Michael Bentine(1922-1996)
- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
![A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjQ1NjYwYTItZTlhZS00ZDlkLTkyZjYtODViODA0NmI5N2VjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg)
When he appeared at the London Palladium in 1948 sporting an untidy black beard he brought the house down with a 5 minute act using an antique chair back which became a ships rudder , a harp, a flag, a comb and a cows udder, He was booked for the Royal Variety show and looked set for stardom but 5 years of obscurity followed during which time he toured the States and spent 2 years in Australia. Back in Britain he made the comedy film The Sandwhich Man (Oct 65) and periodically he goes to a West Londonm rifle range and fires off at clay pigeons,