A brilliant comic actor Terry Scott was one of the most familiar faces on British television in the 1960s and 70s. At the height of his popularity his classic comedy series, Terry and June, (in which he co-starred with June Whitfield) was watched by 15 million viewers weekly. Born Owen John Scott in Watford he began his theatrical career in his ...
He underwent surgery for a brain tumour in 1979 and in the late 1980s suffered a nervous breakdown and cancer of the bladder.
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In 1974 he narrowly escaped death when was driving from a stage performance in Billingham to a radio interview in Middlesbrough nearby. His route took him on the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge which consists of a "gondola", carrying passengers and cars, suspended from rails on an overhead structure. Scott mistook this for a conventional toll bridge and accidentally drove his car through the safety gate on the approach road and off the riverbank, landing in the safety netting below.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Danger Mouse
1981-1992
TV Series
Penfold / Leatherhead / Mrs. Penge / ...
Mr. H Is Late
1988
TV Short
Hearse driver
Terry and June
1979-1987
TV Series
Terry Medford
The Professionals
1979
TV Series
Extra walking along pavement
Happy Ever After
1974-1978
TV Series
Terry Fletcher
Whodunnit?
1975
TV Series
Panellist
A Day with Dana
1974
TV Series
Comedy Playhouse
1974
TV Series
Terry Fletcher
Scott On...
1964-1974
TV Series
The Good Old Days
1974
TV Series
Christmas Pantomime: Robin Hood
1973
TV Movie
The bad robber
Son of the Bride
1973
TV Series
Neville Leggit
Bless This House
1972
Ronald Baines
Carry on Matron
1972
Dr. Prodd
Carry on at Your Convenience
1971
Mr. Allcock (scenes deleted)
Carry on Henry VIII
1971
Cardinal Wolsey
Mr Tumbleweed
1971
TV Movie
The Bosun
Carry on Again Christmas
1970
TV Movie
Squire Treyhornay
Carry on Loving
1970
Terence Philpot
Carry on Up the Jungle
1970
Ugh, the Jungle Boy
Carry on Christmas
1969
TV Movie
Dr. Frank N. Stein
Convent Girl
Mr. Barrett
...
The Gnomes of Dulwich
1969
TV Series
Big
Carry on Camping
1969
Peter Potter
Carry On... Up the Khyber
1968
Sgt. Major Macnutt
Hugh and I Spy
1968
TV Series
Terry
The Very Merry Widow
1968
TV Series
Godfrey Scott
A Ghost of a Chance
1968
Mr. Perry
Astérix le Gaulois
1967
Obelix (voice, uncredited)
Hugh and I
1962-1967
TV Series
Terry
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
Policeman
Carnaby, M.D.
1966
Robert the hairdresser
Gonks Go Beat
1965
PM
Laughter from the Whitehall
1965
TV Series
Alfred Bandle
Mother Goose
1965
TV Movie
Mother Goose
Brian Rix Presents: The Brides of March
1965
TV Movie
Ken Scudamore
A Christmas Night with the Stars
1963-1964
TV Series
Terry - Hugh and I segment
Murder Most Foul
1964
Police Constable Wells
Father Came Too!
1964
Executioner
Dick Whittington
1963
TV Movie
Daphne, the cook
Brian Rix Presents: Love's a Luxury
1963
TV Movie
Charles Pentwick
Dial RIX
1962
TV Series
Toby Murgatroyd / Maple / Sydney Keen / ...
Brian Rix Presents: See How They Run
1962
TV Movie
Rev. Lionel Toop
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1961-1962
TV Mini-Series
P.C. 'Gunboat' Clitheroe / Jonathan Hardcastle / Mr. Drake / ...
A Pair of Briefs
1962
Policeman at Law Courts
Brian Rix Presents: Will Any Gentleman
1961
TV Movie
Stanley Jackson
The Rag Trade
1961
TV Series
Terence Nutley
What a Whopper
1961
Sergeant
Nothing Barred
1961
PC Budgie
No My Darling Daughter
1961
Constable
Mary Had a Little...
1961
Police Sergeant
Double Bunk
1961
2nd River Policeman
Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961
Sam Stokes
The Night We Got the Bird
1961
P. C. Lovejoy
And the Same to You
1960
Police Constable
I'm All Right Jack
1959
Crawley
The Bridal Path
1959
PC Donald
The Anne Shelton Show
1959
TV Series
Too Many Crooks
1959
Fire Policeman
Carry On Sergeant
1958
Sergeant Paddy O'Brien
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
Police Sergeant
Scott Free
1957
TV Series
Terry
Terry Scott
1955
TV Movie
Sammy
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Timeshift
2008
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Brothers in Arms
2005
TV Movie documentary performer: "My Brother" - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Terry Scott
1955
TV Movie writer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Give Us a Clue
1983
TV Series
Himself
The Pantomime Dame
1982
Documentary
Himself
The Good Old Days
1958-1981
TV Series
Himself - Performer / Himself
3-2-1
1979
TV Series
Bill Sykes / Himself
Saturday Night at the Mill
1979
TV Series
Himself
This Is Your Life
1961-1978
TV Series documentary
Himself
Tell Me Another
1978
TV Series
Himself
Whose Baby?
1977
TV Series
Himself - Panellist
Whodunnit?
1976
TV Series
Himself - Panellist
Looks Familiar
1974-1976
TV Series
Himself - Guest
It's Lulu
1971
TV Series
Himself
A Christmas Night with the Stars
1962-1970
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Juke Box Jury segment
Film Night
1970
TV Series
Himself / Ugh, the Jungle Boy
Billy Cotton Band Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
Dee Time
1967
TV Series
Himself
The London Palladium Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1965-1967
TV Series
Himself
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1962-1966
TV Series
Himself
The Cool Spot
1964
TV Series
Himself
Comedy Bandbox
1963
TV Series
Himself
The Friday Show
1960
TV Series
Himself
Laugh Line
1960
TV Series
Himself
Six-Five Special
1958
TV Series
Himself
This Is the Henry Hall Show
1958
TV Series
Himself
Great Scott, It's Maynard
1955-1956
TV Series
Himself
Christmas Box
1955
TV Movie
Himself
It's a Great Life
1955
TV Series
Himself
Garrison Theatre
1954
TV Series
Himself
Show Case
1954
TV Series
Himself
The Centre Show
1951
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Christmas with the Double Acts
2015
TV Movie documentary
Terry Medford
Michael Grade's History of the Pantomime Dame
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - 1927-1994
The Age of the Train
2012
TV Movie documentary
Terry Medford
The Unforgettable Terry Scott
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself / Various
Heroes of Comedy
2002
TV Series documentary
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
TV Movie documentary
Various
What's a Carry On?
1998
TV Movie documentary
Various Characters
A Perfect Carry On
1998
TV Movie documentary
And It's Goodnight from Him: The Very Best of Ronnie Barker
1996
Video documentary
The Very Best of Sid James
1996
Video documentary
What a Carry On
1983-1984
TV Series
Sergeant-Major MacNutt
Terence Philpot
Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics
1983
TV Special short
Various Characters
Carry on Laughing
1981
TV Series
Cardinal Wolsey
Ugh, the Jungle Boy
Peter Potter
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