
Birthday
1916/07/11
Day of death
2008/11/16 (92 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Canning Town, London, England, UK
Also know as
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Varney was born in Canning Town, then in Essex but now part of the London Borough of Newham. His father worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. Varney was educated at the nearby Star Lane Primary School in West Ham and after leaving school at 14, he worked as a messenger boy and a page boy at the Regent Palace Hotel. He took piano lessons as a child and was good enough to find employment as a part-time piano player. Hi...Read more

(1972) Mutiny on the Buses
as Stan Butler

(1966) The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Gilbert

(1971) On the Buses
as Stan Butler

(1973) Holiday on the Buses
as Stan Butler

(1971) Too Close for Comfort
as ---

(1952) Miss Robin Hood
as Dennis

(1973) The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
as Sherry Sheridan

(1972) Go for a Take
as Wilfred Stone

(1965) Joey Boy
as Rabbit Malone

(1968) The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
as Sherry Sheridan

(1979) The Plank
as Window Cleaner

(1969) On the Buses
as Stan Butler

(1967) Beggar My Neighbour
as ---

(1961) The Rag Trade
as ---
(1973) Reg Varney
as ---
(1983) ITV Christmas Comedy
as ---

(1976) Tell Me Another
as Himself
(1964) The Valiant Varneys
as Self – Host / Various Roles

(1994) The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)