Roy Castle OBE (born August 31 1932 in Scholes, near Holmfirth GRO Register of Births: DEC 1932 9a 303 HUDDERSFIELD - Roy Castle, mmn = Swallow; died September 2 1994 Buckinghamshire GRO Register of Deaths: SEP 1994 B13A 237 CHILTERN & SOUTH BUCKS - Roy Castle, DoB = 31 Aug 1932 aged 62) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He attended Honley High School, where there is now a building in his name. He was a talented jazz trumpet player. Early Career The son of a railwayman, he was a tap dancer from an early age and after leaving Holme Valley Grammar School, he started his career as an entertainer in an amateur concert party. As a young performer in the 1950s, he lived in Cleveleys near Blackpool and appeared there at the local Queen's Theatre, turning professional in 1953 as a stooge for Jimmy Clitheroe and Jimmy James. By 1958 he was appearing at the Royal

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