Davy Kaye

Davy Kaye MBE (born David Kodeish, 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was a British comedy actor and entertainer.

Instead, he spent the war years entertaining troops at RAF bases, munitions factories and Army camps, as well as on BBC radio where he was a regular with such shows as Midday Music Hall and Variety Bandbox.

[2] From 1954 to 1968 Kaye presented a new show each month at London's Embassy Club, and also starred in Androcles and the Lion and The Bishop's Bonfire at the Mermaid Theatre.

On television he appeared in Sapphire and Steel and as Natty Dan in the TV Series Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982).

[1] Noted for his charity work, over the years Kaye raised more than one million pounds for a number of charities, including the Bud Flanagan Leukaemia Fund, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, the Prince Philip Trust Fund, the Nightingale House home for elderly Jews and the Ealing Jewish Youth Club.