Tony Hendra

Birth Name:

Tony Hendra

Birth Place:

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor, Writer, Soundtrack, Producer, Director, Music department

Was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Programme along with Jon Blair and John Lloyd for "Spitting Image" in 1985
In 1962, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue with John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor
Primarily known as a satirist and writer, he wrote the international best-seller "Father Joe" and was an original editor of "The National Lampoon, as well as the editor-in-Chief of "Spy․"
Appeared in several film and television roles, but is probably best known on film for playing Ian Faith in "This Is Spinal Tap․"
Helped create and edit such parody publications as "Not the New York Times," "Off the Wall Street Journal," "The Irrational Inquirer," "Playboy: the Parody" and "Not the Bible․"
Cited his favorite songs as "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles and "Political Science" by Randy Newman
Was a classmate of Stephen Hawking at St․ Albans School

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