Tony Tanner

Tony Tanner 27 July 1932 8 September 2020 was a British stage film and television actor and a Tonynominated theatre director and choreographer In the early part of his career he made numerous appearances in plays and variety shows on British television He most notably took over the role of Littlechap in Stop the World I Want to Get Off in Londons West End taking over from the shows star and author Anthony Newley in 1962 His excursions into film were rare but he did make an impression in 1966 in Warner Brothers film version of Stop the World I Want to Get Off when Newley declined the role The film was a disappointment both critically and financially and thereafter Tanner focussed mostly on the theatre