico mundo del doctor Coppelius (1966) (uncredited) .... Voice of the Bull
    ... aka Dr. Coppelius (USA)
    ... aka Dr?? Coppelius!!! (UK)
    ... aka The Fantastic World of Dr. Coppelius (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
  46. La grande vadrouille (1966) .... Sir Reginald
    ... aka Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot At (UK)
    ... aka Don't Look Now, We've Been Shot At
    ... aka Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (USA)
  47. Se tutte le donne del mondo (1966) .... Lord Aldric/James
    ... aka If All the Women in the World (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (USA)
    ... aka Operation Paradise (International: English title: informal literal title)
    ... aka Operazione paradiso (Italy: alternative title)
  48. The Daydreamer (1966) (voice) .... Brig. Zachary Zilch (The First Tailor)
  49. Munster, Go Home! (1966) .... Freddie Munster
  50. Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) .... El Caid
    ... aka Bang Bang! (USA: TV title)
    ... aka Bang! Bang! You're Dead! (USA)
    ... aka Bang, Bang, Bang! Marrakesh
    ... aka I Spy, You Spy
  51. The Sandwich Man (1966) .... Scoutmaster
    ... aka That Swinging City
  52. Top Crack (1966) .... Charles
  53. You Must Be Joking! (1965) .... Maj. Foskett
  54. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965) .... Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
    ... aka Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
  55. "Burke's Law" .... Arthur Shelby / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
    ... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
        - Who Killed the Thirteenth Clown? (1965) TV episode .... Gideon Auerbach
        - Who Killed Madison Cooper? (1964) TV episode .... Arthur Shelby
        - Who Killed Julian Buck? (1963) TV episode .... Charlie Hill
  56. Strange Bedfellows (1965) .... Assistant Mortician
  57. How to Murder Your Wife (1965) .... Charles
  58. The Wild Affair (1963) .... Godfrey Deane
  59. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) .... Lt.Col. J. Algernon Hawthorne
    ... aka It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (USA: promotional title)
  60. Terry-Thomas (1963) (TV)
  61. The Mouse on the Moon (1963) (as Terry Thomas) .... Maurice Spender
  62. The British at Play (1963) (TV)
  63. Kill or Cure (1962) .... Captain J. (Jeroboam) Barker-Rynde PI
  64. Operation Snatch (1962) .... Lt. 'Piggy' Wigg
    ... aka Top Secret
  65. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) .... Ludwig ('The Singing Bone')
  66. Bachelor Flat (1962) .... Professor Bruce Patterson
  67. His and Hers (1961) .... Reggie Blake
  68. A Matter of WHO (1961) .... Bannister
  69. Make Mine Mink (1960) .... Major Rayne
  70. School for Scoundrels (1960) .... Raymond Delauney
    ... aka School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating (UK: long title)
  71. "Armchair Theatre" .... Lord Arthur Savile (1 episode, 1960)
        - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime (1960) TV episode .... Lord Arthur Savile
  72. That's Odd (1960)

  73. I'm All Right Jack (1959) .... Major Hitchcock
  74. Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) .... Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne
    ... aka Man in a Cocked Hat (USA)
  75. Too Many Crooks (1959) .... William Delany 'Billy' Gordon
  76. tom thumb (1958) .... Ivan
  77. Happy Is the Bride (1958) .... Policeman
  78. Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) (as Terry Thomas) .... Captain Romney Carlton-Ricketts
  79. The Naked Truth (1957) .... Lord Henry Mayley
    ... aka Your Past Is Showing (USA)
  80. Beat Up the Town (1957) (TV)
  81. Brothers in Law (1957) .... Alfred Green
  82. Lucky Jim (1957) .... Bertrand Welch
  83. The Green Man (1956) .... Charles Boughtflower
  84. "Friday Night with Terry-Thomas" (1956) TV series .... Host
  85. "Strictly T-T" (6 episodes, 1956)
        - Episode #1.6 (1956) TV episode
        - Episode #1.5 (1956) TV episode
        - Episode #1.4 (1956) TV episode
        - Episode #1.3 (1956) TV episode
        - Episode #1.2 (1956) TV episode
          (1 more)
  86. Private's Progress (1956) .... Maj. Hitchcock
  87. Around the Town (1955) (TV)
  88. Cookery Nook (1951) .... The Man (Husband)
    ... aka What's Cooking (UK)
  89. La belle Hélène (1951) (TV) .... Presenter

  90. "How Do You View?" (1949) TV series
  91. Melody Club (1949) .... Freddy Forrester
  92. A Date with a Dream (1948) .... Terry
  93. Copy Book Please (1948) .... Presenter
  94. If You Don't Save Paper (1948) .... Shop Assistant
  95. Quiet Wedding (1941) (uncredited) .... Extra
  96. For Freedom (1940) .... News reader
  97. Under Your Hat (1940) (uncredited) .... Party Guest

  98. Flying Fifty-Five (1939) (uncredited) .... Bit at Racetrack
  99. Sam Goes Shopping (1939) .... Boyfriend
  100. Climbing High (1938) (voice) (uncredited) .... Voice of a Cow
  101. Rhythm Racketeer (1937) (uncredited) .... Extra
  102. It's Love Again (1936) (uncredited) .... Dancer (Extra)
  103. Cheer Up (1936) (uncredited) .... Extra: Dancer
  104. Things to Come (1936) (uncredited) .... Man of the Future
    ... aka H.G. Wells' Things to Come (UK: complete title)
  105. When Knights Were Bold (1936) (uncredited) .... Soldier
  106. This'll Make You Whistle (1936) (uncredited) .... Extra
  107. Rhythm in the Air (1936) (uncredited) .... Drunkard Frankie (Extra)
  108. The Ghost Goes West (1935) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  109. Once in a Million (1935) (uncredited) .... Man at auction
    ... aka Weekend Millionaire (USA)
  110. The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933) (uncredited) .... Extra
Producer:
  1. Terry-Thomas in Northern Ireland (1963) (producer)
  2. Terry-Thomas in the South of France (1963) (producer)
  3. Terry-Thomas in Tuscany (1963) (producer)
    ... aka City of Flowers (UK: alternative title)
Writer:
  1. Terry-Thomas (1963) (TV) (writer)

  2. "How Do You View?" (1949) TV series (writer) (1949-1950)
Soundtrack:
  1. Brass Monkey (1948) (performer: "It's the Greatest Business in the World", "Somebody Blew My Bluebird's Egg")
    ... aka Lucky Mascot
Self:
  1. "Heroes of Comedy" .... Himself (1 episode)
        - Terry-Thomas (????) TV episode .... Himself

  2. "Dinah's Place" .... Himself (1 episode, 1974)
        - Episode dated 11 March 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" .... Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1968-1972)
    ... aka Laugh-In
        - Episode #5.23 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #5.20 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #1.7 (1968) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Performer
  4. Tunisia: Yesterday and Today (1972) (voice) .... Himself
  5. "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (2 episodes, 1971)
        - Episode dated 15 November 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
        - Episode dated 8 November 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
  6. "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
        - Episode #1.1 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
  7. "The Dick Cavett Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Episode dated 20 May 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
  8. "Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
    ... aka The Des O'Connor Show (UK: alternative title) (USA: second season title)
        - Episode dated 10 May 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself

  9. "The Liberace Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #1.1 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
  10. "The Hollywood Palace" .... Himself - Comedian (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #6.24 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian
  11. "Showtime" .... Himself - Host (1 episode, 1968)
    ... aka The Big Show (UK: alternative title)
        - Episode dated 6 April 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself - Host
  12. Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (1968) .... Himself
  13. Everybody's Got a System (1965) (TV)
  14. "The Andy Williams Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1965)
        - Episode dated 8 March 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself
  15. An Hour with Robert Goulet (1964) (TV)
  16. "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist (1 episode, 1964)
        - Episode dated 17 May 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
  17. "The Garry Moore Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
        - Episode #6.29 (1964) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #6.7 (1963) TV episode .... Himself
  18. "The Jerry Lewis Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1963)
        - Episode #1.7 (1963) TV episode .... Himself
  19. "The Judy Garland Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1963)
        - Episode #1.3 (1963) TV episode .... Himself
  20. Terry-Thomas in Northern Ireland (1963) .... Himself - Host
  21. Terry-Thomas in the South of France (1963) .... Himself - Host
  22. Terry-Thomas in Tuscany (1963) .... Himself - Host
    ... aka City of Flowers (UK: alternative title)
  23. The Bing Crosby Show (1961) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Bing Crosby in London (USA: alternative title)

  24. "My Wildest Dream" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
        - Episode dated 8 May 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
  25. "What's My Line" .... Himself - Celebrity Challenger (1 episode, 1951)
        - Episode dated 17 December 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - Celebrity Challenger
  26. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #4.28 (1951) TV episode .... Himself
  27. The Queen Steps Out (1951) .... Himself
    ... aka The Queen Walks (UK)

  28. Helter Skelter (1949) .... Himself
  29. Brass Monkey (1948) (as Terry Thomas) .... Himself
    ... aka Lucky Mascot
Archive Footage:
  1. "American Masters"
        - Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  2. "Legends"
        - Terry-Thomas (2002) TV episode .... Himself
  3. Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000) (V) .... Himself
  4. Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Lieutenant Colonel J. Algernon Hawthorne
  5. The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988) (V) .... Electric Company Fortune-teller
  6. "Clapper Board"
        - Peter Sellers: 2 (1980) TV episode
  7. To See Such Fun (1977) .... Himself
  8. The Karate Killers (1967) .... Constable
  9. Lionpower from MGM (1967) (uncredited) .... Ladislaus Walichek


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TV commercial as William Shakespeare, with June Whitfield as Anne Hathaway, for Birds Eye Cod in Mushroom Sauce. more
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