Lance Percival
Birth Name:
John Lancelot Blades Percival
Birth Place:
Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Profession
Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
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