The year-old is famed for greeting television audiences with his well known catchphrase, "Nice to see you, to see you nice". Sir Bruce said: "She said thank you for entertaining the country for such a long time, she was very much on that wave length.
I think she was a bit shocked when I said almost 70 years. The son of a garage owner, Sir Bruce grew up in Edmonton, north London, and left school at an early age. He began his entertainment career as a precocious teenager, tap dancing his way around the country aged 14 and billed as "The Boy Bruce the Mighty Atom". The performer honed his skills as a comic, singer, dancer and musician in music halls across the country and doggedly pursuing his dream of stardom.
However after years of performing with little success, in he was picked to compere Sunday Night at the London Palladium - one of television's biggest entertainment shows during the early s. Sir Bruce soon became a household name partly thanks to his brilliant hosting of the show's Beat the Clock competition.
As the contestants completed unusual tasks for prizes, the entertainer's irreverent comments and quips were a highlight. It was here he coined the first of his many catchphrases "I'm in charge" and "Can you come back next week? The star, who was awarded an OBE in and made a CBE seven years later, said: "This was beyond my wildest dreams, I knew I'd got the best job in television but I was in show business for 16 years before I got that job.
His next big hit was hosting the BBC's The Generation Game, the popular s series that set the format for a plethora of programmes with Forsyth at the helm. Nearly every performance was studded with his catchphrases and most began with the greeting: "Nice to see you Asked about his enduring appeal to the British public, he said: "I think the secret of my success is I've always done family shows.
The segment gave a hint of his future television role and he went on to host some of the most popular television game shows of the s and 80s.
With his catchphrases of "Nice to see you, to see you nice" and "Didn't he do well? At its peak, the programme attracted 20 million viewers, who tuned in to watch Forsyth seemingly having more fun than the competitors, enthusing over the mundane prizes on the conveyor belt. The presenter argued with his BBC managers about the show's early evening timeslot but he eventually accepted his role as the "warm-up man" for Saturday night television.
His co-host on the show, Anthea Redfern , was each week encouraged to "give us a twirl". The couple married in but divorced six years later. It was on The Generation Game that he introduced his famous "thinker" pose, appearing in silhouette at the beginning of each show. The idea came from the classic circus strongman pose, something he'd perfected during his days in variety.
He repeated his success on ITV's Play Your Cards Right , where the audience joined in the cries of "higher" or "lower" as the contestants tried to guess the value of a series of playing cards. The entertainer was, by this time, a Rolls-Royce-driving multimillionaire and married since to Wilnelia Merced, a former Miss World. He later claimed that he regretted becoming so associated with game shows and wished he'd done more variety work on TV.
Play Your Cards Right was axed in and, with changing tastes in entertainment, his TV career began to slide. He returned to the theatre - but experienced an unexpected revival after his wife watched an edition of the satirical quiz, Have I Got News For You, and suggested he could present the programme. After calling show regular Paul Merton , he landed the gig and offered to be "a little bit deadpan". He used the occasion to parody some of his old game shows, much to the ill-disguised disgust of team captain Ian Hislop.
But the appearance led to Forsyth, an accomplished tap dancer, being offered the job of hosting Strictly Come Dancing , which began a year later. Viewed with scepticism when it launched, the celebrity dance show became one of the most-watched programmes on TV by the time it reached its fifth series in He brought his own brand of avuncular good humour to the proceedings - reassuring many of the contestants with the phrase "you're my favourites".
After missing a handful of episodes because of illness, he decided to "step down from the rigours" of presenting Strictly in He continued to host the Christmas and charity editions of Strictly until - all of which were taped, as opposed to live broadcasts. Away from entertainment, Forsyth's biggest passion was golf and he took part in many pro-celebrity tournaments. His house was next to the course at Wentworth, where he played with many of the world's best players, practising in the bunker in his own back garden.
During his career, Forsyth's multiple talents and years of application sparked an enduring appeal. In he was knighted after years of campaigning by his fans and a parliamentary Early Day Motion signed by 73 MPs.
But he suffered from ill health towards the end of his life, and in his wife revealed he still had "a bit of a problem moving", following major surgery a year earlier. Sir Bruce was one of the last entertainers from the tradition of music hall to be working on British television.
In many ways his act barely changed. The same corny gags, the same toothy smile and, above all, the same manic enthusiasm. He is particularly remembered for his ability to transform run-of-the-mill party games into glorious moments of mayhem that enthralled contestants and audiences alike. He was He was survived by his third wife.
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