Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth
Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE is an English television presenter and entertainer whose career spans 75 years. In 2012, Guinness World Records recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Since then he has hosted series such as The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right and You Bet!. He co-presented Strictly Come Dancing from...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGame Show Host
Date of Birth22 February 1928
CityLondon, England
I'd like to be next to Judy Dench purely because I think she might get me a part as a Bond villain. I think I would be a good villain.
You can't call Ronnie Barker a comedian - he was an actor and a great writer.
It's very nice to get the title, and especially to know that you have made contact with young people and that they like what you're doing.
A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.
Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy.
My holidays are very important. Mind you, I take a very long one every year.
No one - apart from my agent, perhaps - should leave one of my shows in tears.
When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.
It's sad when you see most of your friends in the business gone, like Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard, Eric Morecambe, Roy Castle, Les Dawson. They were very dear to me. You no longer have the chance to bump into them at a celebrity do.
It's the combination of marrying a beautiful woman three decades younger and my iPad that keeps me young.
When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there'd be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so.
Did you write the words, or the lyrics?
I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so gorgeous, my jaw dropped - and it's a big jaw to drop.
It's important for a dancer to wear very tight underpants. I used to feel a bit exposed if I wasn't being held up in the right place.