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Roy Castle
Deceased

How Did Roy Castle Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 62
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn31/08/1932Born inScholes, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UKDied02/09/1994 (aged 62)Died inGerrards CrossCauselung cancerWikidataQ5684618 ↗TMDb#83754 ↗

Roy Castle was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. An accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could also play many other instruments. In a career as a versatile performer on stage, television and film, he became best known to British television viewers as long-running presenter of the children's series Record Breakers.

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Filmography23 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the ScenesMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)79
1998What's a Carry On?MovieCaptain Keene (archive footage) (uncredited)66
1995DalekmaniaMovieIan63
1991Pebble MillSeriesSelf59
1988You Bet!Series—56
1987Daytime LiveSeries—55
1987Going Live!SeriesSelf55
1979The Marti Caine ShowSeries—47
1977That's Carry On!MovieCaptain Keene (archive footage)45
1975Legend of the WerewolfMoviePhotographer43
1972The Record BreakersSeries—40
1969PickwickMovieSam Weller37
1968CillaSeriesSelf36
1967OmnibusSeriesNarrator35
1967The PlankMovieDelivery Man with boxes35
1966Till Death Us Do PartSeriesSelf34
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries—33
1965Dr. Who and the DaleksMovieIan Chesterton33
1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsMovieBiff Bailey33
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf30
1960Sink the Bismarck!MovieAble Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)28
1960Hello LondonMoviehimself28
1959The Bruce Forsyth ShowSeries—27