John Inman: Difference between revisions

| birth_name = Frederick John Inman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|6|28|df=y}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|3|8|1935|6|28|df=y}}

| death_place = [[Paddington]], [[London]], England

 

==Early life==

 

After leaving school, Inman worked for two years at Fox's, a gentlemen's outfitters in Blackpool, specialising in [[window dressing]].<ref name="times"/> Aged 17, he moved to [[London]] to join [[Austin Reed (retailer)|Austin Reed]] in [[Regent Street]].<ref name="I'm Free!"/> Four years later, he left Austin Reed to become a scenic artist with [[Kenneth Kendall]]'s touring company at a theatre in [[Crewe]],<ref name="independent"/> so that he could earn his [[Equity (trade union)|Equity Card]],<ref name="I'm Free!"/> required at the time for professional actors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0037988.html|title=Encyclopaedia Search - Closed Shop|first=|last=|publisher=[[Tiscali]]|date=2009}}</ref> Inman made his [[West End theatre|West End]] debut in the 1960s when he appeared in ''[[Ann Veronica]]'' at the [[Cambridge Theatre]].<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/08/db0803.xml|title=Obituary - John Inman|first=|last=|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=8 March 2007 | location=London}}</ref> He also played in ''[[Salad Days (musical)|Salad Days]]'' at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1975, and as Lord Fancourt Babberley in ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] in 1979. He also played in many summer shows, and established himself as a [[Pantomime dame|dame]] in [[pantomime]], appearing regularly as one of the two ugly sisters alongside comedian [[Barry Howard]].<ref name="independent"/> His other stage appearances included his own show ''Fancy Free'' and ''Pyjama Tops'', ''[[My Fat Friend]]'' and ''Bedside Manners''.