- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHenry James Marris-McGee
- Nickname
- Super Stooge
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Henry McGee specialized in comedy and was best known for his 20 year-long association with Benny Hill, on whose show he appeared as announcer and straight man. The son of a Rolls-Royce engineer, McGee was educated at Stonyhurst. After National Service in the Royal 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 1960's and enjoyed a prolific career on television, especially in comedies. His appearance as an upmarket conman who takes in Leonard Rossiter's Rigsby in The Perfect Gentleman (1975) was considered one of the highlights of the popular ITV sitcom, so much so that the storyline was recycled for the film version, Rising Damp (1980), when McGee's role was taken by Denholm Elliott.
McGee was also recognized for being in the 'Sugar Puffs' breakfast cereal commercials on television alongside The Honey Monster. His hobbies were gliding and collecting old engravings. He left a million pounds in his will.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- He specialized in suave, well-spoken, well-dressed characters
- An early stage appearance was as the 1st Watchman with Andrew Gardner (later of ITN) and Leslie Crowther as the other watchmen in Much Ado About Nothing at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre in London's Regents Park,.
- A memorial service was held for him at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 15th May 2006.
- Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) - £250
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