Stanley Livingstone Baxter (24 May 1926 - 11 December 2025) was a retired Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.
The son of an insurance manager, Baxter was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 24 May 1926. He was educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow, and schooled for the stage by his mother. He began his career as a child actor in the Scottish edition of the BBC's Children's Hour. Following employment in mining as a Bevin Boy in World War II, he developed his performing skills further during his national service with the British Army's Combined Services Entertainment unit, working alongside comedy actor Kenneth Williams, actor Peter Vaughan, film director John Schlesinger and dramatist Peter Nichols, who used the experience as the basis for his play Privates on Parade.
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On his 30th April 1977 Sounds music paper column, Peel mentioned that he and the Pig whilst holidaying in the Caribbean saw and met the actor:
"Do you know St. Lucia at all? In the Windward Islands? Oh, it is delightful, quite delightful. There were about a dozen souls in our little party - we'd never met any of the curs before, of course - including this rather quiet Scottish man who looked strikingly like Stanley Baxter, the entertainer. The Pig and I always referred to him, in that witty and inventive way we have, as The Man Who Looks Like Stanley Baxter. At least we did until Pig had a longish natter with him on the bank at Castries - that's the capital city, you know. So quaint! - and afterwards, as we combed the dusty streets for a Cap'n Jones Shiver-Me-Timbers punch, I said to the Pig, 'You know that man who looks like Stanley Baxter?' She at once replied, with a careless toss of her head, 'Yes'. 'Well', I continued, 'he is Stanley Baxter'. And he was too - still is, come to that. Turned out to be a most engaging chap. I wish I could print you a copy of his passport photograph. He demonstrated it to the Pig outside the duty free shop on Antigua, and she laffed so much I feared for her safety." [1]