Tony Hendra

July 10, 1941 – March 4, 2021

Perhaps best known for his portrayal of cricket bat-wielding band manager Ian Faith in the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, actor and satirist Tony Hendra began his career in 1962 along with John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor in Cambridge University’s Footlights revue. Hendra, 79, had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2019.