Tony Hendra

Tony Hendra - , Writer known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «This Is Spinal Tap» (1984), «Jumpin' Jack Flash» (1986), «Life with Mikey» (1993), «The Great White Hype» (1996), «Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon» (2015),

Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist, actor and writer who worked mostly in the United States. Educated at St Albans School (where he was a classmate of Stephen Hawking) and at St John's College, Cambridge, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

Hendra was probably best known for being the head writer and co-producer in 1984 of the first six shows of the long-running British satirical television series Spitting Image, and for starring in the film This Is Spinal Tap as the band's manager Ian Faith.

Hendra died on 4 March 2021 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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