
Person
Tony Tanner
Acting · 1932–2020 · Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Biography
Tony Tanner (27 July 1932 – 8 September 2020) was a British stage, film and television actor and a Tony-nominated theatre director and choreographer. In the early part of his career, he made numerous appearances in plays and variety shows on British television. He most notably took over the role of Littlechap in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off in London's West End; taking over from the shows star and author Anthony Newley in 1962. His excursions into film were rare, but he did make an impression in 1966 in Warner Brothers' film version of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off when Newley declined the role. The film was a disappointment both critically and financially and thereafter Tanner focussed mostly on the theatre.
Known for

Kraft Music Hall
Self

The Human Jungle
Stan

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Villager

The Pleasure Girls
Paddy

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
Burgess Meredith

The Sandwich Man
Ferry Man

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck

Something's Afoot
Director

Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Little Chap

Strictly for the Birds
Terry Blessing
Filmography
- 2003Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and BurtBurgess Meredith
- 1993Robin Hood: Men in TightsVillager
- 1982Something's AfootDirector
- 1969Two Feet Off the GroundMr. Ford
- 1968Turn-up for TonyTony
- 1966The Sandwich ManFerry Man
- 1966Stop the World: I Want to Get OffLittle Chap
- 1965The Pleasure GirlsPaddy
- 1964A Home of Your OwnWorkman with radio
- 1964A Midsummer Night's DreamPuck
- 1964Strictly for the BirdsTerry Blessing
- 1963The Human JungleStan
- 1958Kraft Music HallSelf
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