Terry-Thomas was born on July 14, 1911 in Finchley, London, England. On January 8, 1990 Terry-Thomas passed away in Godalming, Surrey, England, from parkinson's disease.

His birthname was Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens.

Terry-Thomas' trade marks are and will always be the gap between top teeth, and the cathphrases you're an absolute shower, and good show.The gap in his upper teeth is so famous that in British medicine there is a Terry-Thomas sign - the gap between the scaphoid and lunate bones (scapho-lunate disassociation) on x-rays.

In the late 1940s Terry-Thomas became a popular stand-up comic. Changed his professional name from Thomas-Terry after repeatedly being asked if he was related to stage legend Ellen Terry.

In 1964 Terry-Thomas played Bertie Wooster in two radio plays INDIAN SUMMER OF AN UNCLE and JEEVES TAKES CHARGE. Terry-Thomas's autobiography, FILLING THE GAP, was published in 1959.

In 1966 Thomas was about to co-star in a movie called EASY COME, EASY GO with Jan Berry and Dean Torrence in the leading roles. Due to a car wreck during shooting, in which Berry suffered a severe brain damage and paralysis, the film was cancelled.

Terry-Thomas' other notable credits include...

 

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1978)
SPANISH FLY (1976)
THE VAULT OF HORROR (1973)
MONTE CARLO OR BUST (1969)
ROCKET TO THE MOON (1967)
IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963)
THE MOUSE ON THE MOON (1963)
THAT'S ODD (1960)
THE NAKED TRUTH (1957)