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Clifford Frank de Grey (20 May 1918 – 16 March 2007), better known as Slim De Grey, was an English-Australian actor, compere, musician, lyricist, composer and comedian. [1][2]

Slim De Grey
Born	Clifford Frank de Grey (1918-05-20)20 May 1918 Lytham, Lancashire, England
Died	16 March 2007(2007-03-16) (aged 88) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Occupation	Actor musician compere comedian
Years active	Late 1930s–2001
Spouse	Christina de Grey

He served in the Australian Army during World War II, seeing action in the Malayan campaign with the 2/10th Field Ambulance, part of the 8th Division of the Second Australian Imperial Force. He became a POW at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and was imprisoned in Changi Prison until the end of the war. While at Changi he composed, presented and produced shows.[3][4][5][6][7]

His television roles included Young Ramsay, Bellamy and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.

He was married to Christina de Grey and they had two sons: Calvin, an actor (1957-2008); and Darrell. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Mo Awards.

Select film credits

• They're a Weird Mob (1966)
• Wake in Fright (1971)
• Stone (1974)
• Newsfront (1978)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
• Changi (2001-TV mini-series)

Awards

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Slim De Grey won four awards in that time.[8]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result (wins only)
1975	Slim De Grey	Comedian of the Year	Won
1976	Slim De Grey	Comedian of the Year	Won
1978	Slim De Grey	Comedian of the Year	Won
2006	Slim De Grey	Hall of Fame	inducted

References

External links

• Slim De Grey at IMDb
• Slim De Grey at Ausstage

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