Bruce Forsyth

**Sir** **Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson** <small>CBE</small> (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was an English television personality, actor and dancer. He has presented _Sunday Night at the London Palladium_, _Play Your Cards Right_, _The Generation Game_, _You Bet?_ and _The Price Is Right_. He presented _Strictly Come Dancing_ from 2004 to 2013.

Forsyth was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at The Latymer School.

In 2008 he was awarded the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. He received a Royal Television Society Lifetime Achievement Award on 17 March 2009. On 26 January 2011 he received the National Television Awards special recognition award.

## Personal life and Death

From 1953 to 1973, Forsyth was married to Penny Calvert.  They had three daughters: Debbie, Julie and Laura. According to his autobiography, he dated Miss World 1964 Ann Sidney during her reign. In a 2009 interview, Kathy Kirby said she was Forsyth's lover and that he proposed marriage. From 1973 to 1979, he was married to Anthea Redfern, who was the hostess on _The Generation Game_.  They had two daughters: Charlotte and Louisa. He fell in love with his fellow judge, Wilnelia Merced, at the 1980 Miss World competition. They married in 1983, and had one son together, Jonathan Joseph Forsyth Johnson (born 1987). By his six children, he had eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

On 18 August 2017, Forsyth died at his home in Surrey, England of complications of bronchopneumonia, aged 89.

## Television and movies

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1957–1961|_Sunday Night at the London Palladium_|Himself|TV|
|1966|_The Bruce Forsyth Show_|Host|TV|
|1966 1975 || _Frankie and Bruce_ || Himself || TV||||
|1968|_Star!|Arthur Lawrence|Film|
|1969|_Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?_|Uncle Limelight||
|1969|_Red Peppers_|George Pepper|TV|
|1971|_Bedknobs and Broomsticks_|Swinburne, Bookman's henchman|Film|
|1971|_The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins_|Avarice Segment||
|1971–1977 1990–1994 || _Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game_ || Host || TV||||
|1976|_The Muppet Show_|Himself|TV|
|1978–1980|_Disco Bruce_|Himself|TV|
|1978|_Bruce Forsyth's Big Night_|Host|TV|
|1980–1987 1994–1999 2002–2003 || _Bruce Forsyth's Play Your Cards Right_ || Host || TV||||
|1986|_Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak_|Host|TV|
|1986|_Magnum, P.I.: A Little Bit of Luck...A Little Bit of Grief_||TV|
|1988|_Bruce and Ronnie_|Himself|TV|
|1988–1990|_You Bet!_||TV|
|1990–1991|_Takeover Bid_||TV|
|1995–2001|_Bruce's Price is Right_|Himself|TV|
|1997|_An Audience with Bruce Forsyth_|Host|TV|
|1998|The Game_||Film|
|2000|_Tonight at the London Palladium_|Himself|TV|
|2003|_Have I Got News for You_|Guest Appearance|TV|
|2003|_Bruce Forsyth Host_|Himself|DVD / Guest appearance on _Have I Got News for You_ DVD|
|2004 – 2014|_Strictly Come Dancing_|Host|TV|
|2007|_The Generation Game: Then Again_|Host|TV|
|2010|_Have I Got News For You_|Guest Appearance|TV|
|2010|_Who Do You Think You Are?_|Guest Appearance|TV|
|2011|_The Rob Brydon Show_|Guest|TV|
|2012|National Television Awards|Guest (With Ant & Dec)|TV|

## Discography

|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="1"|Peak chart positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* First Studio album * Released: 1977 * Label: Warner Bros. Records|—|||||
|* Second Studio album * Released: 1979 * Label: Pye Records|—|||||
|* Third Studio album * Released: 19 March 2007 * Label: EMI Records|—|||||
|* Fourth Studio album * Released: 7 November 2011 * Label: EMI Records|58|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sir Bruce Forsyth
- **post-nominals**: CBE
- **image**: Bruce Forsyth1 (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **caption**: Bruce Forsyth in 2006
- **birth name**: Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
- **birth place**: Edmonton, London, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
- **death place**: Wentworth Estate, Surrey, England, UK
- **death cause**: Complications from bronchopneumonia
- **other names**: _Brucie_, _Brucey_, _Bruce Johnson_, _Bruce Forsyth Johnson_, _Boy Bruce, _the Mighty Atom_, _Mr Entertainment_, _Sir Brucie_, _Sir Brucey''
- **occupation**: Presenter, Television presenter, List of game show hosts, Game show host, Comedian, Dancer, Singer
- **years active**: 1939–2014
- **spouse**: Penny Calvert <small>(1953–1973, divorced)</small>
Anthea Redfern <small>(1973–1979, divorced)</small>
Wilnelia Merced <small>(1983–2017)</small>
- **children**: 5 daughters, 1 son