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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!

Ken Sedd

Ken Sedd

IMDB Entry

Ken Sedd, who either stunt doubled or stood in for Mr. Hill and appeared in many, many Hill shows, including (on the very first show) a role as a tavern owner in the "Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Service" sketch. This still was from the March 14, 1979 National Health Service sketch.


Valerie St John

Valerie St. John

IMDB Entry

Valerie St. John as she appeared in the runoff of the March 11, 1970 program. She also was in the audition sketch of Feb. 4, 1970, and played the female officer in "The Short Happy Life of Maurice Dribble" sketch of Dec. 25, 1969 wherein, after she had her medal pinned, Maurice (Benny) got gassed (as in WWI).


Ron Shand

Ron Shand

Ron Shand (1906-1993)

IMDB Entry

Australian character actor Ron Shand (1906-1993), the only one positively identified (as of this point) as having appeared in the Australian-made Benny Hill Down Under in 1977, in two vidcaps from the "Benny Kelly" sketch. He was essentially a substitute for Jackie Wright on this show, whose cast (save for Mr. Hill himself) was entirely Australian. In addition, he was featured in the "Hold Back the Wind: No Time to Dicker" and "Lady Godiva's Horse" sketches.


Michael Sharvell-Martin

Michael Sharvell-Martin

IMDB Entry

Here, from the first Thames TBHS series, is Michael Sharvell-Martin. He also served as offscreen announcer on the very first show. His most famous roles: One of the doctors in the "Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Service" sketch, the Rev. Peter Wilby (the one with his fly open) in the "Tommy Tupper in Tupper-Time" sketch, and Dr. Frankenstein in "The Sound of Frankenstein." He later became a regular on Dave Allen At Large (Mr. Allen would later be impersonated by Mr. Hill). Speaking of announcers...


Nicole Shelby

Nicole Shelby

Nicole Shelby (b.1945)

IMDB Entry

Two images of New Orleans-born and raised Nicole Shelby. Top: from the "Tommy Tupper in Tupper-Time" opening of Feb. 4, 1970 and bottom: from the "Fun at the Flicks" sketch of her last TBHS of Dec. 5, 1973. Among her roles on the show included the girl in the "Rogue Nudist" sketch, the bubble-gum-blowing girl in Mr. Hill's "My Garden of Love" opening number (both from March 11, 1970) and the onscreen opening announcer on the 2/4/70 show. Was also the girl whom Benny pined for (but couldn't - and didn't - get) in the silent half-hour TV-movie Eddie in August (filmed in that month in 1969, before Mr. Hill's first hour-long comedy-variety show for Thames was produced. She and George Roderick are the only two I know of from that short to have also been on TBHS editions). May have also been the stoned actress in the "Tupper-Time" sketch. In the March 7-13, 1970 issue of TVTimes (London), was this quote: "Benny Hill says he is a Nicole Shelby fan. I'd go along with that. In fact, I'd become the chairman of the fan club." Yet, from the time of that quote, it was another three years before she was on again - and after that, nevermore.


Victoria Shellard

Victoria Shellard

IMDB Entry

A shot of Victoria Shellard as from the "Friday Night Fever" sketch of her only TBHS appearance on Dec. 26, 1978. Also appeared as "Custard Surprise" in the "Holiday Time: Dimton-on-Sea" sketch. Was an alumna of The Young Generation dancing/singing troupe, which also spawned Roger Finch (qv) and Kay Frazer (qv).


Anne Shelton

Anne Shelton (1923-1994)

IMDB Entry

A vidcap of the late Anne Shelton (1923-1994), from her Dec. 27, 1973 appearance, seen here singing "Put Your Hand in the Hand." She had been a popular singing star in Britain in the 1940's and '50's (not nearly as popular in the U.S.), among her biggest hits being "I'll Be Seeing You" (which she would re-record for the 1979 movie Yanks) and the English-language version of "Lili Marlene." During World War II, she worked with such legendary music figures as Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller. Ms. Shelton had previously appeared on Mr. Hill's show on Feb. 1, 1958 on the BBC (in an edition unfortunately lost to history), and in the early 1960's hosted a TV program, Ask Anne, on which Benny made one of his rare appearances on other people's shows. Anne's sister, Jo Shelton, had appeared on TBHS as a musical guest in 1961.


Spencer Shires

Spencer Shires

IMDB Entry

From the 3/23/77 "Streaker's Ball" number, here's Spencer Shires.


Tina Simmons

Tina Simmons

IMDB Entry

In all probability, this is Tina Simmons, as seen towards the end of Benny's 1970 silent film Eddie in August as the girl he dates in September. Ms. Simmons' only other known credit was as a "Woman in Crowd" in the first installment of the 1966 Doctor Who episode "The War Machines," however it's likely that in general, her film and TV work (all likewise uncredited, as was the case here) extended to the 1980's and beyond.


Claudine Sinclaire

Claudine Sinclaire

From the "Children" volume of the 1983/84 Spotlight (London), a pic of child actress Claudine Sinclaire who was listed in this entry as being on the Hill show. In all likelihood, she doubled for Louise English as the sister of Benny's "Gaston LeClerc" character in some shots in the "Friends to Tea with Henry McGee" sketch of March 25, 1981. Though no specific sketch, role or episode of TBHS is mentioned. Her entry lists two other credits: the 1980 film version of Little Lord Fauntleroy, and an episode of the 1983 BBC series Jury.


Martin Slater

Martin Slater

IMDB Entry

A screencap of Martin Slater from the opening Jan. 13, 1988 "Brooklyn Benny: It's a Hard Life" number. He was also an uncredited extra on one of Mr. Hill's 1989 shows.


Fiona Sloman

Fiona Sloman

Fiona Sloman

IMDB Entry

A portrait of Fiona Sloman (top), from 1985, as published in The Spotlight and (bottom), from the 1984 Hill's Angels Aerobatics (a.k.a. Workout) number. She appeared as a Hill's Angel in the 1984 series, as based on end credits of syndicated half-hour TBHS episodes which featured sketches and musical numbers from that series where her name was featured on the end, however as with most Angels who appeared on the show post-1983 she was never credited on the actual original shows themselves. Was in the 1988 movie Stormy Monday as a hotel receptionist.


Duggie Small

Duggie Small

Duggie Small

IMDB Entry

Two pics of Duggie Small: (top) from the "Crook Report" sketch of Feb. 8, 1989, (bottom) from the jungle runoff sketch of April 5, 1989. At the time of these two TBHS appearances, this diminutive (5' 2") Scottish native had come off of some highs and lows: winning on the talent show New Faces, then bombing on Terry Wogan's show, from which, according to some sources, his career never really recovered. He still performs today, however, mostly as a lookalike for Lt. Columbo. You'll have to have a magnifying glass to find his name on this link: prima-artists.com


Clare Smalley

Clare Smalley

Clare Smalley

IMDB Entry

Another popular Hill's Angel, Clare Smalley, as seen: (top) in the "New York, New York" number of April 16, 1980, and (bottom) in the "Keep Young and Beautiful" routine from Feb. 11, 1981. She was a charter Hill's Angel, figuring prominently in the dance routines in the first five shows to feature the group. In her last credited appearance (the aforementioned 1981 show), she was the woman at the bus stop who, after many aggravations, turns into a "She-Hulk" (as played by Alison Bell). Post-TBHS, she was part of another troupe called "Auto Angels," and made an appearance in an episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News, as well as appearing with some once and future Angels as dancers in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. On her last two credited TBHS appearances, her name was spelled Claire Smalley.


Tracy Smith

Tracy Smith

Tracy Smith

IMDB Entry

Two shots of Tracy Smith (also known as Tracey Smith), both from the March 12, 1986 "Hill's Angels: Chez When" routine. She first appeared on TBHS on Jan. 16, 1984 (she was the one in green in the closing "Milord" number of the "Club Bizarre" routine), and was briefly seen in the Jan. 2, 1985 history-themed "missing link" sketch. In the 1986 series, besides the aforementioned "Chez When" (where she was among the Angels who performed "Last Tango"), there was the March 31, 1986 "Come to the Cabaret" where she was decked out in orange. Ms. Smith also had a role as a dancer in the 1986 movie Whoops Apocalypse which also featured fellow Angels Lorraine Doyle, Emma Bryant and Laura Wynne as dancers. She, Ms. Doyle, Ms. Bryant, Ms. Wynne, Sue Upton and Louise English joined Mr. Hill for a publicity photocall in relation to the unveiling of a wax figure of Benny as "Fred Scuttle" at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London in 1985. In addition, Gary Morecambe's 1989 book The Illustrated Benny Hill featured a picture of her, Emma, Laura, Sue and Alison Thomas flanking themselves around Benny and Minder star Dennis Waterman, taken around the same time.


Samantha Spencer-Lane

Samantha Spencer-Lane

Samantha Spencer-Lane

IMDB Entry

Actress, singer, dancer, and fan favorite Samantha Spencer-Lane, as seen in: (top) the "Runaway" dance routine of Jan. 7, 1981, and (bottom) the "Mimed Striptease" number from Feb. 10, 1982. A charter member of the Hill's Angels from its inception in 1980, Sam (as she is affectionately known to many fans) appeared in all but one of the shows within the first three series of the Angels' existence within the Hill show. Her electric smile and magnetic personality lit up many an Angels routine she appeared in (or, as quoted elsewhere on this site, "she was always giving 110%"). After the 1982 series wrapped up production, Ms. Spencer-Lane became part of a vocal trio, 'Girls Can't Help It,' which also consisted of Billie Adams and Jacqueline Bucknell; they put out an EP in 1983 on the Sire label, Pure Wild, and invited comparisons to another female group starting out around the same time, Bananarama; unfortunately, 'Girls Can't Help It' were never commercially successful, and disbanded in 1984. She would have one more go-round on TBHS in 1986, two of the shows of which had her as a supporting player in filmed sketches, but on the April 16, 1986 edition she figured prominently as one of the dancers in the "Funny Old World" number. In recent years, she has made a name as a choreographer in Britain. Ms. Spencer-Lane and Sue Upton accompanied Benny to see former Angel (and Hill protegée) Louise English in her first major West End (London) stage show, Me and My Girl, a few days before his death in 1992.


Kathy Staff

Kathy Staff (b.1928)

IMDB Entry

A vidcap of Kathy Staff from the March 16, 1983 program. She has also done much TV and films.


Valerie Stanton

Valerie Stanton

IMDB Entry

Seen here from one of the "Golden Shot" parody bloopers of Dec. 25, 1969 is Valerie Stanton. She'd also appeared in one of Mr. Hill's sitcom-anthology episodes c.1963.


Charles Stapley

Charles Stapley

IMDB Entry

Veteran British actor Charles Stapley, seen here in his only TBHS appearance on May 30, 1978 (this, from the "Hotel Sordide [II]" sketch). One of a handful of actors who were on the show in the period when Bob Todd was off, owing (by all accounts) to Mr. Hill's concerns over his drinking (Mr. Todd's, that is).


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