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Name
  
Charlie Naughton


Role
  
Comedian

Died
  
February 11, 1976, London, United Kingdom

Movies
  
The Frozen Limits, Highland Fling

Music groups
  
The Crazy Gang (1931 – 1967), Naughton and Gold (1908 – 1960)

Similar People
  
Teddy Knox, Chesney Allen, Marcel Varnel

Naughton & Gold - Income Tax / Holidays (1936)


Charles John "Charlie" Naughton (21 April 1886, in Glasgow – 11 February 1976, in London) was a Scottish comedian.

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He was a member of The Crazy Gang, and part of a double act with fellow Glaswegian Jimmy Gold. In 1955, he starred in the first Guinness television commercial, playing the zoo-keeper with a German seal.

His daughter, Sally, was a pre-war actress on stage and with British-Gaumont films, appearing under the name Sally Stewart. As a 23-year-old she married in an Edinburgh solicitor's office in January 1939 to Peter Croft, 21-year-old British film actor, son of Ann Croft, actress.

Selected filmography

  • My Lucky Star (1933)
  • Highland Fling (1936)
  • O-Kay for Sound (1937)
  • Alf's Button Afloat (1938)
  • References

    Charlie Naughton Wikipedia