Reginald Alfred Varney (11 July 1916 – 16 November 2008)[1] was an English actor, entertainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the LWT sitcom On the Buses (1969–73) and its three spin-off feature films. Having performed as a music hall entertainer, Varney first came to national recognition as factory foreman Reg Turner in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade (1961–63). He appeared in further sitcoms including Beggar My Neighbour (1966–1968) and On the Buses stardom facilitated overseas cabaret tours.
^"On The Buses' Varney dies at 92". BBC News. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
Having performed as a music hall entertainer, Varney first came to national recognition as factory foreman Reg Turner in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade (1961–63)...
the most popular British comedy series of its era, if not all time." RegVarney as Stanley "Stan" Butler – a bus driver who works for the Luxton and District...
Buses is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Bryan Izzard and starring RegVarney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis and Bob Grant...
British comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Hodson and starring RegVarney, Diana Coupland and Lee Montague. The screenplay was by Kevin Laffan,...
episode RegVarney assumed the guise of one his fictional ancestors in a comic exploit, such as "The Incredible Adventures of Sherlock Varney" or "The...
looking for a new idea for a sitcom in the late 1960s. They knew that RegVarney would be the leading actor because of his previous work on The Rag Trade...
head of Fenner Fashions, Miriam Karlin as the shop steward, Paddy, and RegVarney as the foreman trying to mediate the conflict between employer and employed...
Buses is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Harry Booth and starring RegVarney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis and Bob Grant...
He worked with Dick Emery, Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd, Harry Worth, RegVarney and Spike Milligan in their comedy shows and appeared in five episodes...
the world's first ATM. This machine was inaugurated by English actor RegVarney. This invention is credited to the engineering team led by John Shepherd-Barron...
Take (U.S. title: Double Take) is a 1972 British comedy film starring RegVarney and Norman Rossington, directed by Harry Booth. The screenplay was by...
creation by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe is On the Buses, starring RegVarney and Bob Grant. Running 1969–1973 for 74 episodes over 7 series, it was...
Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) and the foreman and pattern cutter Reg Turner (RegVarney), the female workers are led by militant shop steward Paddy Fleming...
Armchair Theatre 1969 Mrs Kapodis W. Somerset Maugham 1970 Rosa The Other RegVarney 1970 Various characters Play for Today 1971 Nurse The Misfit 1971 Boris...
include Dora Bryan, James Robertson Justice, Peter Jones, Sid James, RegVarney, Kenneth Connor and Michael Medwin. The film features a variety of unusual...
Fraser Based on TV series 1973 Go for a Take Harry Booth Roy Simpson RegVarney 1974 Carry On Dick Gerald Thomas Peter Rogers Sid James, Barbara Windsor...
Watching, The Big Breakfast, Linda Greene, Mount Pleasant, Saxondale RegVarney (1916–2008), The Rag Trade, On the Buses Anjana Vasan (born 1987), "We...
overweight, bespectacled, sexually frustrated younger sister of Stan (RegVarney), and wife of Arthur Rudge (Michael Robbins) in their forthcoming sitcom...
first cash machine, in Enfield; Barclays Bank, Enfield. The British actor RegVarney was the first person to use the machine. In 1969, a planned merger with...
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