Person
Lionel Blair
Acting · 1928–2021 · Montreal, Canada
Biography
Lionel Blair was an English actor, choreographer, tap dancer and television presenter. Making regular appearances as a dancer and entertainer on British television throughout the late 1960s, the 1970s and early 1980s, he also presented the quiz programme Name That Tune, and was a team captain on Give Us a Clue.
Known for
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
Loose Women
Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
Pebble Mill
Self
The Last Leg
Self
Celebrity Big Brother
Self
Celebrity Juice
Self
The Persuaders!
Quinn Travis
Bullseye
Self - Special Guest
The Sooty Show
Himself
Filmography
- 2018Larry Grayson: Shut That Door!Himself - Entertainer
- 2017Cheap Cheap CheapSelf
- 2016The Real Marigold HotelSelf
- 2013The Last LegSelf
- 2012Run For Your WifeCyril
- 2011Big Brother's Bit on the SideSelf
- 2011Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the SideSelf
- 2010The Unforgettable Harry SecombeSelf
- 2009The Week We Went To War
- 2008Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
- 2008Celebrity JuiceSelf
- 2007Britain's Got More TalentSelf
- 2006The Story of Light EntertainmentSelf
- 2004Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty BitsSelf
- 2004The FarmSelf
- 2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf
- 2002Footballers' WivesLionel Blair
- 2001Celebrity Big BrotherSelf
- 1999Loose WomenSelf
- 1997An Audience with Elton JohnSelf
- 1997MelissaParty Guest
- 1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf
- 1995The Ant & Dec Show
- 1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Guest
- 1991Pebble MillSelf
- 1991Lazarus and DingwallDuane Blake
- 1990The Word
- 1989Birds of a FeatherLionel Blair
- 1986Absolute BeginnersHarry Charms
- 1982Countdown
- 1982The Kenny Everett Television ShowSelf
- 1981BullseyeSelf - Special Guest
- 1979The PlankPaint-covered House Owner
- 1979Give Us a ClueSelf - Boys Team Captain
- 1978The Kenny Everett Video Show
- 1978An Audience with...Self
- 1974Mission: Monte CarloQuinn Travis (archive footage)
- 1971The Persuaders!Quinn Travis
- 1969The Magic ChristianChoreographer
- 1968Frost on SundaySelf – Guest
- 1967Maroc 7Hotel Receptionist
- 1966Promise Her AnythingChoreographer
- 1964The Beauty JungleTalk of the Town Producer
- 1964A Hard Day's NightT.V. Floor Manager
- 1963The Cool MikadoNanki
- 1962The Main Attraction
- 1962Play It CoolHimself
- 1960The World of Suzie WongDancing Sailor
- 1960Jazz BoatDancer on Boat
- 1959The Bruce Forsyth Show
- 1955The Sooty ShowHimself
- 1953The Limping ManThe Dancer
- —EstherSelf
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