Thomas Henty was an English actor and was the son of the British magician and prop comedian Tommy Cooper. He went on to appear alongside his famous father in a 1979 episode of the Thames Television variety series London Night Out, as well as four episodes of the 1980 series Cooper's Half Hour, also for Thames. He also acted as occasional stage manager to his father, and was backstage when Cooper died in front of a live television audience at Her Majesty's Theatre on 15 April 1984. In addition to his work with his father, Henty was an actor in his own right; indeed his desire to make his own mark in the field was behind his decision to adopt his mother's maiden name. In an archive interview with the television personality Frank Bough included in the 2001 ITV documentary The Unforgettable Tommy Cooper, Henty explained that he did not want people in the acting profession to know that he was Cooper's son, presumably because he was fearful of claims of nepotism. Henty went on to make appearances in episodes of the popular British television series Robin of Sherwood and Just Good Friends, as well as the British film Bellman and True. Wikipedia [ - ]

Thomas Henty was an English actor and was the son of the British magician and prop comedian... [ + ]