Kenny Everett

Known for ActingBorn 1944-12-25Died 1995-04-04Seaforth, Lancashire, England

Kenny Everett (born Maurice James Christopher Cole; 25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995) was an English radio DJ and television comedian, known for his zany comedic style. After spells working on pirate radio and Radio Luxembourg in the mid-1960s, Everett was one of the first DJs to join newly created BBC Radio 1 in 1967, where he developed the comedic voices and characters which he later adapted for television. He was dismissed from the BBC in 1970 after making a flippant comment on air after a news item concerning a government minister's wife. He was later reinstated at the BBC, working both on local and national radio. In 1973, when commercial radio became licensed in the UK, he joined Capital Radio. In the late 1970s, transitioning to television, he made numerous comedy series, notably The Kenny Everett Video Show on ITV from 1978 to 1981, and The Kenny Everett Television Show on the BBC from 1981 to 1988, often appearing with Cleo Rocos, whose glamour and curvaceous figure were often used to comic effect. He was a highly versatile performer, able to write his own scripts and compose jingles in addition to operating advanced recording and mixing equipment. His personality made him a regular guest on chat shows and game shows such as Blankety Blank. In 2006, the British public ranked him number 45 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars. Everett supported the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher and made a public appearance at the Young Conservatives conference in 1983. As a gay man, he was criticised for supporting a Conservative government which enacted Section 28, a clause of the Local Government Act which made it illegal for councils to promote gay rights. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1989, developed AIDS in 1993, and died in 1995. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenny Everett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Sinéad

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Harty

The Kenny Everett Video Show

The Bob Monkhouse Show

The Goodies

Not the Nine O'Clock News

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Top of the Pops

Dateline Diamonds

Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Wogan

An Audience with...

Blankety Blank

The Kenny Everett Explosion

The World According to Kenny Everett

Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits

The Unforgettable Kenny Everett

Saturday Night Clive

That's Showbusiness

Aspel & Company

The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box

Kremmen: The Movie

Nice Time