We are lucky at The Herald. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's And after nearly a year of thinking about this man, after all the work I had done to find him, I had absolutely no idea what to say. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Get to know more about our different teams and meet the people behind the business. We became close, without it ever being more than friendship.'. Or just give her the only thing she had ever asked for to be with him. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. Oh, they all varied, said the agent, suddenly sounding irritated. You can tell Ive talked to the press before, cant you? I wrote to Stanley Baxter at his home, requesting an interview. She then went to their new Glasgow flat to cook spaghetti for his supper.". Say goodbye? "Stanley Baxter and his wife Moira were secretly married in the drawing room of the bride's house in Dumbarton. Still smiling, though. Favourite Place: My living room in [he named a very nice suburb of north London]. She kept calling for him and my mother wasnt too happy about this. To pre-empt that, he agreed to let me tell his story . But not a complete no: perhaps, hed said, perhaps yours will be the one. And the new rules dont apply just to celebrities on the A-List: newsreaders and weather girls must also be prepared to have the minutiae of their lives subjected to close scrutiny, or at the very least have Loyd Grossman look through their keyholes. They moved to London and Moira gave up the theatre, to be a housewife. Mary Brennan sees nothing surprising about Baxter being so jealous of his privacy. But immediately afterwards she was so sorry.'. It was in CSE that Baxter met openly gay men for the first time. Which is not good, when youre in your sixties, is it? So he wouldnt talk to a newspaper, even over the phone? Stanley Baxter as the Pantomime Dame in "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the King's Theatre, Glasgow. His associates would not return my calls. Anybody who has acquired that kind of carapace is not going to come on like John Inman, rushing out of a closet, shouting, Im free! They have prided themselves on conducting their life with dignity.. Rather than resolve the issue, I let it slip. What could he do? The star penned: "Anybody would be insane to choose to live such a very difficult life. Just when it was looking hopeless, I discovered a quote from Don Black, the lyricist of Sunset Boulevard, about keeping himself fit at the RAC Club: I take a Turkish bath at the club every Saturday. But rejection and the stress of his double life had chewed away his confidence. So: Mr White hadnt been having me on Baxter did live in London, then. In December 1965, Baxters wife Moira suggested that Williams and her husband should go on holiday together in Beirut. I told her my preference and said, Thats why I am breaking off the relationship. The relationship made a sort of sense, says Stanley. Meanwhile, on January 15, 1951, the engagement became national news, yet this didnt really register with Stanley. THE PRICE of fame seems to have shot through the roof; just ask Michael Barrymore or Gazza. Stanley Livingstone Baxter (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. She recovered in hospital and wrote to her husband, insisting, 'I'll never do something so foolish again.' 'She probably felt if she praised me I'd try less hard. And there he was, coming up the steps to the door. Everythings being raked around in here ready for Christmas. A stage smile. Writer and broadcaster, Interviewer of the Year for the Mail, winner of Radio Academy gold with BBC Radio 4. They went on a trip to Amsterdam together in 1964, although Williams who described their sitting in clubs with a load of poofs returned to Britain early. Stanley Baxter specials became vanishingly rare: one at Christmas 1976, the next at Easter 1979. Marcus was a constant support. View more posts, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), It was 20 years ago todayish. Fine, but not much help to me. It was absolutely selfish. Stanley came out of retirement in 2008 to record a retrospective special about his life for ITV. Other cuttings described him as practically a recluse. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika . Whatever changes come into society, they have already learnt discretion. And Stanley noticed her little eccentricities, her remoteness, her rejection of life's boring rituals of cleaning, cooking, washing laundry, had become more pronounced. As a last shot I rang David White, who said I had been very naughty. Yet he was, and is, missed: in England, as the funniest man on television; in Scotland where they take panto very seriously as the greatest dame of the century: a master of the double entendre and the quick, stunning costume-change. You need a knowledgeable advisor and determined advocate. What it did entail was years of loneliness, beginning on their honeymoon night. There are 30+ professionals named "Moira Robertson", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Having made it big south of the border, he regularly returned to direct and star in big-budget productions. By the age of 14 when he became radio star he knew where his destiny lay. The honeymoon night predictably was a disaster. Hier knnen Sie Inhalte sammeln, auswhlen und Anmerkungen zu Ihren Dateien hinterlegen. moira@scoliosisbracing.co.za +27 76 883 9526 Virginia Way Offices 0 Hamman Street Stellenbosch He has now returned with his new biography, The Real Stanley Baxter, in which he speaks candidly about his life. 'It was like a 3,000 volt electric current going through me. It was a gloomy place, full of old men moving in slow motion and staring into space. I rang David White again the following morning. Actor Stanley Baxter, 94, has bravely come out as gay and opened up about how his sexuality impacted his relationship with his wife Moira Robertson, who died in 1997. where are we up to? You're not much fun any more. He went on to star in a children's series called Mr Majeika, about a schoolteacher who is actually a wizard. His relationship with Marcus deepened and continued until the younger man died of lung cancer four years ago, though the two never lived together. Moira chased Stanley, says Stanleys sister, Alice. He was previously married to Moira Robertson. Since graduating from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1992, Robertson has been honored with numerous awards for her work as a Tulsa Family Law attorney. He divulged: "I couldn't put up with very long periods of not being with men. Should I have taken her to Cyprus? Bringing businesses together in the emerging, disruptive technology space across; FinTech, Quantum Technologies and Quantitative Trading Technologies through face to face and virtual meetings and events. You can unsubscribe at any time. She was 69 years old. It was all very selfish of me and a bit macho. Your Trusted Advocate. Moira has 3 jobs listed on their profile. Ive often wondered how her life would have turned out had she married a devoted heterosexual husband., He adds, his voice breaking: I will never know why she loved me so much. Despite his success, he had, in fact, always had a certain invisibility. But of course I should have been stronger. Fred Baxter, knowing his son was unconvincing in the role of Happy Groom, attempted a last-minute derailment. The front door was open. His wife Moira, from whom he was separated, was tormented by mental illness and had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists in the bath. And we never really discovered who he was, other than a brilliant character actor and impersonator; as the rules of celebrity changed, he simply refused to play by them. Stanley Baxter and Moira Robertson on their wedding day. I never wanted to be gay. But she did mention several times there was something wrong with Moira, that her emotional balance wasn't quite right. Stanleys marriage to Moira became difficult over the next few years, as she struggled with mental health issues and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. In terms of countries? Once again, the gates around Baxter had been locked. May 2021 - Present1 year 9 months. Baxter would tell the whole truth, on condition that it remained a secret. Do not sell or share my personal information. And, yes, the address I had was the correct one. She may have worshipped Stanley but she never got herself worked up if her husbands white shirts were dry in the morning or not. Finally, I realised that I would have to let Stanley Baxter rest in peace. Yet he was, and is, missed: in England, as the funniest man on television; in Scotland - where they take panto very seriously - as the greatest dame of the century: a master of the double entendre and the quick, stunning costume-change. ', Stanley was terrified. After 11 months of waiting, I was becoming frustrated. In London, Stanley found immediate success with TV satire On The Bright Side. Moira meanwhile, had pushed aside question marks against Stanleys sexuality, partly because she adored her boyfriend and loved his talent. Some of it I knew from later editions: Hobbies: swimming, cycling, reading. The decriminalisation of gay sex between consenting adults was still five years away. OK. Goodbye. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Although we'd spend lots of time in each other's beds, nothing happened. And the decision may have played a part his wifes untimely death. I sloped away to look around some of them, then went for some Fishermans Bake and a pint at the local pub, feeling pretty miserable. Moira didn't ever leap anywhere, he says softly. British actress Moira Robertson and her husband, British comedian and actor Stanley Baxter, at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court in London, England, 5th March 1962. The rest was silence. His lawyer managed to get the charge dropped but the incident left him in fear for his acting career. . That never happened: once television began to damage theatre audiences, many serious Scottish actors were forced into variety. For decades he has hated to venture out: 'I didn't want to be seen as someone who was once Stanley Baxter,' he says. Alec Guinness and John Gielgud had both been charged with Importuning. Waiting around outside the entrance to the flats where he lived was making me feel like a burglar casing the joint. Baxter was charged with soliciting for sex. A psychiatrist diagnosed schizophrenia, but she refused to take medication. Look, do you mind? She would go off to our bedroom and let me take the one opposite.'. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. It had been run over in the street. He kept phoning all the time, telling me there was something special between us. No, for the reason I just gave. As spring approached, Stanley saw even more of the woman with the hooded eyes, even taking her along to his parents home at 5 Wilton Mansions in Glasgow's Kelvinside. There was no answer. Rushing to the window of their second storey flat, she climbed out onto the ledge and shouted, 'If I can't have you then I won't settle for anyone else. 64, I said. Instead of gaining the confidence to join them, he shied away, repelled by the high camp 'all chiffon hankies and make-up and flouncing about. A year later, on March 5, 1952, the train sped west to Moiras parents home in Dumbarton for the ceremony. So he decided that rather than cut his cloth down because hes not a stand-up Channel 4 comedian, is he? If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Of all those stories, it is hard to imagine anything more sad than this one. After switching to ITV with the promise of a colossal budget for The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, he met a 28-year-old German accountant named Marcus. Men just look nelly, however hard they try. And he had been sighted on a visit to Scotland in July 1994, to unveil a tribute to his late friend and fellow comic Duncan Macrae, during which he had confirmed that it had been his intention to drop out of public life completely: Most comics work till they drop, but Im happier now than ever. How? So, no pantos either then? She died in 1997 at the age of 69 after suffering an overdose. (Later in my quest, I rang the clubs charming PR woman. A lot is at stake, including your children, your assets, and your financial future. That was that. Baxter was 46, and thought their two-day fling would be no more than a brief encounter. Facebook gives people the power. Beaten with sticks.'. As I approached the flats, a figure bundled up in odd layers of clothing and a heavy overcoat came towards me, and turned towards the gate. I dont know if you got it? He adds, his voice dark: 'The truth is, I don't really want to be me.'. 'Anybody else would have gotten rid of me but she was devoted. Yes. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. At Robertson Baxter, our clients are looked after by a full team of experts, including their adviser, we are consultants, confidantes, life coaches, jargon-busters, family friends - the list goes on!. At one point during my researches I was intrigued to meet a person in north London who had lived near the Baxters for a while in recent years, and who believed that they now lived apart, but that Stanley visited his wifes new home for lunch most days. Robertson Baxter Independent Financial Advice enquiry@robertsonbaxter.com 01484 608095 Client login About us About you Why choose us? The critics loved it. Join Facebook to connect with Moira Robertson and others you may know. And he turned it down. Stanley was later arrested at a public toilet in north London in 1962 on suspicion of soliciting for sex. And, meanwhile, my deadline had passed, and there were other things to do. Just to talk to a faithful hand that takes all the chaff and grain together, keeps whats worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blows the rest away. They werent interested in doing another take just because Stanley felt there was a whisker of it that wasnt right. I was apprehensive about getting involved for all the obvious reasons. (this was eventually broadcast on Radio 2 earlier this week). DON'T MISS:Sean Connery 'sad sight' and wanted to die sooner, Jackie Stewart says[COMMENT]Cold Feet's John Thomson details what 'saved his bacon' in 2020[INTERVIEW]Andrea McLean steps in to 'calm down' Loose Women's Gloria and Saira[PICS]. His family remained in Glasgow during the Blitz at first, a teenage Stanley and his mother sheltering under a dining table during the bombing. 'Thankfully Moira was very understanding. It was all good, clean, pre-Carry On fun. She became disruptive. hed rather not do them. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. What about? Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. You. Too short-sighted for active Army service, he was afraid of being assigned to the merchant navy and the Atlantic convoys, but instead he was ordered to report to the coal pits, as a 'Bevin Boy' one of the conscripted mine workers. Das Getty Images Design ist eine eingetragene Marke von Getty Images. It was the future Carry On star Kenneth Williams, also barely out of his teens but playing an old man in a CSE production. Baxter is appearing on a charges of soliciting and public indecency. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. If I wanted a closer look at him it would have to be on my television on 4 January. He could sing, dance, deliver broad panto comedy and perform pinsharp impressions of any star, male or female. I didn't think that she was ever going to make it very big and I suggested she give it up. In that moment, I thought the world had changed. The comments below have been moderated in advance. No, you might publish it. There were things he might like to say, but it wouldnt be in keeping to do so. However, it was Moira who was determined to take the relationship to the next stage. STANLEY Baxter has come out as gay, revealing for the first time that his marriage was a faade. Could he look really old, like the man in the corner with cigarette ash all down his dark suit? Bill had girlfriends, but he spent almost all his spare time at the Baxter house, sitting in Stanley's bedroom and talking till the small hours about art and philosophy, 'until we fell asleep, exhausted'. Yet my interest had been rekindled, my hopes raised, before being dashed against the same old stonewalling. 'If you can sing, dance, play a musical instrument or whatever,' the announcement read, 'please apply'. And so, a few weeks later, I did the right journalistic thing and rang Mentorn and Channel 4. After all, he was only a comedian, not a criminal or a crooked politician. I kept getting those sheeps eyes every time she passed me in the theatre and she appeared to be heartbroken READ MOREShowbiz legend Stanley Baxter says No, "I told her my preference and said: 'Thats why I am breaking off the relationship. Very boring!' See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Moira's connections and jobs at similar companies. The pulleys were always full of stuff., Moira was more Dora from David Copperfield than Glaswegian domestic goddess. British actress Moira Robertson and her husband, British comedian and actor Stanley Baxter, at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court in London, England, 5th March 1962. In 1944, his call-up papers arrived. Friday afternoon. But Baxter's anxieties were channelled into his work, and his perfectionist instincts became overwhelming. And by the time the then-teenager landed a place in the entertainment corps during his National Service years, Stanley was convinced that acting was his destiny. 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Yes I did, and I spoke to you through my agent. British actress Moira Robertson (year of birth unknown-1997) and her husband, British comedian and actor Stanley Baxter, at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court in London, England, 5th March 1962. Doesnt he do interviews at all? Overwhelmed by the knowledge that he was making a mistake that would ruin both their lives, Baxter sat on the wedding bed and sobbed. Wherever he is, I wish him well. He plays in Scotland to capacity every time, but thats not the point. But where? Stanley confesses that he is not comfortable with his sexuality to this day. Stanley Baxter has come out as gay at the age of 94. Im not. Comments have been closed on this article. Yes, as a 14-year-old hed had a frolic with the maid (despite living in a West End tenement Bessie Baxter insisted upon live-in help) but this was an entirely new adventure. Ill let you know through my agent, OK? The spotlight was his. But it worried me: was it right to doorstep a man who had worked so hard all his life to keep the private roped off from the public? But it would be wrong to imagine he has found peace. Stanley Baxter, Actor: Crooks Anonymous. contact the editor here. 'She guessed wrongly what being with a gay man entailed.'. Exclusively representing clients who are going through a divorce and . It was a relief. He never appeared as himself. This was the defining moment of Stanleys life. But Stanley, and Moiras family, coaxed her to take medication. Chic, with hooded eyes, Moira could have been Bette Davis's younger sister. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. Not him, then. I still don't. It was a dark day. Retirement, at the relatively early age of 63, was total. "And she was very good about letting them go to bed with me. It was partly a feeling of I'll show them, that I could be as heterosexual as the rest of them.. After a meal with Baxter in October 1969, Williams wrote: At one point when I said to S. I sometimes feel I am so useless I just want to die. But the question is also intriguing: how could someone who once inspired such affection slip from the public gaze so completely, in so short a space of time? Young was cagey, preferring to ring Baxter before he would talk to me. It was becoming obvious that the real Stanley Baxter was as studiously hidden as his Lycra supports. Baxter had married Moira Robertson, an actress at the Citizens Theatre, in the early Fifties. What would the neighbours think? I like to retreat into playing other people. It was real weakness on my part.. And he reads the Independent. I don't want to be involved in this kind of world'. We need you! . They procrastinated for several weeks, then passed me on to Channel 4s press office. The showbiz world is rife with tales of heartbreak, loneliness, wasted talent and regrets. A wee'un would surely have grown up with problems and taken drugs.'. And I did love her deeply, in my own way.. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. In 1997, he decided to spend a month at the villa they owned in Cyprus. I really dont. Its just prohibitive, you know, because they were such big specials. There was some communication, through Andy Young, who had been authorised to tell me that Baxter was refusing all work except voice-overs and radio. At the same time, Moira's mental health deteriorated. A public face is no longer enough if youre a public figure. She called him her Sonny Boy and, as his precocious talent emerged, had him perform at every family gathering. Has found peace spend a month at the same old stonewalling we are no longer enough if youre a toilet. Which is not comfortable with his sexuality to this day, coming the. 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