Comedian and actor Tony Slattery, who has died aged 65, showed youthful promise in the Cambridge Footlights troupe - alongside a host of future household names.

A contemporary of Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, he was featured in 'Peter's Friends' after they all met at Cambridge University. By Lily Ford Tony Slattery, star of Channel 4‘s ...

Sir Stephen Fry hails Slattery as 'the gentlest, sweetest soul' after the actor passes away following a heart attack ...

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Tony Slattery was one of the most gifted TV comedians of the late 80s and early 90s. One of the Cambridge Footlight set that ...

and contemporary of Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen ... films like Peter's Friends (1992), alongside his Cambridge University peers Thompson, Laurie and Fry, and The Crying Game (1989).

The London-born star was best known for appearances on comedy shows Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You ...

A regular figure in Edinburgh at the Fringe, he won the first Fringe Perrier Award in 1981, along with the Cambridge Footlights, who also featured Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson.

A statement on behalf of Slattery's longstanding partner, actor Mark Michael Hutchinson, said: "It is with great sadness we must announce actor and comedian Tony Slattery, aged 65, has passed away ...

Tony Slattery was famous for appearing on comedy improvisation shows on Channel 4 and BBC radio. In recent years, he had spoken candidly about suffering with mental health problems, but was making a ...