[5][6] In 1959, after taking singing lessons, Skidmore successfully auditioned for the musical Marigold at the Savoy Theatre in London.
[3][9] Skidmore also had a similar role as a voiceover artist on the BBC comedy panel game Shooting Stars with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, from 1993 to 2002, in which he introduced the show's contestants.
[3][4] He was a background character in the 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut,[4] and appeared in person on The Justin Lee Collins Show in 2009.
[10] Skidmore found work as a photographic model, and appeared on advertising posters and in television commercials, both in person and as a voiceover.
[12][13] He died on 27 December 2021,[1][2] aged 90, in Margate, Kent, but his death was not made widely known until it was reported by the entertainment union Equity in June 2022.