Graeme Garden

British comedian and actor

David Graeme Garden OBE (born 18 February 1943) is a British comedian, actor, author, artist and television presenter, best known as a member of The Goodies and a regular panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

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Graeme Garden was born on Thursday, 18 February 1943 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. His full name at birth was David Graeme Garden. He is best known as an actor. Garden's country of citizenship (nationality) is Scottish. Graeme attended high school at Repton School, Derby, England. For university, he studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Medicine). He is 5' 10" (178 cm) tall with an average build. He has green eyes and blonde hair (color). Graeme Garden is 82 years old and his zodiac star sign is Aquarius.

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Full name at birth	David Graeme Garden	edit
Claim to fame	BBC comedy show 'The Goodies' (1970–82) & cast member of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' (1972–)	edit
Date of birth	18 February 1943	edit
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK	edit
Age	82
Occupation	Comedian, Actor, Author, Artist And Television Presenter	edit
Occupation category	Actor	edit
Nationality	Scottish	edit

PERSONAL DETAILS

Height	5' 10" (178 cm)	edit
Build	Average	edit
Hair color	Blonde	edit
Eye color	Green	edit
Gender	Male	edit
Ethnicity	White	edit
Sexuality	Straight	edit
Religion	religion
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Distinctive feature	Studied Medicine at Cambridge University and King's College Hospital... Co-wrote several episodes of Doctor in the House (1969) and its sequels with Bill Oddie... Was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club, and, later, President of the Footlights Club... Was a member of the highly successful radio show "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again". Other members included Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, John Cleese, David Hatch and Jo Kendall... He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Light Entertainment... Son, John Garden, is keyboard player with the group Scissor Sisters... A qualified medical doctor, he claims to be horrified at being able to treat people, despite not having a clue what to do anymore... ''I set off to be a doctor and then I realised that I probably wouldn't get on very well with all those sick people''... Garden qualified in medicine at King's College London, but has never practised... Garden and Bill Oddie co-wrote many episodes of the television sitcom Doctor in the House... Garden's father, Robert Symon Garden, was an eminent orthopaedic surgeon who created the Garden classification of hip fractures and the Garden screw, used to repair certain hip fractures... Garden was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to light entertainment... Garden is a patron of the disability charity ENRYCH – formerly Ryder-Cheshire Volunteers... Graeme has been brought in for medically-related shows like Peak Practice and Holby City in recent years too...	edit
Medical condition	Bell's palsy (2002)	edit
Pets	pets

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Residence	Preston, England (childhood) Cambridge, England London, England Oxfordshire, England (present)	edit
High school	Repton School, Derby, England	edit
University	Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Medicine) King's College London (Qualified as a doctor)	edit
Talent agency	talent agency
Political affiliation	political affiliation
Political party	political party

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- Tim Brooke-Taylor
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- Emma Garden
- Mary Elizabeth Wheatley Grice

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Graeme Garden is known for his role in the TV series The Goodies (1970) as creator - 76 episodes, 1970 - 1982 / written by - 54 episodes, 1970 - 1982 / writer - 8 episodes, 1971 - 1980.

He is also known for his role in the TV series The Imitation Game (2018) as executive producer - 6 episodes.

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