A fond farewell to the legendary ‘Humph’: Humphrey Lyttleton, who died on 25 April at the age of 86. As a jazz musician he is suitably lauded but it is as the chairman of divine silliness on BBC Radio 4’s ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ that he will leave\u00a0a gapping hole of inspired laughter. Hazel Court, one time muse of Ken Annakin and the original Huggett daughter in Holiday Camp, died at the age of 82 on 15 April.\u00a0It is for her contribution to the Hammer horror film: The Curse of Frankenstein, The Man Who Could Cheat Death, and the Roger\u00a0Corman chillers: The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, that film admirers will best remember her. And finally, two great men of character: Willoughby Goddard, memorable as the rotund and lascivious Gessler in TV’s William Tell, died on 11 March at the age of 81. He contributed portly men of the\u00a0foam in Carry On Cruising and Double Bunk. As well as the voice of the polar bear in the Fox’s Glacier Mints adverts. Lloyd Lamble, who died on 10 April at the age of 94, chalked up such film appearances as No Sex Please, We’re British and Eskimo Nell, although he was at his very best in senior policeman uniform. Notably in Quatermass II, Night of the Demon, Ealing’s Barnacle Bill and, most cherished of all, as Superintendent ‘Sammy’ opposite lovelorn Joyce Grenfell in the first three St. Trinian’s films. RIP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A fond farewell to the legendary ‘Humph’: Humphrey Lyttleton, who died on 25 April at the age of 86. As a jazz musician he is suitably lauded but it is as the chairman of divine silliness on BBC Radio 4’s ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ that he will leave\u00a0a gapping hole of inspired laughter. … Continue reading 28 April 2008<\/span>