Tony Hendra

Acting

Tony Hendra

Born July 10, 1941Hertfordshire, England, UK20 credits

Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist, actor and writer who worked mostly in the United States. Educated at St Albans School (where he was a classmate of Stephen Hawking) and at St John's College, Cambridge, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Hendra was probably best known for being the head writer and co-producer in 1984 of the first six shows of the long-running British satirical television series Spitting Image, and for starring in the film This Is Spinal Tap as the band's manager Ian Faith. Hendra died on 4 March 2021 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

Filmography

Belushi
2020Belushi
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
2010Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Suits
1999Suits
as George ParkynMovie
Life with Mikey
1993Life with Mikey
as Cookie Commercial DirectorMovie
Miami Vice
1984Miami Vice
as Gordon WigginsTV
The Big Bang
1984The Big Bang
WriterMovie
This Is Spinal Tap
1984This Is Spinal Tap
as Ian FaithMovie
Mama Dracula
1980Mama Dracula
WriterMovie
Lemmings
1973Lemmings
WriterMovie