John Fortune

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Biography

John Fortune (30 June 1939 – 31 December 2013) was a British satirist, comedian, writer and actor.

  • Name variations
  • Fortune
  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·miscellaneous
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 30 June 1939
  • Place of birth
  • Bristol
  • Death date
  • 2013-12-31
  • Death age
  • 74
  • Place of death
  • 2013-12-31
  • Children
  • Education
  • Bristol Cathedral Choir School·King's College· Cambridge
  • Parents
  • George Fortune

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

He studied at Cambridge University in England and, while there, was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club.

He was a great supporter of the British monarchy.

With Rory Bremner and John Bird , their show performed at the Albery Theatre in London was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Entertainment of 2002.

Quotes

Cambridge was a fairly public-school place and if you were a,working-class boy and had an outside lavatory, the girls at Newnham,thought that was very Lawrentian and sexy. .

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