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 Fri 12 Dec 25 12:21 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - Bromptonaut
Scots comic actor Stanley Baxter has died aged 99:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyddr0dmrdo
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 14:06 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - smokie
I don't really remember much about him except watching the odd Christmas show. Good age though!
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 14:10 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - Zero
He could be extremely funny, liked to extract the urine about his Scottishness and jocks in general, good with satire (his HM the queen entering the betting shop is a classic of its genre). Great mimic and accents in general.

Alas its a kind of humour that fell from favour.
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 14:31 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - Manatee
Parliamo Glasgow?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnKPnPhhYw
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 15:18 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - tyrednemotional
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>> Alas its a kind of humour that fell from favour.
>>

That's probably why he went into soups.....
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 15:27 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - Andrew-T
>> Alas its a kind of humour that fell from favour. >>

Yes, I hadn't seen or heard of SB for so long I had assumed he left long ago ...
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 17:03 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - Robin O'Reliant
I'd forgotten all about him, but when I read of his death it brought back memories of his shows. He never seemed to be off the tv at one point.
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 19:27 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - martin aston
I believe the shows where he recreated 40’s movies, impressions of film stars and mass dance routines were very expensive to make. Hence they were dropped.
Growing up in Scotland in the 60/70s he was one of the few Scottish comic actors that we teenagers liked. His contemporaries were largely still pushing the tartan variety acts.
Having said that both Chic Murray and Rikki Fulton had their moments but it was Stanley who made the wider U.K. impact.
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 Fri 12 Dec 25 23:17 
 Stanley Baxter Exits Stage - Andrew-T
withdrawn ..
Last edited by: Andrew-T on Fri 12 Dec 25 at 23:18
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