Bernie Winters. Comic Heritage
N 51° 25.707 W 000° 19.295
30U E 686192 N 5700875
BERNIE WINTERS
Plaque unveiled by Phil Collins 11th May 1997
Teddington Studios, London.
Waymark Code: WM8HQ4
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/06/2010
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Bernie Winters (6 September 1932, Islington, London, England – 4 May 1991, London, England) was an English comedian and the comic relief of the double act, Mike and Bernie Winters with his brother, Mike. He later performed solo, often with the aid of his St. Bernard dog, Schnorbitz.
He served in the merchant navy and performed as a musician at dances and weddings before forming the double act.
In October 1957 the duo appeared on Six-Five Special and were described in the Daily Mirror has top comics for Britain's teenage TV audience.[1] They had been recommended to the show's presenter Josephine Douglas by Tommy Steele with whom they had been on a stage tour. They both left the show the same day that she did, on 10th May, 1958.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s he presented The Big Top Variety Show - a television series of variety shows from a Circus ring. In 1984 he presented the second series of game show Whose Baby?.
Blue Plaque managing agency: Comic Heritage
Individual Recognized: Bernie Winters
Physical Address:
Teddington Studios
Broom Road
Teddington, UK Middlesex
TW11 9BE
Web Address: Not listed
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