Tony Booth

Antony "Tony" George Booth (born October 9, 1931 – July 5, 2007) in Liverpool, better known as Tony Booth) was an English actor, best known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series Til Death Us Do Part. His daughter, Cherie, a prominent Queen's Counsel, is married to former Prime Minister Tony Blair. His great-great-grandfather Algernon Sydney Booth was the uncle of John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (535x651, 87 KB)Promotional photo of Tony Booth from The British Shakespeare Company website. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (535x651, 87 KB)Promotional photo of Tony Booth from The British Shakespeare Company website. ... is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation,which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Til Death Us Do Part (also known as Till Death Us do Part)1 was a BBC television sitcom series written by Johnny Speight that ran from 1966 until 1975. ... Cherie Blair QC (born in Bury, Greater Manchester on September 23, 1954), better known as the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is also a successful lawyer, in which capacity she uses her maiden name Cherie Booth. ... Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ...

Booth developed a taste for acting while serving in the armed forces in Paris. He spent five years honing his acting skills in repertory theatre, before venturing into films and television in the 1960s. Since then he has worked in all three media. He has played roles in over twenty films, including Priest (1994), Owd Bob (1997) and Treasure Island (1999). He appeared in the popular British television series Coronation Street in 1960 and in an episode of The Avengers, but it was his role as the left-wing son-in-law in Til Death Us Do Part (1965) that brought him recognition. He has made guest appearances in many other television series. He starred alongside Robin Askwith in the Confessions of... series as Signey Noggett between 1974 and 1977. Some of the titles included Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Confessions of a Pop Performer and Confessions from a Holiday Camp. Also appearing were Bill Maynard and Doris Hare. In 2001, Booth appeared in several episodes of Family Affairs playing Barry Hurst, Sadie Hargreaves' brother-in-law. One of his most recent television appearances was playing a tramp named Nobby Stuart in a special two-hander episode of EastEnders. In 2007,He also played a tramp called Errol Michaels in Emmerdale in 2007. Both of these characters have played the purpose of a spiritual guide to a down-and-out character, in EastEnders, Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) and in Emmerdale, Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw). Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Til Death Us Do Part (also known as Till Death Us do Part)1 was a BBC television sitcom series written by Johnny Speight that ran from 1966 until 1975. ... Robin Askwith (born October 12, 1950 in Southport, England) is a British film actor, most famous for his role as Timmy Lea in the sex comedies. ... Walter Frederick George Williams (born 8 October 1928), more commonly known as Bill Maynard is a British actor who played Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the television series, Heartbeat, and earlier Selwyn Froggit in the sitcom Oh No! Its Selwyn Froggit. ... Doris Hare MBE (March 1, 1905 - May 30, 2000) was a Welsh actress. ... Family Affairs was a British soap opera. ... Sadie Lloyd (previously Hargreaves) was a fictional character in the UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Barbara Young from 1998 until 2005. ... Nobby Stuart was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Cherie Blairs father, actor Anthony Booth. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ... Errol Michaels was a fictional character in ITV soap opera Emmerdale. ... Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until November 1989) is an award winning and critically acclaimed British television soap opera, set in the fictional village of the same name (known as Beckindale until 1994) in West Yorkshire, England. ... Alfred William Alfie Moon was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Robert Bob Reginald Hope is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. ... Antony Audenshaw (born in Denton, Lancashire) is an English actor best known for his role as Bob Hope on the popular ITV1 soap Emmerdale. ...

He came from a working-class background and is a strong supporter of the Labour Party. He served as president of Equity, the actors union. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... The British Actors Equity Association (now called Equity) is the British actors trade union. ...

He was married four times. His first wife was Gale Smith, by whom he had Cherie and Lyndsey, his eldest children. Gale Smith is a devout Roman Catholic and their daughters were raised in her faith. Booth went on to marry former Coronation Street actress Pat Phoenix in 1986, just days before her death from lung cancer, having previously lived together for some years. He then married Nancy Jaeger in 1988. She left him and was granted a divorce in 1996 and Booth then married Stephanie Buckley. He had eight daughters, Cherie, Lyndsey, Jenia, Bronwen, Lucy, Sarah, Emma, and Jo. Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... Patricia Phoenix, as Elsie Tanner on Coronation Street, in a still from an episode first aired in the early 1970s. ... Lung cancer is the malignant transformation and expansion of lung tissue, and is the most lethal of all cancers worldwide, responsible for 1. ... Cherie Blair (born 23 September 1954 in Bury, England), known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is an English barrister. ... Lauren Booth (born Sarah Booth July 22, 1967) is a British journalist. ...

Booth nearly burned to death in 1979 when, during a drunken attempt to get into his locked flat, he fell into a drum of paraffin. He spent six months in hospital and needed 26 skin graft operations.

In a rebuke to the British government's treatment of pensioners, Booth has retired to the Republic of Ireland.

He died in his sleep on July the 5th 2007, quoted by a friend as being a 'legend' of his time. He shall be missed.

Memoirs

• Tony Booth, A Labour of Love (1997)
• Tony Booth, What's Left? (2002)
• Tony Booth, Life of a simple man (2006)

External links

• Anthony Booth at the Internet Movie Database