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By Telegraph Obituaries 7 March 2021 • 1:21pm Tony Hendra, who has died aged 79, was one of the most brilliant satirists of the post-war period. He formed the link between the Cambridge Footlights team, in which he collaborated with John Cleese and Graham Chapman, and American institutions such as the satirical magazine National Lampoon and the NBC show Saturday Night Live where he was instrumental in launching the careers of John Belushi and Chevy Chase. In Rob Reiner’s classic 1984 “mockumentary” This is Spinal Tap, Hendra plays the band’s clueless manager Ian Faith who carries a cricket bat which he uses to immobilise troublesome bystanders and (in one of the film’s most memorable scenes) to trash a television set. (“In the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful.”) ....
Hendra (2004): ‘extraordinary; a truly great satirist’ Credit: Tina Fineberg/AP Photo Tony Hendra, who has died aged 79, was one of the most brilliant satirists of the post-war period. He formed the link between the Cambridge Footlights team, in which he collaborated with John Cleese and Graham Chapman, and American institutions such as the satirical magazine National Lampoon and the NBC show Saturday Night Live where he was instrumental in launching the careers of John Belushi and Chevy Chase. In Rob Reiner’s classic 1984 “mockumentary” This is Spinal Tap, Hendra plays the band’s clueless manager Ian Faith who carries a cricket bat which he uses to immobilise troublesome bystanders and (in one of the film’s most memorable scenes) to trash a television set. (“In the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful.”) ....
Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what s clicking today in entertainment. Hendra, who also was a former editor of National Lampoon and Spy magazines, died Thursday in Yonkers, N.Y., his wife, Carla Hendra, confirmed. Hendra s cause of death was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, Carla Hendra told The New York Times. He was first diagnosed with the disease back in 2019. Anthony Christopher Hendra was born on July 10, 1941, in Willesden, England. He lived over half of his life in the United States, up until his death. Hendra got his start in comedy while studying at Cambridge University. In the early 60s, he performed with the Cambridge Footlights theatrical group, along with John Cleese and Graham Chapman, two of the founders of Monty Python, the Times reported. ....
He took his British brand of satire to nightclubs, TV, film (“This Is Spinal Tap”) and National Lampoon. But a memoir led to a sex-abuse accusation. ....