and he covered Guy Mitchell's no 1, "Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susan", and the Hank Williams hillbilly hit, "Your Cheatin' Heart". He enjoyed comedy numbers and sang "Close the Door" with a chorus of young children on a special series made for Christmas 1955 entitled Benny Lee's Children's Party. Radio and television Starting in January 1950, Lee appeared on Bernard Braden's radio shows, including Breakfast with Braden and Bedtime with Braden. Lee worked as both singer and comedian in these series. Lee's television career began when he was cast as the host of the BBC's first ever series for teenagers. Cautiously subtitled "a fortnightly magazine for under 21s", Teleclub on its first outing introduced the pop star Teddy Johnson and radio's "Man In Black" with Valentine Dyall. This was in 1953, the same year that Lee played Mr Pegg the myopic tailor to Terry-Thomas in the fifth series of How Do You View? His short-sighted measuring of the elegant "Master Terry" Denis Gifford described as a highspot. The following year Lee was cast as Arthur Honeybee in Friends and Neighbours, an early sitcom, with Peter Butterworth in the other lead playing George Bird. They recorded the programme's theme tune with their screen wives, Avril Angers and Janet Brown. It became a chart hit, not for the actors, but for Billy Cotton and his band. Lee was later regular support for Michael Bentine in his series It's a Square World (1960), along with Clive Dunn, Dick Emery, and Bruce Lacey, the madcap inventor. Much later, he portrayed Mr. Klein in the British sitcom, Are You Being Served? (1981). Films Lee also appeared in the films, Keep It Clean (1956), My Wife's Family (1956), The Girl Hunters (1963) and Mahler (1974), portraying Tarbottom, Arnold, Nat Drutman and Uncle Arnold respectively. Stage Lee's stage appearances included the musical Two Gentlemen from Verona (1973) and Windy City (1983). Death Lee died on 9 December 1995 at the age of 79. He left behind a wife and two daughters. Select filmography Keep It Clean (1956) My Wife's Family (1956) Carry On Sergeant (1958; uncredited) Night of the Prowler (1962) The Girl Hunters (1963) A Stitch in Time (1963; uncredited) Mahler (1974) References External links 1916 births 1995 deaths Male actors from Glasgow Scottish Jews Scottish male radio actors Scottish male television actors 20th-century Scottish male actors 20th-century Scottish male singers Musicians from Glasgow