Alex Munro (6 March 1911 – 20 January 1986) was a Scottish actor and comedian.

Career

Born as Alexander Neilson Horsburgh in

Shettleston Shettleston ( sco, Shuttlestoun, gd, Baile Nighean Sheadna) is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Toponymy The origin of the name 'Shettleston' is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a mult ...

, Glasgow, he joined his brother Archie and sister June in an acrobatic act called ''The Star Trio''. They later changed their name to ''The Horsburgh Brothers and Agnes'' and became part of Florrie Forde's music hall company with Flanagan and Allen. During World War Two, Munro toured with the

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show, ''Contact'', and had his own BBC radio series ''The Size of It''. He headlined in a number of British variety theatres, before finally making his home in Llandudno, Wales. He was given creative control of the Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre in the 1970s. The ''Alex Munro Show'' ran at the Happy Valley in Llandudno for 30 years.

Personal life

Munro and his wife, Phyllis (née Robertshaw), were the parents of actress

Janet Munro Janet Munro (born Janet Neilson Horsburgh; 28 September 1934 – 6 December 1972) was a British actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the film ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People'' (1959) and received a BAFTA Film Awar ...

(1934–1972), who predeceased her father. Alex Munro had two grandchildren by his daughter. He died in Llandudno in 1986, aged 74.

Memorial

In honour of Alex Munro's contribution to the town of Llandudno, a short stretch of road leading up to the former site of his Open Air Theatre in Happy Valley was renamed 'Alex Munro Way' in March 2014.

Filmography

* ''

Holiday on the Buses ''Holiday on the Buses'' is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Bryan Izzard and starring Reg Varney and Doris Hare. The film is the third and final spin-off film from the ITV sitcom ''On the Buses'' and succeeded the films ''On the Buses'' ...

'' (1973) * ''Mr. Rose'' (1 episode, 1968) * ''

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'' (1 episode, 1963)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munro, Alex (comedian) 1911 births 1986 deaths Comedians from Glasgow Scottish male radio actors Scottish male television actors Scottish male comedians 20th-century Scottish male actors 20th-century British comedians People from Llandudno