| mother = Victoria Trotter ==Fictional character biography==

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...an actor and reciter of comic monologues were soon recognised. Characters from his monologues such as Sam Small, invented by Holloway, and Albert Ramsbott ...and the US, toured in revues, appeared in stage plays in Britain, Canada, Australia and the US, and continued to make films into his eighties. Holloway was mar

The series is set in Fawlty Towers, a fictional [[hotel]] in the seaside town of [[Torquay]] on the [[Torbay|English Rivier The idea of the show came from Cleese after he stayed at the [[Gleneagles Hotel, Torquay|Gleneagles Hotel]

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...x half-hour shows) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late 2000. The first five series were broadcast between Janua ...inspired a novel, published in 1992, featuring the most memorable moments from the first two series and the first Christmas special.

...; including [[w:Michael Sellers (actor)|Michael]] and [[w:Victoria Sellers|Victoria]] ...ed four times and had three children from his first two marriages. He died from a heart attack, aged 54, in 1980. English filmmakers the [[Boulting brother