Who's Who Of
The Benny Hill Show

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(Roberts - Seal)

A Special Thanks must go to contributing editor William Brown for submitting these photos and information on each of these actors / actresses. Many of them were regulars and some were actually guest stars. I have added links to the Internet Movie Database where I could find them. Hope you can find many of those stars you've been wondering about and maybe a few you hadn't thought of. If you don't find what you are looking for, fear not. This section will continue to expand. Thanks again to William Brown, who wrote all of the information. I have also taken this section and put all of the entries in alphabetical order. If you are looking for someone specific, simply place your cursor on the links on the right hand side of the page. A caption will pop up letting you know which names that link will take you to. Enjoy!

Libby Roberts

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Here we have one of The Love Machinists, Libby Roberts, as seen here from the "Sale of the Half-Century" parody of April 21, 1976, who went on (from 1984 onwards) to be the Hill's Angels' choreographer (she succeeded Linda Finch, ex-regular Roger's sister). Her son, Adam Johnstone, was one of the "Hill's Little Angels" who appeared in the 1988 and '89 series of TBHS (and also the independently-produced "New York" special).

Leanne Robinson

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From the 12/17/75 "Lovely Lulubelle" musical number, is Leanne Robinson, who was also on 3/24/76 (and featured in the "Robin Hood" filmed segment). She was the daughter of the late British comic actor Cardew Robinson.

George Roderick (d.1976)

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Veteran British character actor George Roderick (d. 1976), seen here as a wino in the "Crime Does Not Pay" sketch, (top) had previously been in Mr. Hill's silent short Eddie In August. Another shot of George Roderick, (bottom) seen here as the garbage collector in the park in 1970's "Eddie In August".

I'm not 100% sure of, but it could be...

Christine Rodgers

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This would appear to be Christine Rodgers, seen here in the "Hotel Sordide (I)" sketch from 2/4/70. Among her credits were two guest appearances on a 1967 program called At Last the 1948 Show which boasted two future Monty Python members (John Cleese and Graham Chapman) and a future member of The Goodies (Tim Brooke-Taylor).

Caryn Rosenthal

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By the looks of things, this appears to be Caryn Rosenthal, seen here in the "How to Meet Beautiful Women" sketch from Benny's New York show from 1990. At the time she appeared here, Ms. Rosenthal had already appeared in some off-off-Broadway plays performed at New York's La Mama theatre. Outside of this Hill show, her other credit according to IMDb was a 1994 animé series, Tonde Buurin, as "Prudence Plumm." In recent years, she has predominantly worked as a voiceover artist. In 2000 she appeared in a production of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival called Getting Over Mark; a description of this play can be found at www.pafringe.com.

Derek Royle (d. 1990)

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Derek Royle (d. 1990), seen here at the beginning of "The B-Team" sketch, he'd played the corpse in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Kipper and the Corpse." Prior to his death, he was in the Britcom 'Allo, 'Allo; ironically, he'd replaced another regular who had died, Jack Haig (who was on one of the two Hill-hosted editions of the 1967 Anglo-American co-produced TV show Spotlight). Below, another pic of Derek Royle, this one from the May 27, 1985 "It's my hat!" quickie (he appeared uncredited on this show).

Claire Ruane

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Two pics of veteran comedy actress Claire Ruane from the Dec. 17, 1975 "El Paso" (yes, as in the Marty Robbins country classic) silent sketch, where she played "Felina." This was her only appearance on the show.

I'm not exactly sure of, but I have some idea:

Claire Russell

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This may be Claire Russell as seen in the 12/27/73 "Great British Dancing Finals" sketch (top). She definitely figured in the Dec. 27, 1973 "Scuttle Channel Tunnel" (bottom) sketch (she took the outdoor shower as Scuttle and his helpers were filling the water chute). Appeared in every episode of the 1973-74 series.

Corinne Russell (b. Nov. 22, 1963)

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1. Mayfair Magazine, circa 1983
2. Swimstyles Magazine, 1989
3. German "Lui" Magazine, posing as Jayne Mansfield
4. The "Holiday" sketch of The Benny Hill Show, March 16th, 1983.

Corine Russell was born in 1963 in Birmingham, England. She became an accomplished student of gymnastics and dance as a young schoolgirl. She even went on to become an instructor herself, teaching acrobatic and ballroom dancing and specializing in Latin-American dance. Corinne even spent six weeks in a Greek hotel displaying her own style of Terpsichore. Her dancing skills even led her to become a dancer on "Top Of The Pops". She also worked as an office girl and a barmaid in a pub, where while she worked she grew in skill as a dart player. So much so that she went on to captain a women's dart team. It was while working as a barmaid that a fashion photographer eventually noticed her and her modeling career began. She went on to become one of The Sun's most popular Page Three Girls. She became one of the "Hill's Angels" on the 1983 cycle of TBHS. It was here that Corinne's contortionist talents were utilized to maximum effect during the "Keep Fit" section of "The Cruise Liner" Hill's Angels routine, and her end chase moments during the controversial "Super Teech" sketch and the "Mahala Balloon Dance" number. She also appeared in the "Holiday" sketch and the Hill's Angels routine "Wild, Wild West". Corinne's modeling work and her appearances on TBHS led her to be featured in an issue of Mayfair photographed by Mario Marnoto. In the article Corinne spoke of working on the outdoor sequences of TBHS, "It was freezing when we filmed that, but good fun. He is such a nice man to work with." She also appeared in the May 1983 issue of the German "Lui" magazine in a 3D layout of her in poses of various famous pin-ups, such as Bridget Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield as well as in German "High Society" in May of 1988. Corinne has also graced many print ads for swimsuits and lingerie (mainly appearing in Europe), and was also featured as a character in the video game "Vixen", released in 1988, and was in the AC/DC rock video, You Shook Me All Night Long (1980) riding a mechanical bull. At the end of the video she performs one of the moves she did in the Cruise Liner routine and that is the splits while standing up. Corinne's film work includes "Absolute Beginners", "Highlander", and was chosen along with Janine Andrews and Joni Flynn to dance in silhouette during the opening credits of the 1983 James Bond flick "Octopussy". She had a minor role in the notorious bomb "Bolero" which starred Bo Derek that was directed by Bo's then husband John Derek. Corinne was in an outdoor hot tub in her only scene.

Linda Sands

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A photo of Linda Sands, first published in the 1979/80 edition of The Spotlight casting directory. She was among the credited cast of the March 14, 1979 edition of TBHS.

Caroline Sargeant

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A portrait of Caroline Sargeant as from an early 1980's edition of The Spotlight casting directory. She was one of four "Sam's Set" dancers as appearing on the Dec. 26, 1978 show who refused to wear "revealing" bikinis (which would appear to correspond to the "Holiday Time: Dimton on Sea" sketch), opting to appear fully-clothed instead. It would be both her first and last TBHS appearance, albeit uncredited.

One of two famous British stuntmen who were among the "Scuttle's Keep Fit Brigade" from the Feb. 23, 1972 sketch of the same name:

Roy Scammell

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Roy Scammell whose credits included The Onedin Line, A Clockwork Orange and many others.

Debbie Scamp (b.1967)

From the 1989/90 edition of The Spotlight, here is Debbie Scamp (b.1967) who was among the Hill's Angels of Benny's final 1989 series for Thames Television. Had also appeared on stage in a 1987 production of Jesus Christ Superstar in Hornchurch, Essex. A bio of her can be found online at www.robcrusade.com.

Donna Scarff

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Another girl who appeared in the "Digger Blue, Private Eye" sketch of May 30, 1978, Donna Scarff.

Charmaine Seal

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Different pics of Welsh ballerina Charmaine Seal, seen on the left from the Feb. 4, 1970 "Clair De Lune" blooper (top), and in the closing credits of Dec. 23, 1970 (bottom), again, apologies for the typesetting. She also was in the Boutique Mask Dance number of Oct. 28, 1970. A few years after her final TBHS appearance, she married internationally-acclaimed, Moroccan-born artist Guillaume Azoulay.

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