Humphrey Lyttelton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster, and chairman of the BBC radio comedy programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. As a performer, he is perhaps best-remembered for the hit single "Bad Penny Blues" (1956). Although known as a jazz trumpeter he also played clarinet.
He got to meet his idol, Louis Armstrong, at the 1948 Nice (France) Jazz Festival. Armstrong always spoke warmly of the man he called "that cat in England who swings his posterior off".
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In 2001, he joined rock band Radiohead for a seven-hour session while they were recording their album "Amnesiac". They had written to him asking for help, as they were "a bit stuck".
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He was offered a knighthood, and turned it down.
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Mother, Pamela Lyttelton, a keen amateur musician, playing at various times piano, recorder and the guitar. Father George took up the cello while at Cambridge, but put it down again after a university magazine article said 'When George Lyttelton practises the cello, all the cats in the district converge upon his rooms in the belief that one of their members is in distress.'
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sir John Dankworth at the BBC
2010
TV Movie performer: "Take the A Train"
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
2008
TV Movie performer: "We'll Meet Again"
Humph's Last Stand
2008
TV Movie performer: "Heavenless", "Trouble in Mind", "M25", "Cross a Busy Street", "I Got Rhythm", "Wham Re-Bop, Boom-Bam", "Mairzy Dotes" / writer: "Cross a Busy Street"
The South Bank Show
2007
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Blues
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2003 writer - 1 episode, 2003
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
music: "Jazz Jam Sesssion" - uncredited
Rock Around the World
1957
writer: "Bermondsey Bounce"
It's Great to Be Young!
1956
performer: "Jam Session"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dawson and Friends
1977
TV Series
After Hours
1958
TV Series
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
It's Great to Be Young!
1956
composer: jazz jam session / musician: dubbed trumpet for John Mills
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
All You Need Is Love
1977
TV Series documentary script - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
2008
TV Movie in memory of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Life in the Death of Joe Meek
Documentary post-production
Himself
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: Interviews
2008
Video documentary short
Himself (uncredited)
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
2008
TV Movie
Himself - Host
Humph's Last Stand
2008
TV Movie
Himself
Timeshift
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
The South Bank Show
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Folk Britannia
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2005
TV Series
Himself
Jazz Britannia
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Blues
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself
Heroes of Comedy
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Celebrity Squares
1995-1997
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Surprise Surprise!
1996
TV Series
Himself
One Foot in the Past
1995
TV Series
Himself
This Is Your Life
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
Arena
1991
TV Series documentary
Himself
Countdown
1987
TV Series
Himself
Looks Familiar
1970-1980
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself, Guest
Blankety Blank
1979
TV Series
Himself
Tell Me Another
1978
TV Series
Himself
Look Who's Talking
1975
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee
Just a Nimmo
1974
TV Series
Himself
Quick on the Draw
1974
TV Series
Himself - Cartoonist
Who Said That?
1974
TV Series
Himself
Musikladen
1973
TV Series
Himself
Up Sunday
1972
TV Series
Himself
Going for a Song
1971
TV Series documentary
Himself - Customer
Parkinson
1971
TV Series
Himself
Die Drehscheibe
1969
TV Series
Himself
Dee Time
1967
TV Series
Himself
Jazz 625
1964
TV Series
Himself / Himself - introduced by
The Celebrity Game
1964
TV Series
Himself
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1961-1962
TV Series
Himself / Themselves
Ask Anne
1961
TV Series
Himself
The Sunday Break
1960-1961
TV Series
Himself - Performer
Juke Box Jury
1960
TV Series
Himself - Panellist
Russ Conway
1960
TV Series
Himself
Music Shop
1959
TV Series
Himself - Performer
Monitor
1958
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter, 'Duke Ellington'
Six-Five Special
1957-1958
TV Series
Himself - and His Band
This Is Your Life
1958
TV Series documentary
Himself
Off the Record
1955-1958
TV Series
Himself - Performer / Himself - and his Band
Rock Around the World
1957
Himself (as Humphrey Lyttleton and his Band)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dancing Through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself
50s Britannia
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself (2004)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Humphrey Lyttelton: The Jazz Musicians' Jazz Musician
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Mark Lawson Talks to...
2008
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Humph's Last Stand (2008) as Himself
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008) as Thanks
Rock Around the World (1957) as Himself
Six-Five Special (1957-1958) as Himself - and His Band
$1.6 Million
