Biografía

7 de junio de 1911 · Pretoria, Sudáfrica

12 de enero de 2002 · Daventry, Northamptonshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido (causas naturales)

1.74 m

Famous for speaking "Unwinese", a made-up language in which English words are mangled so that the exact words are gibberish, but intonation of the sentences and the sound of the "words" makes the meaning perfectly clear.

He was buried in the same grave as his wife who had died before him. The epitaph on their tombstone reads (in "Unwinese"): "Reunitey in the heavenly-bode. Deep joy!".

Found fame by twisting words into a nonsense language, which he called Unwinese, on radio and later on TV.

Was the first live action star of a Gerry Anderson production, when he doubled for his Supermarionation puppet character in Servicio secreto (1969). The character, incidentally, was even given the name Stanley Unwin!

Unwin was also said to have influenced comedians such as Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, Freddie Starr and the Monty Python crew.

Carry on Regardless (1961) - £200