Stanley Llewelyn Stennett MBE (30 July 1925 – 26 November 2013) was a Welsh comedian, actor and jazz musician.
[citation needed] Although primarily a comedian, who appeared in variety shows and pantomime throughout the UK, Stennett played "straight" acting roles in television programmes such as Coronation Street and Casualty.
He was best known as Sid Hooper in the ITV soap opera, Crossroads, before taking a lease in 1980 on the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
[3] Stennett was initiated into the exclusive fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats in 1959 and was a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
[4] He was awarded an MBE in the 1979 New Year Honours list, for services to entertainment and to charities.