11 Facts About Leslie Sarony

Leslie Sarony was christened as Leslie Legge Tate Frye at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, on 5 May 1898.

Leslie Sarony began his stage career aged 14, with the group Park Eton's Boys.

In World War I, Sarony served in the London Scottish Regiment and the Royal Army Medical Corps in France and Salonika, and was awarded the Silver War Badge.

Leslie Sarony became known in the 1920s and 1930s as a variety artist and radio performer.

Leslie Sarony recorded novelty songs, such as "Leslie Sarony Played his Ukulele as the Ship Went Down", including several with Jack Hylton and his Orchestra.

Leslie Sarony teamed up with Leslie Holmes in 1933 under the name 'The Two Leslies'.

Leslie Sarony continued to perform into his eighties, moving on to television and films.

Leslie Sarony appeared in the first episode of police drama The Sweeney as a police informant known as 'Soldier'.

Leslie Sarony took over from Bert Palmer as the senile Uncle Stavely in the fourth and final series of I Didn't Know You Cared in 1979.

In 1983, Leslie Sarony appeared as one of the many elderly insurance clerks in The Crimson Permanent Assurance segment of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

Leslie Sarony's sons are Neville Sarony KC, a barrister and author in Hong Kong; Peter Sarony, a successful gunsmith with a business in London; and Paul Sarony, an independent film producer.