Characters

This page is about characters created by popular entertainers, who often appear in these guises.

Most of the questions are simply about which entertainer created which character. At the bottom of the page are a few questions about the characters themselves.

Creators

Q: Who created the character(s) ... ?			A:
Basildon Bond, C. U. Jimmy			Russ Abbott
Often accompanied on stage by a sullen, silent companion named Cynthia – almost always played by a man in drag (Matthew Kelly being the last to do it regularly)			Hylda Baker
Ali G, Kazakh journalist Borat, Austrian fashion reporter Bruno			Sasha Baron Cohen
E. L. Wisty (a bland, monotonal know–it–all); Sir Arthur Streeb–Greebling ("a stereotype of the upper class English duffer")			Peter Cook
Derek and Clive			Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Alan Partridge (socially inept and politically incorrect regional media personality), Paul Calf and his sister Pauline (stereotypical working class Mancunians), Tony Ferrino (libidinous Portuguese crooner), Duncan Thickett (panic–prone comedian)			Steve Coogan
Cosmo Smallpiece			Les Dawson
Gossiping Northern housewives	Cissy (Braithwaite)		Les Dawson
	Ada (Shufflebotham or Sidebottom)		Roy Barraclough
Count Arthur Strong (BBC Radio 4's deluded elderly thespian)			Steve Delaney
The Great Soprendo (outrageous Spanish magician; catchphrase "Piff Paff Poof!")			Geoffrey Durham
Wayne Slob, Tim Nice–but–Dim, Kevin the Teenager			Harry Enfield
Sid Snot, Gizzard Puke, Cupid Stunt, Captain Kremmen			Kenny Everett
Jilted John, John Shuttleworth			Graham Fellows
Rab C. Nesbit			Gregor Fisher
Keith Lemon			Leigh Francis
Dame Hilda Bracket (partner of Dr. Evadne Hinge)			Patrick Fyffe
Everard, Slack Alice, Apricot Lil (only referred to – not portrayed)			Larry Grayson
The Two Rons – a.k.a. The Management; Children's TV presenters Billy and Johnny			Hale and Pace
Mr. Pastry			Richard Hearne
Mrs. Merton (died in 2016 aged 52)			Caroline Hook (Aherne)
Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson (boorish Australian Cultural Attaché)			Barry Humphries
Geraldine McQueen (singer and reality television contestant)			Peter Kay
Dr. Evadne Hinge (partner of Dame Hilda Bracket)			George Logan
Old Mother Riley (Music Hall act, c. 1934–54)			Arthur Lucan
Bip (white face, dressed all in white, tall black hat with flower); died 2007			Marcel Marceau
Kevin Turvey (sex–starved Brummie – 1980s)			Rik Mayall
The Dangerous Brothers – early double–act (Saturday Night Live)	Richard Dangerous		Rik Mayall
	Sir (occasionally Lady) Adrian Dangerous		Adrian Edmondson
The Pub Landlord			Al Murray
Mrs. (Agnes) Brown			Brendan O'Carroll
Lily Savage			Paul O'Grady
Sgt. Ernie Bilko			Phil Silvers
Teenager Lauren Cooper; Joanie 'Nan' Taylor			Catherine Tate
Monsieur Hulot (French actor, mime artist and film maker)			Jacques Tati
Gert and Daisy			Elsie and Doris Waters
Kimberley ("I'm looking for ma friend ... ")			Victoria Wood

Characters

Appeared as Madonna's driver in the video to her hit single Music		Ali G
Dame Edna Everage's bridesmaid and constant companion (played by Emily Perry, who died in 2008 aged 100)		Madge Allsop
Incompetent British spy played by Rowan Atkinson		Johnny English
Dick Emery's busty, bashfully flirtatious peroxide blonde spinster: catchphrase "Ooh, you are awful ... but I like you!"		Mandy
In the 1990s, Barry Killerby put on a ridiculous rubber costume to become		Mr. Blobby
Harry Enfield's Television Programme: manservant to Mr. Cholmondley–Warner (played by Enfield – Cholmondley–Warner was played by Jon Glover)		(Mr.) Greyson
Simon Brodkin's cheerful chav character		Lee Nelson
Dame Edna Everage's husband (she originally appeared in 1955 as Mrs. Norm Everage – Norm as in normal, Everage as in average)		Norm
Lynn Benfield (played by Felicity Montagu) is the long–suffering personal assistant of		Alan Partridge
Created by Manchester–based comedian Chris Sievey (died 2010 aged 54); famous for his artificial head (in the style of US cartoonist Max Fleischer), made originally of papier maché but later of fibreglass or plaster of Paris; usually dressed in a 1950s–style sharp suit, and portrayed as an aspiring pop star (singer–songwriter) from the Manchester suburb of Timperley		Frank Sidebottom
Character ceated by Bob Mortimer and Charlie Higson, and played by Higson, to whom any situation in life is best understood as being "like making love to a beautiful woman"		Swiss Toni

Occupation of Harry Enfield's Loadsamoney

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