Odd facts about celebrities

Sesh

equalsql said:

My grandmother  lived in Eastleigh where a young Benny Hill was her milkman .

I cycle past his current residence every day. He never waves. Miserable sod. Probably worried someone will try and dig him up again.

Sesh

Sports presenter Rob Walker once involuntarily gave a very drunken stranger a piggy back. 

Sporky

One that Lady BMcH reminded me about - Nicolas Cage actually lost his face in an accident on set while making Moonstruck. Ever since, his face has always had to be drawn on in post-production. His public engagements have been carried out by one of four impersonators - occasionally one will go off-message and has to be recalled for disciplinary action by his agent, hence the need for three spares.

AlexC

George Harrison was a member of The George Formby Society and owned a banjolele which was hand built forFormby in the 1930s. The instrument was later put up for sale at auction for £80,000.

poopot

“King of soul” Sam Cooke gained no qualifications from school when he was a kid!
He didn’t know much about history
Didnt know much biology
Didnt know much about a science book,
Didnt know much about the french he took!...

fandango

HAL9000 said:

Tess Daly and Kiera Knightley used to work the opposite 12 hour shifts in the same factory. Tess worked 8am until 8pm, whilst Kiera worked nightly.

Keith Lemon and Jason Orange once performed with Harry Lime.

Don’t you mean Kiera worked Daly, and Tess worked (k)nightly? Apparently they were a great team, but factory productivity took a hit whenever they worked.

Dominic

Bruce Dickinson or Captain Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden was a commercial Pilot with Astreus Airlines and still flies 747s as a paid pilot as well as owning an Aviation company Cardiff Air and flying the band's 747 around on Tour.
Master of Jets.

not_the_dj

This is very much like a Radio 4 show hosted by David Mitchell. 

pigface

Michael Caine fought as an infantryman in the Korean War.

jonnyburgo

In 1989 I saw Shaun Ryder in Manchester, walking down the street. I said "Alright Shaun", he said "piss off pal, on yer way" more of a story than fact, and not a very good one at that.

HAL9000

pigface said:

Michael Caine fought as an infantryman in the Korean War.

Not a lot of people know that.

Emp_Fab

Esther Rantzen was a notorious East-End prostitute in her youth.  ‘Randy Rita’ was her name back then.  She had a reputation for specialising in dry pegging.

proggy

Emp_Fab said:

Esther Rantzen was a notorious East-End prostitute in her youth.  ‘Randy Rita’ was her name back then.  She had a reputation for specialising in dry pegging.

She wouldn't have made much money had she relied on giving blow jobs.

HAL9000

Sporky said:

Peter Falk and Angela Lansbury had a running bet about who could commit the most real-world murders without getting caught. Peter Falk only made it to 7 kills before getting a serious reprimand from the LAPD, whereas Angela Lansbury recently claimed her 14,031st victim.

Absolutely genius. Genuine LOL.