Henry McGee

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Biography

British actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 14 May 1929
  • Place of birth
  • Kensington
  • Death date
  • 2006-01-28
  • Death age
  • 77
  • Place of death
  • Twickenham
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Education
  • Stonyhurst College

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Famous for being in the Sugar Puffs breakfast cereal commercials on television alongside The Honey Monster.

Left a million pounds in his will.

British character actor, best known for his 20 year-long association with Benny Hill, on whose show he appeared as announcer and straight man. The son of Rolls-Royce engineer, McGee was educated at Stonyhurst. After national service in the navy, he joined the Italia Conti Stage Academy for two years, then acted with repertory companies in England and Australia. He returned to England in the 1960s and enjoyed a prolific career on television.

His hobbies were gliding and collecting old engravings.

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