Lance Percival Biography

Fast Facts

• Got his start on the satire show "That Was the Week That Was" in the early 1960s
• Lived in Montreal during the 1950s and earned a living writing advertising jingles for the radio
• Best known for playing T․C․ Carstairs in "Darling Lily" and Wilfred Haines in "Carry on Cruising․"
• Was the voice of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the 1960s "The Beatles" cartoon and of Old Fred in the "Yellow Submarine" animated film
• Became an after-dinner speaker and a speechwriter for business leaders during his later career, and also wrote the books "Well-Versed Dogs" and "Well-Versed Cats․"
• Had his own TV series called "The Lance Percival Show" during the mid-1960s
• Was a lover of calypso music and released a cover of "Shame and Scandal (in the Family)," which reached No․ 37 on the UK charts in 1965