Walter Frederick George Williams more commonly known as Bill Maynard, is an English comedian and actor. He attended Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School and started as a variety performer, taking his professional surname from an advertising board (billboard) for Maynard's Wine Gums, a popular British confectionery at the time. He placed fourth in the UK heat of the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest.
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- Walter Frederick George Williams more commonly known as Bill Maynard, is an English comedian and actor. He attended Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School and started as a variety performer, taking his professional surname from an advertising board (billboard) for Maynard's Wine Gums, a popular British confectionery at the time. He placed fourth in the UK heat of the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest. With Terry Scott he appeared at Butlins Holiday Camp in Skegness and partnered him in the TV series Great Scott, It's Maynard!. In 1973 Maynard worked with television actor and comedian Ronnie Barker in the (original) "Football Blues" which aired as "Spanners Eleven" and was part of a series called Seven of One. In 1975 he had a film role as Yorkshire farmer Hinchcliffe in It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. At this time, he gained starring roles as Selwyn Froggitt in the sitcom Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! and for playing Fred Moffatt in The Gaffer. In 1992 he began playing Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the popular and long-running television series "Heartbeat", remaining in the show until 2001, and its spinoff series "The Royal" until 2003. In the 1970s he played small roles in some of the Carry On including Carry On Matron (1972) and Carry on Dick (1974). In 1984, Maynard stood against Tony Benn in the by-election at Chesterfield as an Independent Labour candidate. It was his only foray into politics and was purely to try to prevent Benn winning the seat and thus re-enter Parliament. Benn won the seat; Maynard took fourth place. Maynard published his autobiography The Yo-Yo Man in November 1975 (by Leicester's Golden Eagle books) and having originally retired from acting in 2000 following a series of strokes he made a comeback to radio presenting in March 2003 for BBC Radio Leicester where he had last worked in 1968. His show, called Bill of Fare, aired every Sunday afternoon from 2-4 pm for nearly five years, until he was sacked without notice on 5 February 2008. He has lived in Leicestershire for many years. Maynard married Muriel Linnett on 5 November 1949 and they had two children. She died in June 1983. In 1989 Maynard married Tonia Bern, widow of Donald Campbell. He is a vegetarian. His son is Maynard Williams.
- Bill Maynard (oikealta nimeltään Walter Frederick George Williams, s. 8. lokakuuta 1928) on englantilainen näyttelijä, radiojuontaja ja laulaja. Suomessa hänet tunnetaan parhaiten Sydämen asialla -televisiosarjan Claude Greengrassina. Maynard on myös käsikirjoittanut televisiosarjan Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt. Maynardin esittämä roolihahmo Claude Greengrass on esiintynyt myös englantilaisessa televisiosarjassa Kyläsairaala. Maynard lopetti televisiouransa vuonna 2000 aivohalvaussarjan vuoksi, mutta palasi Leicesteriin työskentelemään radiossa, jossa hän tätä ennen oli viimeksi vuonna 1968. Hänen radio-ohjelmansa lopetettiin ja hän sai potkut BBC:n toimesta helmikuussa 2008.
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- Walter Frederick George Williams more commonly known as Bill Maynard, is an English comedian and actor. He attended Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School and started as a variety performer, taking his professional surname from an advertising board (billboard) for Maynard's Wine Gums, a popular British confectionery at the time. He placed fourth in the UK heat of the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest.
- Bill Maynard (oikealta nimeltään Walter Frederick George Williams, s. 8. lokakuuta 1928) on englantilainen näyttelijä, radiojuontaja ja laulaja. Suomessa hänet tunnetaan parhaiten Sydämen asialla -televisiosarjan Claude Greengrassina. Maynard on myös käsikirjoittanut televisiosarjan Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt. Maynardin esittämä roolihahmo Claude Greengrass on esiintynyt myös englantilaisessa televisiosarjassa Kyläsairaala.
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