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Leslie Douglas Sargent Crowther CBE (6 February 1933 – 29 September 1996) was an English comedian, actor and game show host. ==Biography== Crowther was born in West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire. At the end of 1944 he moved to London with his parents, but was evacuated for a few months to Bute until just after the Second World War ended.〔(Bute's War ) bute-gateway.org. Retrieved 1 February 2008.〕 Crowther had stage experience from the mid-1940s. As a youngster, he showed promise as a pianist and in 1944 won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He attended the respected Cone-Ripman Drama School in London, where he met his future wife, and whilst there competed (in 1947) at the Star Junior Ballroom Championships partnering Pamela Cochran, and then at 16, he appeared as a member of the Ovaltineys Concert Party of the Air on Radio Luxembourg. He also attended Nottingham High School and then Thames Valley Grammar School. When Crowther was 18, his mother died. His father, Leslie Frederick Crowther, was also an actor. Leslie snr was an alcoholic, and died in early January 1955, at the age of 67, ten days after being hit by a car. Leslie jnr had a half-brother, Frank Ronald, from his father's first marriage. Crowther married Jean Stone on 27 March 1954. They had five children, including twins born on 9 December 1954; one of the twins, his daughter, Liz, is an actress. Another daughter, Caroline, was married to the late musician Phil Lynott,〔http://www.rocklegend.thin-lizzy.info/bio-plynott.htm〕 and his youngest child, Nick, works in radio, presenting traffic and travel bulletins for AA Roadwatch based in Stanmore. During the late '50s and early '60s Crowther worked on the stage and radio. His radio work included Ovaltine programmes, Variety playhouse and Crowther's Crowd. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leslie Crowther」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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