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- Birth nameMaxwell George Lorimer
- He made his stage debut at 2 with his father, Jack Lorimer, a music hall star, At 14 he ran away to play the son of George Lacey's Mother Goose in a touring panto in which he was billed as 'Max the Boy with Obedient Feet or Max Wall and His Independent Legs ,Being a dancer his 'dumb act' didn't earn much in fees so one night he added a joke and got a bit of a laugh and before long was doing more jokes and less dancing In WWII he was an acting corporal in the RAF, drilling, lecturing sand entertaining the troops. In 1946 he topped the bill for the first time in his first live radio comedy series 'Our Shed' with Patricia Hayes, He spent 18 in The Pyjama Game at the London Coliseum. His first dramatic role was as Pierre UBU in UBU ROI at the Royal, Court followed by The Old Ones also at the Royal Court and as Archie Rice in The Entrertainer at Greenwich, The Caretaker, Waiting For Godot and Krapps Last Tape- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- Starred in the 1967 promotional featurette for "The Fearless Vampire Killers" entitled "Vampires 101."
- Well-known for his appearances as Professor Wallofsky in shows such as Max Wall: Funny Man (1975) and An Evening with Max Wall (1982) wearing a bald cap and drainpipe trousers prancing around stage doing a funny walk in time to snare drum music.
- His father was also a stage comedian, Jock Lorimer.
- English music hall song-and-dance man, originally billed as "The Boy with the Educated Feet". He was first on stage as a baby dressed in a kilt. In his later years, he became a noted character actor, often in the plays of Samuel Beckett.
- Brought up in the Brixton area of London.
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