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Roy Hudd was born on May 16, 1936 and is 87 years old now.
Birthday: May 16, 1936
How Old - Age: 87
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Roy Hudd - Biography
Roy Hudd, OBE is an English comedian, actor, radio host, author and authority on the history of music hall entertainment. Hudd was born in Croydon. His father was a carpenter and he attended Tavistock Secondary Modern School in Croydon and Croydon Secondary Technical School. He then worked as a messenger for an advertising agency, a window dresser and a commercial artist working under Harry Beck. In 1958 he took a summer job as a Redcoat at Butlins, Clacton working alongside Cliff Richard and Dave Allen.
He has also had a long association with the Bristol Hospital Broadcasting Service, where he is considered an honorary member. In 1994 he officially opened their current studios in the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He is also a Past King Rat of the show business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. In addition to this, he was the first Honorary President of Sandwell Hospital Radio in West Bromwich for a period of ten years, visiting the studios, members and patients whenever he was appearing in the West Midlands.
Hudd was awarded an OBE in the 2004 New Year Honours List. In 1983 (1982 season), he was awarded the Society of West End Theatre Award as Best Actor in a Musical for his role in Underneath the Arches, as Bud Flanagan. On 29 November 2010 Hudd was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Westminster, where he had once studied commercial art at a time when the institution was known as the Regent Street Polytechnic.
