English actor and screenwriter (died 2008)

Reg Varney

Reginald Alfred Varney was an English actor, entertainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the LWT sitcom On the Buses (1969–1973) and its three spin-off feature films. Having performed as a music hall entertainer, Varney first came to national recognition as factory foreman Reg Turner in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade (1961–1963). He appeared in further sitcoms including Beggar My Neighbour (1966–1968) and On the Buses stardom facilitated overseas cabaret tours.

Born

1916

July 11

Died

2008

Era

1910s

Country

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Reg, in brief

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Key dates

1916 Born
2008 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

813 Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).
911 Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
1174 Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.

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The world in 1916

When Reg arrived

april 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
april 24 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
april 24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
april 25 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

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Angélica Aragón 1953– Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer Balaji Sadasivan 1955–2010 Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (died 2010) Ernesto Hoost 1965– Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster Giorgio Armani 1934–2025 Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company (died 2025) Gough Whitlam 1916–2014 Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (died 2014) Harold Bloom 1930–2019 American literary critic (died 2019) Hugo Sánchez 1958– Mexican footballer, coach, and manager Leonard Goodwin 1915–2008 British protozoologist (died 2008) Lisa Rinna 1963– American actress and talk show host

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1916

Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bill Durnan 1916–1972 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) Billy Hitchcock 1916–2006 American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962) 1916– Chick Hearn 1916–2002 American sportscaster (born 1916) Colin McCool 1916– Australian cricketer (died 1986) Deendayal Upadhyaya 1916– Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Dom Mintoff 1916–2012 Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916) Don Tallon 1916–1984 Australian cricketer (died 1984)

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