She is the. I never wanted to be gay. Robertson Baxter Independent Financial Advice enquiry@robertsonbaxter.com 01484 608095 Client login About us About you Why choose us? He joined the Citizen's Theatre Company in the Gorbals, an idealistic group performing Ibsen and Shaw to working-class audiences. The pair developed a closeness that meant when they weren't working they enjoyed a movie or dinner together. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. He had also appeared alongside Baxter in many Scottish pantomimes, including the comedians last, and was prepared to talk, up to a point. My call was answered by Mr White himself, who seemed suspicious of my reasons for ringing. So that was the answer: a recluse in the phone book. Gay men up and down the UK lived in constant fear of having their careers and lives wrecked. But although the urgency had gone, the curiosity remained. Is there any likelihood of that happening? Ill be calmer tomorrow. A public face is no longer enough if youre a public figure. 96 Stanley naci en Glasgow, Scotland -1 pero desconocemos donde naci Moira Robertson In a television era rich with comic talent, from Morecambe and Wise to Tommy Cooper, Dick Emery to Mike Yarwood, everyone agreed Stanley Baxter was king. No. Perhaps it was time to forget it, let him be. Kenneth Williams certainly thought so. He was left with a terror of being held up to public shame. Getting dark. Birth sign: Gemini. Then youve got the orchestra, and dancers. Once again, the gates around Baxter had been locked. It was becoming obvious that the real Stanley Baxter was as studiously hidden as his Lycra supports. No. He divulged: "I couldn't put up with very long periods of not being with men. 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. Just a couple of years later he landed a five-picture deal with Rank Films. After all, the pair had spent endless hours discussing sexuality, preferences and honesty. 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. There was no answer. But a fellow member of the club in Pall Mall, which costs up to 500 a year, confirmed that Baxter was frequently there. By the age of 14 when he became radio star he knew where his destiny lay. She would go off to our bedroom and let me take the one opposite.. If there were someone I were interested in, I could bring them home. And then he met Moira, this soft-spoken chic young woman with the Bette Davis eyes. Its hard to know if the invigorating sea air or simply timing resulted in Moiras declaration, but she announced she wished to have a full-blown sexual relationship with her leading man. Stanley was later arrested at a public toilet in north London in 1962 on suspicion of soliciting for sex. . Doesnt he do interviews at all? He reckoned it would at least a few years before the couple arrived at Wedding Central. Absolutely not? My names Cole Moreton, from the Independent on Sunday. Moira has 3 jobs listed on their profile. 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. Kenneth Williams was among the first to be told and he couldnt believe his ears. It was the future Carry On star Kenneth Williams, also barely out of his teens but playing an old man in a CSE production. On December 23, 1950, Williams made another note in his diary: 'Stanley wrote to say he is going to marry Moira. 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. Just let me ask you one thing. . He said, Oh well, if you did I should just follow you. And the sex was fine not rockets going off or anything.. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. I still dont. However the charges were dropped when the police officers who arrested him admitting he was on his own at the time. Fellow Scottish comic legend Rikki Fulton, who has presented his own hugely popular Hogmanay TV show for the last 16 years, said that Baxter retired from playing dames because the energy and athleticism required was exhausting. 'And suddenly Kenny cut in, 'Yes! She danced too in the gardens in Highgate Village, naked. Later, they decamped to an island outside the city. A bit boring! I wondered if I could have a word? She once flew to Belfast to be "reunited with the spirit of [theatre director] Tyronne Guthrie." Experiences in the Far East during his concert party stint confirmed to the Scot where his heart lay. Eccentric. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. His agent was still stonewalling, and his old television company had forgotten him. Er, or something like it. Now that personal publicists are de rigueur for everyone from ministers mistresses to rugby players wives, we may even catch ourselves feeling faintly disapproving at the thought that he might want to do without the oxygen of publicity. Certainly not Kenneth Williams: 'I remember sitting with him in an Italian restaurant, and telling him that I was very low. After all, he was only a comedian, not a criminal or a crooked politician. 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. I dont think I could go on then. But Baxter's anxieties were channelled into his work, and his perfectionist instincts became overwhelming. That never happened: once television began to damage theatre audiences, many serious Scottish actors were forced into variety. When he first came to fame in the Fifties, his identity was largely irrelevant: we were content to let stars glitter from afar. It was so long ago, the production team was disbanded straight after the last show, and theres nobody left here who worked on it. Chic, with hooded eyes, Moira could have been Bette Davis's younger sister. In December at the Citz, Stanley and Moira starred in the Christmas panto Red Riding Hood (Stanley played Granny McNiven, Moira played Red Riding Hood). It was all I ever dreamed of.. I didn't want to know, but gradually I was falling in love.'. Changing tack, I asked if Baxter had a fan club. 'I. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. We are lucky at The Herald. And your editor. How much had the big television specials cost to make? She would go off to our bedroom and let me take the one opposite.'. If there were someone I were interested in, I could bring them home. To order a copy for 17.60 go to mailshop.co.uk/books or call 020 3308 9193. Perhaps uniquely, Stanley Baxter has succeeded in making himself invisible. He returned to the BBC but, after a one-off in 1986 in which he played 37 roles (including Mae West, whom he first impersonated aged six), that contract also ended. Kenneth asked Stanley what future he could expect if he married Moira Robertson. 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 . "However, Moira was very, very upset. He adds that he only agreed not to break things off when she threatened to jump out the window of their flat. Do not sell or share my personal information. Chic, with hooded eyes, Moira could have been Bette Davis's younger sister. There are 30+ professionals named "Moira Robertson", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Tayside & Stirling. Not at all? THE LEAVES on the pavement were being sucked upwards by the cold wind, or turned to mush by rain. . 'She would think the television was talking to her.' In 1959, Stanley realised the writing was on the wall for variety theatre in Scotland and moved to London. You know, the same sort of thing as Kenneth Williams. Shall we say affinity, I asked? 'If you can sing, dance, play a musical instrument or whatever,' the announcement read, 'please apply'. 'I turned down too many parts . 'I'm not. 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. Hes never done a chat show in his life. Get to know more about our different teams and meet the people behind the business. Then, in early autumn, I heard that Channel 4 was working on a compilation of the best of Baxters television shows, to be screened this Christmas. When he called her from the airport, on his return to the UK several weeks later, she didn't answer. Since then, he has been completely absent from stage or television, and rarely even mentioned in print. Brian Beacom 2020. A psychiatrist diagnosed schizophrenia, but she refused to take medication. Its just prohibitive, you know, because they were such big specials. Anyone who can dress up as Judy Garland with a nose like his and get away with it, has to be a genius. There was nothing like his dames, who entered in outfits sumptuous enough for Danny LaRue, but who could drop into rough Glaswegian patois at a moments notice. Managing a portfolio of SME clients across a range of sectors and complexities. A stage smile. Ill let you know through my agent, OK? 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. If it doesn't work out, you just get divorced and you move on. And my father replied with a very heavy voice, No, it's not as easy as that., The following Monday, the Scottish Daily Express wrote of the 'quiet' wedding. I believed that no-one in our family should be anything but a star.. For a nation still mourning the loss of Eric Morecambe, Baxter another survivor of the gentler, pre-television days of variety theatre seemed ready to succeed to the title of Britains Favourite Comedian. She was 69 years old. 'I admired how fashionable she looked. So he just thought: No, its all too much for me. Friday afternoon. He never appeared as himself. He took her passport, to prevent her from trying to follow him. That counts for a lot in this part of north London, where there are more antique shops than newsagents. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images), 4897x4870px (41,46 x 41,23 cm) - 300 dpi - 6 MB. (this was eventually broadcast on Radio 2 earlier this week). For decades he has hated to venture out: 'I didn't want to be seen as someone who was once Stanley Baxter,' he says. Why? . Baxter began to turn work down not playing Captain Hook in a production of Peter Pan opposite Lulu, not appearing with Cannon and Ball at the Palladium. Stanley walked through the doors of the Gorbals theatre and into theatre heaven, loving this avant-garde world populated by the likes of Sybil Thorndyke and Duncan Macrae. Stanley's wife of over 45 years Moira Robertson died in 1997 (Picture: REX) At a time when being gay was illegal in Britain, the actor would bring men home with his wife's knowledge. Having made it big south of the border, he regularly returned to direct and star in big-budget productions. He has now returned with his new biography, The Real Stanley Baxter, in which he speaks candidly about his life. Comments have been closed on this article. His lawyer managed to get the charge dropped but the incident left him in fear for his acting career. One of Scotland's greatest comedians has come out as gay but admitted: "I never wanted to be, I still don't." Stanley Baxter, 94, said that he and his wife, Moira Robertson, knew that he was. She now had to be a housewife, which she found very frustrating. Stanley Baxter and Moira Robertson on their wedding day. Its Christmas, he said. There had been no mystery about the retirement, said Lennie, who talked about the physical demands of changing costumes so often. 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. 'Thankfully Moira was very understanding. Client stories Our approach Blog FAQs Contact us Feel the value of financial planning First-class financial planning for people who strive for more. I like to retreat into playing other people. STANLEY Baxter has come out as gay, revealing for the first time that his marriage was a faade. There was, it seemed, no prospect of an interview. Editors' Code of Practice. Which is not good, when youre in your sixties, is it? This was the defining moment of Stanleys life. She was far more bohemian than me.' Stanley Livingstone Baxter (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Helen Wright and Moira Robertson were in a police raid (Image: Spindrift) Two Glasgow pensioners caught with more than 24,000 of cocaine are behind bars. Did Bessie Baxter have any idea of Stanleys true sexuality? Not Stanleys fee, particularly, but you have to pay the Musicians Union, youve got to pay all the dancers, Equity and so on. She was very good about letting them go to bed with me. Certified Fellow since 2006. 'I was going to top myself,' he says. But had Moira truly leapt at the idea of leaving Glasgow and friends and family behind? Scots who never visit a theatre for the rest of the year still find their way to the panto, where the scenarios and jokes have the familiarity of ritual. Baxter staged full-scale MGM musicals and played every role. Meanwhile, Moira had landed part-time work with a milliner but it didnt seem to hold her interest. This would be no life for you, married to someone who is essentially and primarily a homosexual.'. And so, a few weeks later, I did the right journalistic thing and rang Mentorn and Channel 4. What none but his closest friends realised was that Baxter was desperately unhappy, his personal life a battlefield. He says now that he'd known for years that he found men more attractive than women, because at the Saturday morning cinema club he could not take his eyes off the half-naked Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, rather than Maureen O'Sullivan's Jane. He went. His last was Mother Goose, at the Kings Theatre, Glasgow, in 1991. He is now out of the public eye, but appeared in ITV special Stanley Baxter: Now and Then in 2008 and Channel 5 documentary Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter in 2019. I had never written anything longer than a thousand words for publication before, but Richard helped me through and opened the door to a career as a feature writer, for which I am extremely grateful. 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. Her reaction was dramatic. Could he look really old, like the man in the corner with cigarette ash all down his dark suit? 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? If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to OK. So he must have felt a shiver when the waspish diaries of his late friend Kenneth Williams were published two years ago. And I said Well, it does worry me. No. View the profiles of people named Moira Robertson. Well, I spoke to your television company, and they said you might be doing some soon. And I did love her deeply, in my own way.. I couldve hugged him. Other entries in the diary recall Baxter speaking of a desperate clinging to privacy and the rejection of a potentially hostile world. But unknown to the world, Granny and the eponymous hero had decided to marry. He revealed he was worried his career would be over because of the incident before his lawyer got the charge dropped. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Yet my interest had been rekindled, my hopes raised, before being dashed against the same old stonewalling. Like his previous TV specials, it was a delirious collection of sketches and set-pieces featuring Baxter in character (his meticulously observed parodies of women like Shirley Bassey and Marlene Dietrich were a trademark), complete with spectacular sets and breathtaking changes of costume and make-up. 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Moiras role, however, was reduced from Actress to Wife. It was all very selfish of me and a bit macho. Nigel Dempsters often there, and so are Stanley Baxter and Terry Stamp. I dont deserve it, I know, but if anyone can help me at this dreadful period, it is him, Williams wrote before leaving home. One of them might be him, I thought. He met Moira daily for lunch. She had thought about becoming an actress herself and was very supportive of her childrens aspirations for the stage: Baxter put aside thoughts of teaching to go into the theatre, while his sister went off to work as an actress in Australia, under the name of Alice Dale.Baxter had already begun broadcasting on the wireless at the age of 14, and continued doing so even after he was called up at 17 to help the war effort by going down the mines. For a journalist, it can be difficult to tell. Could they get me an interview? Overwhelmed by the knowledge that he was making a mistake that would ruin both their lives, Baxter sat on the wedding bed and sobbed. Even though Moira was dead from an overdose by this time, he was sickened at the thought that his sexuality might become common knowledge. In the book, Stanley admits he hid his sexuality throughout his career and explained he initially decided to end his relationship with Moira when she told him she wanted to get married. Ive been in audiences where women in their sixties would sit there and say, with absolute envy: Ooh, look at them legs. Her favourite memory is of one entrance in full rig, with craggy face underneath what looked like a mound of candyfloss. Hed be a bit suspicious if a tabloid or something like that was trying to turn him over. Calls went unreturned, faxes unanswered. He had to get on with it, focus on finishing the last 10 days of the panto season and his last 10 days at the Citz. Moira didn't ever leap anywhere, he says softly. 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. What could he do? Stanley was up for the challenge. And although she was a good cook, she wasn't very good at washing. Fine, I said. Nostrils flaring. Can you just tell me, finally, what city he lives in? From beyond the grave, Williams talked about him more frankly and perhaps imaginatively than any living friend would. He lived in dread of being exposed in the press as a gay man. I was apprehensive about getting involved for all the obvious reasons. Therapy proved useless: his psychiatrist, learning that he was married, advised him simply to return to his wife. 'There are many gay people these days who are fairly comfortable with their sexuality,' he says. He said: Anybody would be insane to choose to live such a very difficult life. This is it, I thought, suddenly breathless. Not him, then. But there was no chance of a reconciliation. Stanley Baxter has come out as gay at the age of 94. And, yes, the address I had was the correct one. No, for the reason I just gave. Not to the Press. When his friend Kenneth Williams's diaries were published posthumously in the early Nineties, he fought a legal battle to ensure nothing about his sex life was printed. Managing Director. Other members included Kenneth Williams, with whom Baxter formed a close friendship that was troubled but life-long.It was quite a strong thing, said Young. London. 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. There was also a tiny quote from Baxter in the Times of November 1992, about how the role of Principal Boy should only be played by a woman: All those frills. Im not sure that Stanley would say it just now, but he had this kind of sexual whats the expression? I told him of how she was slipping into little overdoses, and I would be going round to see her and reviving her. Im not. 'I couldn't put up with very long periods of not being with men,' he says frankly. He relished the opportunity to live in pristine order, with a housekeeper to keep the place spotless. Fred Baxter, knowing his son was unconvincing in the role of Happy Groom, attempted a last-minute derailment. "Thankfully Moira was very understanding. Im not giving any interviews at the moment. An edge in his voice. In the front room of Moira Robertsons parents home in Dumbarton, Stanley slowly, cautiously, uttered the words I do. He failed to convince. In a 1963 entry, Williams described Baxter as disarming, honest, charming and hilariously funny all at once. Well see what happens. The most outrageously funny man on British television 50 years ago was Stanley Baxter. You need a knowledgeable advisor and determined advocate. Baxter would go. He took his time. They became lovers. Bringing the very best to his latest film role, Crooks Anonymous, starring alongside Julie Christie and Leslie Philips. And it worked. Find him.. It was the one and only time she had ever reacted in this way. He was also aware of the need to have a cover. .Baxter was born in Glasgow in 1928, and raised in the genteel suburb of Kelvinside. Baxter would tell the whole truth, on condition that it remained a secret. With his telephone number and address in my notebook, I could have rung Stanley Baxter or paid him a visit months ago, instead of waiting for an answer to my letter. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? It had been run over in the street. Unknown to Stanley, Moira had ditched her medication and the demons raged again. 'Anybody else would have gotten rid of me but she was devoted. . They included women, from Shirley Bassey to, later, the Princess of Wales, each precisely observed. Instead, he was arrested. Would it have happened anyway? He rang back the next day, but the news was bad. He stood facing the audience for a moment and then said, in a vampish voice: I call this my hand grenade dress. 'I could be as heterosexual as the rest of them.'. Hes offered stage plays and everything all the time, but he doesnt want to lock himself into eight performances a week for six months, you know? By then, he had fallen in love for the first time. 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. In January 1962, he visited the public toilets in Madras Place, Holloway, hoping to pick up a man for casual sex. I know it all sounds terribly old-fashioned but men had those expectations in those days., Now, Stanley admits another reason why he felt Moira should remain at home. We like to think we can find out anything about anyone, as a matter of professional pride, and the challenge of doing so can get under your skin. 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