...hool, near [[w:Winchester|Winchester]], and [[w:Sherborne School|Sherborne School]] in [[w:Dorset|Dorset]]. ...an Messiter described how an incident during a history lesson at Sherborne School became the inspiration for the ''Just a Minute'' radio panel-game.<ref>{{Ci

...1.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-111886}}</ref> and was educated at [[Sherborne School]] in Dorset, where he learnt to play the guitar. He then did [[Conscription ...That Was]]'', after having been discovered by [[Ned Sherrin]], performing at the Blue Angel Club in [[Mayfair]].<ref name=bbc/> A tall thin man with a d

...is early career, he worked as a stage comedian, which included performing at the [[Glasgow Empire Theatre]] and sharing a bill with [[Max Wall]] and [[J ...is life he maintained a close association with ''Doctor Who'' by appearing at many [[fan convention]]s related to the series and giving interviews. He al

...sition in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut in September 1934 at the Palladium Theatre in [[Edinburgh]] in the [[J. B. Priestley]] play ''[[ ...pproach to acting and felt that his parts were those of "a decent chap all at sea in a chaotic world not of his own making."{{sfn|Le Mesurier|1984|p=72}}