1. Wyn Calvin worked with numerous stars within the entertainment industry including Harry Secombe, Bob Hope, Christopher Biggins, Shirley Bassey, Frankie Vaughan, Vic Morrow, Bud Flanagan, Roy Hudd, Max Boyce, Morecambe and Wise and Ken Dodd.
16 Facts About Wyn Calvin
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Wyn Calvin was a pupil of Kitchener Road School and Radnor Road School before attending Canton High School for Boys in Cardiff.
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Wyn Calvin collapsed during training and, when a heart condition was diagnosed, was invalided out.
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Wyn Calvin auditioned at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, for he served with ENSA, the forces entertainment service during World War II.
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Wyn Calvin took the show on the road from London to Manchester.
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Wyn Calvin broke into radio in the 1950s as Tommy Trotter in the radio show Welsh Rarebit on BBC Wales.
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Wyn Calvin appeared on the BBC Light Programme's Workers' Playtime on 47 separate occasions from 1951 to 1964 and on Midday Music Hall on 13 occasions from 1953 to 1964 as well as many other programmes.
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Wyn Calvin was a columnist in the Western Mail for many years.
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Wyn Calvin-Thomas was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for charitable services in the 1989 Birthday Honours and the Officer of the Order of Saint John in 1993.
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Wyn Calvin lectured on the subject 'Laughter - The Antidote to Stress'.
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Wyn Calvin appeared in Malaysia, Jakarta and Vietnam in the Far East and many American states in the West.
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Wyn Calvin became Vice President of both the British Music Hall Society and the Max Miller Appreciation Society.
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Wyn Calvin was a founding member and trustee of the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital Charity.
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Wyn Calvin married Carole Calvin, a former dancer from Tenby, in 1985.
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Wyn Calvin was President of Narberth Civic Week and was a regular supporter of the event in his home town.
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Wyn Calvin died on 25 January 2022, at the age of 96.