List of former Footlights members
This is a list of former Footlights members. This is a listing of those former members who have achieved notability after graduating from Cambridge University. The careers of many prominent figures in the world of entertainment began in Footlights – while prominent figures in other industries also took part in Footlights. They include:
Name | Birth | Death | Career |
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Douglas Adams | Comedy writer, known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | ||
Clive Anderson | Comedian, television presenter, barrister | ||
David Armand | Comedian, actor, member of The Hollow Men | ||
Alexander Armstrong | Comedian, television presenter, singer, half of Armstrong and Miller | ||
Pete Atkin | Singer-songwriter, radio producer, known for This Sceptred Isle | ||
Richard Ayoade | Comedian, actor, director, co-creator of Garth Marenghi | ||
James Bachman | Comedian, actor, writer | ||
David Baddiel | Comedian, novelist, television presenter, half of Newman and Baddiel | ||
Morwenna Banks | Comedian, actor | ||
Humphrey Barclay | Comedy executive, producer of I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again | ||
Brian Barder | Diplomat, popular blogger | ||
Tom Basden | Comedy writer and performer, singer-songwriter, member of Cowards | ||
Robert Bathurst | Actor | ||
Cecil Beaton | Photographer, interior designer, stage and costume designer | ||
Peter Bennett-Jones | Television producer and agent, co-founder of Tiger Aspect and Comic Relief | ||
Martin Bergman | Producer, writer, director | ||
John Bird | Comedian, actor, satirist, member of Bremner, Bird and Fortune | ||
Simon Bird | Comedian, actor, known for The Inbetweeners | ||
Timothy Birdsall | Cartoonist | ||
Christopher Booker | Journalist, author, founding editor of Private Eye | ||
Leslie Bricusse | Lyricist, composer, playwright, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | ||
Eleanor Bron | Actress, writer | ||
Tim Brooke-Taylor | Comedy writer and performer, member of The Goodies | ||
Gus Brown | Comedian, actor, half of Laurence and Gus | ||
Spencer Brown | Comedian | ||
Robert Buckman | Comedian, writer, television presenter, columnist, physician | ||
Tony Buffery | Psychologist, actor, comedian, writer, known for Twice a Fortnight | ||
John Cameron | Composer, arranger, conductor, musician | ||
Jon Canter | Comedy scriptwriter, principal writer for Lenny Henry | ||
Graham Chapman | Comedian, actor, writer, member of Monty Python | ||
John Cleese | Comedian, actor, writer, member of Monty Python | ||
Olivia Colman | Comedian, actor | ||
Peter Cook | Comedy writer and performer, proprietor of Private Eye, member of Beyond the Fringe | ||
Joe Craig | Novelist, musician, known for the Jimmy Coates series | ||
Thurston Dart | Keyboard player, conductor, musicologist | ||
Russell Davies | Journalist, broadcaster, presenter of Brain of Britain | ||
Hugh Dennis | Comedian, actor, writer, satirist, voice-over artist, half of Punt and Dennis | ||
Penny Dwyer | Comedian, actor, writer, metallurgist | ||
Jimmy Edwards | Comedy actor, writer, star of Take It From Here and Whack-O! | ||
Mark Evans | Comedian, actor, writer | ||
Julian Fellowes | Screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, known for Gosford Park and Downton Abbey | ||
Paul Fincham | Composer | ||
Peter Fincham | Television producer and executive, Director of Television at ITV | ||
John Finnemore | Comedy writer and performer | ||
Jason Forbes | Actor, comedian | ||
John Fortune | Comedian, actor, satirist, member of Bremner, Bird and Fortune | ||
Michael Frayn | Playwright, novelist, known for Noises Off and Copenhagen | ||
Robin French | Playwright, scriptwriter, songwriter | ||
David Frost | Television presenter, interviewer, satirist, star of The Frost Report | ||
Stephen Fry | Comedian, writer, actor, novelist, half of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster and presenter of QI | ||
Graeme Garden | Comedy writer and performer, illustrator, member of The Goodies | ||
Bamber Gascoigne | Television presenter, author, known for hosting University Challenge | ||
Mel Giedroyc | Actor, writer, television presenter, half of Mel and Sue | ||
Stefan Golaszewski | Comedian, writer, director, member of Cowards | ||
Lizbeth Goodman | Chair of Creative Technology Innovation/Full Professor/Director SMARTlab/author, broadcaster-television & virtual reality | ||
Matt Green | Comedian, writer, actor | ||
Germaine Greer | Writer, broadcaster, academic | ||
John Grillo | Actor, playwright | ||
Lawrence Grossmith | Actor | ||
Nick Hancock | Comedian, actor, television presenter, known for Room 101 | ||
Norman Hartnell | Fashion designer | ||
David Hatch | Broadcasting manager, producer of Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue | ||
Natalie Haynes | Comedian, writer | ||
Tony Hendra | Satirist, writer, creator of Spitting Image | ||
Kit Hesketh-Harvey | Comedy writer and performer, half of Kit and The Widow | ||
Tom Hollander | Actor, co-creator and star of Rev. | ||
Matthew Holness | Comedian, co-creator of Garth Marenghi | ||
Alex Horne | Comedian | ||
Kenneth Horne | Comedian, businessman, star of Round the Horne | ||
Claude Hulbert | Comic actor | ||
Jack Hulbert | Actor | ||
Tristram Hunt | Politician, historian, broadcaster, newspaper columnist | ||
Nicholas Hytner | Film and theatre producer, Director of the National Theatre | ||
Eric Idle | Comedian, actor, writer, songwriter, member of Monty Python | ||
Clive James | Writer, poet, critic | ||
Jonathan James-Moore | Comedy producer, theatre manager | ||
Peter Jeffrey | Actor | ||
Rufus Jones | Comedy writer and performer, member of Dutch Elm Conservatoire | ||
Simon Jones | Actor | ||
Jo Kendall | Actor | ||
Tim Key | Comedian, actor, poet, member of Cowards | ||
Paul King | Comedy director, known for The Mighty Boosh | ||
Matt Kirshen | Comedian | ||
Ian Lang | Politician, business executive | ||
Hugh Latimer | Actor, toymaker | ||
Hugh Laurie | Comedian, actor, writer, musician, half of Fry and Laurie, Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster and also in House | ||
John Lloyd | Comedy producer and writer, creator of Have I Got News for You and QI | ||
Nicholas Luard | Satirist, travel writer, owner of Private Eye, co-founder of The Establishment | ||
Jonathan Lynn | Comedy writer, actor, director, creator of Yes, Minister | ||
Miriam Margolyes | Actor | ||
Christopher Martin-Jenkins | Cricket broadcaster and writer | ||
Daniel Massey | Actor, singer | ||
Dan Mazer | Comedian, producer, screenwriter, known for work with Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
Simon McBurney | Actor, writer, director, founder of Complicite | ||
Kevin McCloud | Writer, designer, television presenter | ||
Geoffrey McGivern | Comedy actor | ||
Rory McGrath | Comedian, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions | ||
Ben Miller | Comedian, director, actor, half of Armstrong and Miller | ||
Jonathan Miller | Theatre and opera director, humorist, sculptor, member of Beyond the Fringe | ||
David Mitchell | Comedian, actor, writer, half of Mitchell and Webb | ||
Nick Mohammed | Comedian, actor, writer | ||
Lucy Montgomery | Comedian, actor, writer | ||
Charles Mountbatten-Windsor[1] | Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the monarchy of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms | ||
Neil Mullarkey | Comedian, actor, writer, founding member of The Comedy Store Players | ||
Jimmy Mulville | Comedian, writer, television presenter, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions | ||
Simon Munnery | Comedian | ||
Richard Murdoch | Comic actor | ||
Jon Naismith | Comedy producer, creator of The Unbelievable Truth, producer of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | ||
Henry Naylor | Comedy writer and performer, half of Parsons and Naylor | ||
David Nobbs | Comedy writer, creator of the Reggie Perrin series | ||
Trevor Nunn | Theatre and film producer, Director of the National Theatre | ||
Des O'Connor | Television presenter, burlesque performer, musician, lyricist | ||
Bill Oddie | Comedian, actor, musician, naturalist, television presenter, member of The Goodies | ||
Michael O'Donnell | Journalist, author, broadcaster, physician | ||
John Oliver | Comedian, host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, former correspondent of The Daily Show | ||
Richard Osman | Producer, Creative Director of Endemol UK, co-presenter of Pointless | ||
Andy Parsons | Comedian, comedy writer, half of Parsons and Naylor | ||
Sue Perkins | Comedian, actor, writer, television presenter, half of Mel and Sue | ||
Steve Punt | Comedian, actor, writer, half of Punt and Dennis | ||
Jan Ravens | Actor, impressionist | ||
Griff Rhys Jones | Comedian, actor, writer, co-founder of Talkback, half of Alas Smith and Jones | ||
Blake Ritson | Actor, director, writer | ||
John-Luke Roberts | Comedy writer and performer, known for Spats | ||
Salman Rushdie[2] | Booker Prize-winning novelist | ||
Tanya Seghatchian | Film producer, former Head of the Development Fund at the UK Film Council and British Film Institute | ||
Peter Shaffer | Playwright, known for Equus and Amadeus | ||
Charles Shaughnessy | Actor | ||
Paul Shearer | Comedy writer and performer, known for The Fast Show | ||
John Shrapnel | Actor | ||
Richard Sisson | Pianist, composer, half of Kit and The Widow | ||
Julian Slade | Musical theatre composer, known for Salad Days | ||
Tony Slattery | Comedian, actor | ||
Ali Smith | Novelist, short story writer, journalist, known for Hotel World | ||
Michael Marshall Smith | Novelist, screenwriter, short story writer | ||
Gregory Snegoff | Voice-over artist, writer, director | ||
Sarah Solemani | Writer, actress | ||
Dan Stevens | Actor | ||
Richard Stilgoe | Songwriter, lyricist, musician | ||
William Sutcliffe | Novelist | ||
Jonny Sweet | Comedian, writer | ||
Edward Taylor | Comedy writer, radio producer, creator of The Men from the Ministry | ||
Joe Thomas | Comedian, actor, writer, known for The Inbetweeners | ||
Emma Thompson | Comedian, actress, screenwriter | ||
Sandi Toksvig | Comedian, writer, former presenter of The News Quiz, presenter of QI | ||
Peter Tranchell | composer, Precentor of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Lecturer in Music, University of Cambridge | ||
David Tyler | TV and radio producer (aka David Meek) | ||
Richard Vranch | Comedian, actor, musician, founding member of The Comedy Store Players | ||
Nicola Walker | Actress, known for Spooks | ||
Ian Wallace | Opera singer, actor, broadcaster | ||
Mark Watson | Comedian, novelist, radio presenter | ||
Phil Wang | Comedian | ||
Robert Webb | Comedian, actor, writer, half of Mitchell and Webb | ||
Ed Weeks | Comedian, actor, writer | ||
Liam Williams | Comedian, actor, writer, director | ||
Christopher Winchester | Actor, writer, musical comedian | ||
Mark Wing-Davey | Actor, director | ||
Sophie Winkleman | Actress | ||
David Wolstencroft | Scriptwriter, creator of Spooks | ||
Richard Wordsworth | Character actor | ||
Maury Yeston | Broadway and Film Composer/lyricist, musicologist, known for Nine, Titanic, Grand Hotel | ||
Martin Young | Television reporter, interviewer, co-creator of Rough Justice |
References
- "Prince Charles Could Become Actor King". The Deseret News. September 17, 1968. p. 18.
- "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Salman Rushdie". BBC. 18 September 1988. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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