Tony Hendra

Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) — Ian Faith
2. Miami Vice (1984) — Gordon Wiggins
3. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) — Hunter
4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Book Publisher
5. Life with Mikey (1993) — Cookie Commercial Director
6. Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015) — Self
7. Belushi (2020) — Self (archive footage)
8. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
9. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
10. Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981) — Ian Faith
11. The Cosby Mysteries (1994)
12. Kraft Music Hall (1958) — Self
13. Suits (1999) — George Parkyn
14. Whatever Happened to Spitting Image? (2010) — Self (archive footage)