I'M TV'S STANLEY BAXTER

[Jake Thingray]

And I'm gay, though that shouldn't really surprise anyone.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Yeah, I read about that earlier. It's all very sad.

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/actor-stanley-baxter-comes-out-gay-new-book-lifting-lid-his-troubled-private-life-3020919

[Shit Good Nose]

The most surprising thing to me is he's still alive.

[Jake Thingray]

After I mentioned, earlier today, how the news about Sean Connery reminded me how my Dad, who was raised in Leith, used to get annoyed by some (possibly English) people claiming all the real, tough Scotsmen were from Glasgow and that Edinburgh's natives were effete, urbanised weeds, and would point out Connery was from Edinburgh and Baxter was from Glasgow, afraid that one of my somewhat more mature FB friends assumed this meant Baxter died today as well.

[Jockice]

Possibly the least shocking 'news' I've ever heard.

[The Cloud of Unknowing]

Possibly the least shocking 'news' I've ever heard.

Has he publicly admitted to it before?

[Jockice]

Has he publicly admitted to it before?

Not as far as I know. But even as a kid (and literally everyone in Scotland watched his shows then) my gaydar was bleeping wildly. I just always thought he was. Great entertainer though and obviously tortured by it. Poor sod.

[pigamus]

https://twitter.com/AlanKelloggs/status/1322585565783609346

[Jake Thingray]

Has he publicly admitted to it before?

Never and as the Scotsman article briefly mentions, he intervened over an auction of his army chum Kenneth Williams' letters that included descriptions of "having it away" with men. While Ken may have ultimately attained greater longevity in the public eye than Baxter, if only through the Carry On's and recountings of his unhappy life, in his lifetime he never attained the cachet Baxter's elaborate, BAFTA-winning, showbiz-literate television work did at the time.

[petril]

After I mentioned, earlier today, how the news about Sean Connery reminded me how my Dad, who was raised in Leith, used to get annoyed by some (possibly English) people claiming all the real, tough Scotsmen were from Glasgow and that Edinburgh's natives were effete, urbanised weeds, and would point out Connery was from Edinburgh and Baxter was from Glasgow, afraid that one of my somewhat more mature FB friends assumed this meant Baxter died today as well.

hard man? fae Edinburgh? ye cannae get a hard man fae Edinburgh

[Ambient Sheep]

This is odd, as I thought he'd come out a few years ago.  Apparently not.  Must have confused him for someone else, or maybe I just read an article that hinted at it...

[Satchmo Distel]

Kenneth Williams' diaries mention Baxter several times.

[ajsmith2]

Kenneth Williams' diaries mention Baxter several times.

AFAIR though it's just passing mentions of him as a colleague and friend though, with no details on his sexual preferences making it to print.

[Glebe]

Aw poor man, very sad about his wife. I was watching An Audience with Kenneth Williams on YouTube awhile back, he talks about being in the army with Baxter in that.

[derek stitt]

The chapter heading alone are worth the price of the book.

De Bollocking, David Niven Blow job, Benny from Crossroads and Buggery, Bestialty and Necrophilia are  corkers all.