Roy Castle

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This is the biography of the late entertainer Roy Castle. For details of the contemporary musician, see Martin Chitty (Roy Castle) Roy Castle OBE (born August 31, 1932 in Scholes, near Holmfirth; died September 2, 1994) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He attended Honley High School. where there is now a building in his name. He was a talented jazz trumpet player. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 1992 and died in September 1994, just two days after his 62nd birthday. He blamed his illness on years of playing the trumpet in smoky jazz clubs, having never been a regular smoker in his life and not even tried a cigarette since his schooldays. In the final years of his life, he started the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and raised money to fund a cancer centre in Liverpool. The centre opened in 1998, four years after his death. Shortly before his death, he embarked on the Tour of Hope which raised funds for the foundation. The son of a railwayman, he was a tap dancer from an early age and after leaving Holme Valley Grammar School, he started his career as an entertainer in an amateur concert party, turning professional in 1953 as a stooge for Jimmy Clitheroe and Jimmy James. By 1958 he was appearing at the Royal Variety Show. In the mid-1960s he starred in the BBC television show The Roy Castle Show. In 1965, he appeared in the film Dr. Who and the Daleks, playing the role of Doctor Who's first male assistant,

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You Are Awful...But We Like You

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Songs For A Rainy Day

The Very Best of Roy Castle

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Bruce Forsyth Presents...

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1960 British Hit Parade: Part 2

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Hello Children Everywhere

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What A Comedy Carry On - Songs and Sketches from the Carry On Team

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Hello Children Everywhere - Top BBC Childrens Tunes

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You Are Awful... But We Like You!

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Record Breakers

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Singin' In The Rain

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Singin' in the Rain (Original Cast Recording)

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