Barry Humphries

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Barry Humphries: Film roles

Since the late '60s Humphries has appeared in numerous films, mostly in supporting or cameo roles. His credits include the UK sex comedy Percy's Progress (1974), David Baker's The Great McCarthy and Bruce Beresford's Barry MacKenzie Holds his Own (1974) -- in which Edna was made a Dame by then Australian PM Gough Whitlam.
 
Other film credits inlclude Side By Side (1975) and The Getting Of Widsom (1977). The same year, he had a cameo as Edna in the Robert Stigwood musical film Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (which became infamous as one of the biggest film flops of the decade), followed in 1981 by a part in Shock Treatment, the unsuccessful sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
 
He was more successful with his featured role as Richard Deane in Dr Fischer of Geneva (1985); this was followed by The Howling III (1987), a cameo as Rupert Murdoch in the miniseries Selling Hitler (1991) with Alexei Sayle, a three-role cameo in Phillipe Mora's horror satire Pterodactyl Woman From Beverly Hills (1994), the role of Count Metternich in Iimmortal Beloved]] (1994), as well as roles in The Leading Man (1996), the Spice Girls' film Spice World, the Australian feature Welcome To Woop Woop (1997) and most recently Nicholas Nickelby (2002).
 
Barry has also featured in various roles in comedy performance films including The Secret Policeman's' Other Ball (1982) and A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989). In 1987 he starred as Les Patterson in one of his own rare flops, the disastrous Les Patterson Saves the World, directed by George Miller of Mad Max fame and co-written by Humphries with his third wife, Diane Millstead.
 
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Early life London and the 1960s 1970s Film roles One-man shows Dame Edna Television roles Success in the United States

Other work Awards External links Selective Filmography Barry Humphries fan mail Latest news on Barry Humphries Web sites about Barry Humphries  French |  German |  Italian

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Manchester residents confuse ministers with Alex Ferguson and Barry Humphries

If the Cabinet revolt ever comes it will be led by Whassisname Thingy No Idea and Roger Daltrey from The Who.
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