A versatile entertainer, Bygraves was already a successful singer when he starred in Educating Archie on radio. He graduated from supporting roles in film to leads in Charley Moon (1956) and A Cry From The Streets (1958), and on television hosted several variety programmes and the gameshow Family Fortunes (1983-86).
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