Barry Humphries
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John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (17 February 1934 - 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, perhaps best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the Court of St. James's. He was a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and an accomplished landscape painter. For his delivery of dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only the most significant theatrical figure of our time … [but] the most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin. Humphries' characters, especially Dame Edna Everage, have brought him international renown, and he had appeared in numerous films, stage productions and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Edna had evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom, the gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally feted Housewife Gigastar, Dame Edna Everage. Humphries' other major satirical character creation was the archetypal Australian bloke Barry McKenzie, who originated as the hero of a comic strip about Australians in London (with drawings by Nicholas Garland) which was first published in Private Eye magazine. The stories about "Bazza" (Humphries' nickname, as well as an Australian term of endearment for the name Barry) gave wide circulation to Australian slang, particularly jokes about drinking and its consequences (much of which was invented by Humphries), and the character went on to feature in two Australian films, in which he was portrayed by Barry Crocker. Humphries' other satirical characters include the "priapic and inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les Patterson, who has "continued to bring worldwide discredit upon Australian arts and culture, while contributing as much to the Australian vernacular as he has borrowed from it", gentle, grandfatherly "returned gentleman" Sandy Stone, iconoclastic 1960s underground film-maker Martin Agrippa, Paddington socialist academic Neil Singleton, sleazy trade union official Lance Boyle, high-pressure art salesman Morrie O'Connor and failed tycoon Owen Steele. Humphries died following complications from hip surgery at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on 22 April 2023.
Known for
Credits
Finding Nemo (2003)
as Bruce (voice)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
as The Great Goblin
Mary and Max (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Spice World (1997)
as Kevin McMaxford
Immortal Beloved (1994)
as Clemens Metternich
The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987)
as Academy Award Presenter
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Mrs. Crummles/Mr. Leadville
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
as Braulio (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
as Charlie / Dame Edna
The Leading Man (1996)
as Humphrey Beal
Bedazzled (1967)
as Envy
Percy's Progress (1974)
as Dr. Anderson / Australian TV Lady
Napoleon (1995)
as Kangaroo (voice)
Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
as Wombo (voice)
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
as Self - Edna Everage
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
as Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)
Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
as Justice Logan
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as Our Guests at Heartland
Kath & Kimderella (2012)
as Dame Edna Everage
The Last Impresario (2014)
as Self
Shock Treatment (1981)
as Bert Schnick
Show of Titles (2021)
as "Anyone Can Whistle" Performer
Welcome to Woop Woop (1998)
as Blind Wally
We Are Most Amused (2008)
as Self
Standing Up for Sunny (2019)
as Barry Humphries
Selling Hitler (1993)
as Rupert Murdoch
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
as Mr. Wainwright
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches (2016)
as Self
Side by Side (1975)
as Rodney
Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984)
as Richard Deane
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
as Self - Various Roles
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
as Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1988)
as Dame Edna Everage
Making Mary and Max (2009)
as Self
Barry Humphries at the BBC (2023)
as Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
as Aunt Edna Everage / Dr. Meyer Delamphrey / Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman / Senator Douglas Manton
Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984)
Actor
The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
as Rev. Strachey
Da Kath & Kim Code (2005)
as John Monk
The Naked Bunyip (1970)
as Edna Everage
Gaybo Laughs Back (2008)
as Dame Edna
Le Bain Vorace (Dial P for Plughole) (1954)
Actor
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1997)
as Bert / Lady Shopper / Manager
Salvation (2009)
as Client
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
as Edna Everage
An Audience with Jackie Mason (1990)
Actor
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1980)
as Dame Edna
The Man Inside Dame Edna (2008)
as Self/Dame Edna/Les Patterson
The Rocky Horror Treatment (1981)
as (archive footage)
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
as Aunt Edna Everage / Hoot / Dr. DeLamphrey
It Started with Swap Shop (2006)
as Self
Little Britain Down Under (2007)
as Dame Edna Everage
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995)
as Self
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1984)
as Dame Edna/Les Patterson
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh (2023)
as Self
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London (1992)
as Dame Edna Everage
The Great MacArthy (1975)
as Col Ball-Miller
A Toast to Melbourne (1981)
Actor
Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show (2015)
as Self
A Night on Mount Edna (1990)
as Dame Edna Everage
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch (1988)
as Self/Dame Edna
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’ (2006)
as Self
Les Patterson 'Has A Stand Up' - Live & Rampant (1996)
as Les Patterson
A Late Lunch With Sir Les (1991)
as Les Patterson
A Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage (1984)
as Dame Edna/Sir Les Patterson
Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers (2003)
as Sir Les Patterson/Owen Steele/Sandy Stone/Dame Edna Everage
Barry Humphries - A Life of Laughs (2023)
as Self (Archive)
An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna (1986)
as Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson / Self
Dame Edna Rules The Waves (2019)
as Dame Edna Everidge
Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway (1997)
as Les Patterson/Dame Edna