- Born
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- As a youth in 1940's Glasgow Stanley spent as much time as possible at the Grosvenor Cinema even skipping school. His father was a branch manager of Commercial Union while his mother would have liked to have been an actress, When the family agreed that acting was respectable his mother took him round halls where he gave renderings of Harry Lauder and Mae West, Schooling eventually came to a stop which disappointed his father who'd wanted him to be a doctor. His father died he'd lived long enough to know that Stanley was going to do well. He eventually moved South with his wife, Moira, and proceeded to established himself in London on his own terms with a reputation of being a perfectionist,- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpouseMoira Robertson(1951 - 1997) (her death)
- He was educated at Hillhead High School in Glasgow which he described as 'built like a fever hospital for the far east' and that he was quite convinced 'there was a perfectly good school out in the far east being used as a fever hospital'. (This on account of the open corridors leading to the classrooms).
- A film fan since the age of 6 going to the Grosvenor at Hillhead, Glasgow.
- Served in the British Army Entertainment Unit in Singapore during WWII with John Schlesinger, Peter Nichols, Peter Vaughan and Kenneth Williams.
- After spending three years at Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Stanley Baxter moved to London in 1959, where he took part in TV revues for BBC and ITV.
- As a boy his mother took him round the church hall circuit doing a Sir Harry Lauder impersonation.
- Scots can deny it as much as they like, but I've seen a lot of anti-English sentiment expressed north of the border but never anti-Scots sentiments south of the border. They don't know any better. It's got to do with these dreadful films they've made, anti-English films and that wretched Australian... Braveheart (1995) - it's not even correct historically.
- [on Patricia Routledge] A great singing voice, she's a very good actress, vocally, but she's also a great clown.
- I'm not mad about comics speaking a hundred words a minute and walking up and down that vast stage alone. It doesn't appeal to me. They lack repose. The comedians I love most really were the American ones. Well, particularly, Jack Benny who could stand there, raise one eyebrow and have the audience in hysterics. He was the only comedian I ever wanted to meet.
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