Max Bygraves
Sign in to saveAlso known as Walter William Bygraves
British singer, comedian, actor (1922–2012)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1922
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Fan Dabi Dozi
- After Thoughts
- After Thoughts
- The golden years
- I Wanna Tell You a Funny Story
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1922-10-16
- Active to
- 2012-08-31
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24,492
- Total plays
- 126,428
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Max Bygraves OBE (born 16 October 1922 - 1st September 2012) in Rotherhithe, London as Walter William Bygraves) is an English singer songwriter, famous for his waving hands. He also appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. Shows he presented included the gameshow Family Fortunes. According to the You Need Hands Songfacts, Max went into showbusiness more or less by accident as a comedy impressionist, but later picked up the basics of songwriting.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Rotherhithe
- Place of death
- Hope Island
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Record label
- Pye Records
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
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- date of birth
- 1922-10-16
- date of death
- 2012-08-31
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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