{{Short description|Scottish comedian (1886–1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{refimprove|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Charlie Naughton | image = | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Charlie Naughton (first left) with Teddy Knox, Bud Flanagan, Jimmy Nervo, Jimmy Gold and Chesney Allen | birth_name = Charles John Naughton | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1886|04|21}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|02|11|1886|04|21}} | death_place = London, England | other_names = | occupation = Actor, comedian | years_active = | known_for = The Crazy Gang | notable_works = }}
'''Charles John Naughton''' (21 April 1886 – 11 February 1976) was a Scottish comedian.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/12/archives/charlie-naughton-89-dies-one-of-britains-crazy-gang.html|title=Charlie Naughton, 89, Dies; One of Britain's Crazy Gang|work=The New York Times |date=12 February 1976 }}</ref>
Naughton was born in Glasgow. He was a member of The Crazy Gang, and part of a double act, Naughton and Gold with fellow Glaswegian Jimmy Gold. In 1955, he starred in the first Guinness television commercial, playing the zoo-keeper with a German seal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11888063/TV-adverts-of-the-Fifties-PG-Tips-to-Guinness.html|website=The Telegraph|title=TV adverts of the Fifties: PG Tips to Guinness|date=30 September 2015 }}</ref> He died in London.
In 1953 he was sued by chorus girl, Ima Cecily Hanson after she claimed he deliberately tripped her for a joke, while she was leaving the stage during a show, which resulted in her being rendered unconscious. <ref> Daily Mirror, 10th February 1953, Page 15 </ref>
His daughter, Alice Elizabeth Naughton married a Canadian, Richard Harvey Stapleford. Their daughter, Naughton's granddaughter, Sally-Anne Stapleford is a five-time British champion and two time Olympian in figure skating in the ladies event and won the silver medal at the 1965 European Figure Skating Championships.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Flashing Blades - The Story of British Ice Hockey|last=Drackett|first=Phil|publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd|year=1987|isbn=978-1852230616}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''My Lucky Star'' (1933) * ''Highland Fling'' (1936) * ''O-Kay for Sound'' (1937) * ''Alf's Button Afloat'' (1938)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0622541|name=Charlie Naughton}}
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