Roddy Maude-Roxby

Roderick A MaudeRoxby born 2 April 1930 is a retired English actor He has appeared in numerous films such as Walt Disneys The Aristocats where he voiced the greedy butler Edgar Balthazar his only voice role Unconditional Love and Clint Eastwoods White Hunter Black Heart playing Thompson An early innovator at the Royal College of Art RCA alongside David Hockney and Peter Blake he was one of the UKs first performance artists before it was a recognized art form At the RCA he edited ARK magazine in 1958 and was president of the colleges Theatre Group He had a joint exhibition with Blake at the Portal Gallery in 1960 He also collaborated in a preMonty Python series with Michael Palin and Terry Jones called The Complete and Utter History of Britain He also made theatrical and television appearances in among other shows The Goodies Rowan and Martins Laugh In Not Only But Also and The Establishment He won the Theatre of the Year Award for Best Comic New York in 1968 for his work as a standup comedian From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia