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Tony Hendra

Tony Hendra

Birthday: 1941-07-10 | Place of Birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK

Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist, actor and writer who worked mostly in the United States. Educated at St Albans School (where he was a classmate of Stephen Hawking) and at St John's College, Cambridge, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Hendra was probably best known for being the head writer and co-producer in 1984 of the first six shows of the long-running British satirical television series Spitting Image, and for starring in the film This Is Spinal Tap as the band's manager Ian Faith. Hendra died on 4 March 2021 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
This Is Spinal Tap

as    Ian Faith

2010
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?

as    Self (archive footage)

1981
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

as    Ian Faith