Rex Rashley (1894–1972) was a British character actor who appeared regularly on

The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968) ''The Morecambe & Wise Show'' is a British comedy, comedy sketch show originally broadcast by BBC television and the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC Two, BBC2, specifically because ...

often dressed in familiar stars' attire as part of a joke. For instance, he appeared in cowboy hat, spurs and sheriff's star on stage, with

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), ...

advising

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that he was " John Wayne's Son" - the joke being that Rashley was elderly and clearly several years older than Wayne himself.

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* British male television actors Morecambe and Wise 1894 births 1972 deaths 20th-century British comedians {{UK-actor-stub