Vivian Stanshall Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Template:Multiple issuesVivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (as a radio series for John Peel, as an audio recording, as a book and as a film), and for narrating Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells.
A popular college/alternative rock group, Death Cab for Cutie, is based off a Bonzo Dog song of the same name.
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Friend and partner in practical jokes with the late Keith Moon.
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Was the voice of the "Master Of Ceremonies" ("Grand piano, reed and pipe organ, glockenspiel", etc) on Mike Oldfield's debut album "Tubular Bells", released in 1973.
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Wrote lyrics for several songs on Steve Winwood's "Arc of a Diver" album.
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The name of his musical/comedy group was originally "The Bonzo Dog Dada Band". It was later changed to "The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band" (after having to explain what dadaism was once too often), and later shortened to "The Bonzo Dog Band", and finally "The Bonzos". "Bonzo" is the name of a British comic strip dog which first appeared in print in the 1800s.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
Hubert Rawlinson / Narrator
Black Joy
1977
Warden
Marty Amok
1970
TV Movie
Various Characters (as Vivian Stanshall & biG Grunt)
Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967-1969
TV Series
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
TV Movie
Performer on Stage (as Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
One More Time
2015
writer: "Readymades"
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Timeshift
2008
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca
2008
writer: "Look Out, There's a Monster Coming" - as Stanshall
Guest House Paradiso
1999
writer: "Jazz Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold"
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
writer: "Here comes the bridie", "Socks", "Aunt Florrie's Waltz", "Nice 'n' Tidy", "The Fool and Bladder", "Papadumb", "Wheelbarrow", "Ginger Geezer", "Stripe me a pinkie", "The cracks are showing"
Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967-1968
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
TV Movie writer: "Death Cab For Cutie" - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
dialogue / screenplay
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Middleton's Changeling
1998
Himself
The Innes Book of Records
1981
TV Series
Himself
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1980
TV Series
Himself
Up Sunday
1973
TV Series
Himself
Beat-Club
1967-1969
TV Series
The Adventures of the Son of Exploding Sausage
1969
Short
Himself (as The Bonzo Dog Band)
Colour Me Pop
1968
TV Series
Dee Time
1967
TV Series
Themselves
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Danny Baker Rocks... (A Bit)
2014
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980) as Hubert Rawlinson / Narrator
Black Joy (1977) as Warden
Marty Amok (1970) as Various Characters
Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967-1969) as Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
$16 Million
