Keith Harris
Keith Harris is one of Britain's most inventive and talented performers with his instantly recognisable creations, Orville and Cuddles.
There is little doubt that his genius has given him International Stardom for many years.
He then became a popular act on television variety shows, was the host of the Black and White Minstrel Show, and was given his own show called Cuddles and Company.
In recent years, he has appeared as a guest star in a number of TV shows, including Harry Hill, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Trisha, Banzai, and The Weakest Link. This, combined with work entertaining in the clubs, in pantomime, and at holiday camps around the country, as well as starring in a commercial for Surf soap powder, enabled him to become solvent again.
In 2002, Keith was the subject of a Louis Theroux documentary called When Louis Met.... Keith later said that both had become friends during the course of filming.
Keith made a short appearance on the sketch comedy series Little Britain as himself, with Orville, as part of a group of entertainers waiting to meet the Royal Family.
In the sketch, the entertainers are interrupted by a man with a sock puppet who claims that he is Keith Harris and his sock is Orville. The real Keith is annoyed at this, and the fake Keith, after a few attempts at claiming to be other people, is thrown out.
Keith also recently starred in a children's programme called The Slammer, set in a prison on CBBC, where contestants perform to an audience of children.
In 2005, Keith was among the all-star line up in Peter Kay and Tony Christie's music video, "Is This the Way to Amarillo
Also in 2005, he and Orville won the Five reality TV show The Farm, and he made a short cameo appearance with Orville on Al Murray's Happy Hour in 2007.
He also does an annual Pantomime in Hampshire, including Aladdin, Cinderella, and Dick Whittington. Not only that, he reguarlly appears in Pantomimes all over the Country.
