Stan Stennett

Actor

Date of birth : 07/30/1925

Date of death : 11/26/2013

City of birth : Pencoed, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK

He never knew his father and his mother died when he was 11 leaving him and his 3 brothers - Roger, Alec and Peter.He worked as a van driver, a coach driver for the Ivy Benson band and served in the army. He taught himself to play the guitar and in 1946 was a resident comedian in a radio series. In 1959 he joined The Black and White Minstrels and in 1979 was awarded an O.B.E.