ROY CASTLE

Roy Castle, OBE, loved Laurel & Hardy. Roy loved to impersonate Stan Laurel. Roy was a singer, comedian, dancer, musician and actor, all at the highest level. He was in constant demand for cabaret, variety, films, after-dinner speaking and theatre. He had a long list of TV hits to his credit, including the enormously popular Record Breakers.

Roy writing Another fine mess on Bills plaster.-1991  This could be the last photograph of Roy Castle as Stan Laurel. Did Roy have a world record for moving fast for the camera?  Gary, Jim and Fiona raising funds for the Roy Castle Foundation in 1996  Gary (Stan) with Estelle  Roy Castle with Janet Webb, 1973 Could this be the first photo of Roy as Stan?  Roy Castle on 'The Tour Of Hope' 1994  Bill, Roy and Graeme in Ulverston 1991

Roy was born in the village of Scholes in Yorkshire, and went on to become a talented musician, dancer and actor. He was treated for lung cancer in March 1992 but the disease reappeared in November the following year. At the beginning of 1994 Roy Castle launched the Cause For Hope Appeal. During his fundraising campaign he suffered complications from the growth of two brain tumours - but he never let up in his efforts and never failed to find a smile for his public. He died at his home in Buckinghamshire on September 2nd 1994, at the age of 62. He leaves a widow, Fiona and four children.

Roy Loved Going To The Laurel & Hardy Museum In Ulverston

A poster advertising Roy Castle in a play about Stan Laurel in The Theatre in the Forest in Cumbria August 91  Roy Castle in the Museum watching Laurel and Hardy films. August 1991  Roy Castle and Ray Saunders on Surprise Surprise. 13th Feb 1990  Gary Slade - Stan and Ray Saunders Ollie with Norman Wisdom  Roy in the museum trying to blow his hat up with his thumb like his hero Stan Laurel  Stan, Ollie, Bert and Alf helping the Liverpool Tent raise money for the Roy Castle Foundation  Roy Castle tipping his hat in Ulverston

Another Great Day In Ulverston & Blackpool

Men 'O' War. Estelle, Gary (Stan) Lisa and Neil (Ollie).  Gary, the late Billy Marsh and Ray Saunders in Ulverston 16th June 1990.  Give us a kiss  Gary and Neil with STAN'S Nephew Huntley Jefferson Woods in Ulverston 16 June 1990.  Laurel and Hardy, Glasgow Empire June 1947  Gary and Neil wearing the Kilts Laurel and Hardy wore in 1947.

The above photographs are from left to right: 1/ Men 'O' War Actors and Actresses: Estelle, Gary (Stan) Lisa and Neil (Ollie). 2/ Gary Slade, the late Billy Marsh and Ray Saunders in Ulverston 16th June 1990. 3/ Stan Laurel's Nephew - Huntley Jefferson Woods of Blyth, Northumberland (center) with Neil Whittingham (Ollie) and Gary Slade (Stan).Ulverston 16 June 1990. 4/ Laurel and Hardy at the Glasgow Empire June 1947 wearing kilts for the Drivers License Sketch. 5/ Gary and Neil wearing the same kilts on Stan Laurel's Centenary June 16th 1990 in front of Lord Delfont, Billy Marsh, Olive Karno, David Copperfield, Nancy Wardell, Jean Darling, A.J Marriot and many other Show business Celebrities to do with Laurel and Hardy and the Sons of the Desert that were there in Blackpool.

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