Julian Chagrin (born 22 February 1940, London) is a British-Israeli
comedy actor. He is the husband of actress and comedian Rolanda
Chagrin.His father was the composer and conductor Francis Chagrin, who
was born to Jewish parents in Bucharest, Romania, while his mother was
Irish.He is perhaps best known as one of the tennis-playing mimes in
the 1966 cult film Blowup, and as the 'secret lemonade drinker' in a
popular advert for R. White's Lemonade in the 1970s. After appearing
in films such as Danger Route (1967), The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
and Alfred the Great (1969), he played Bill the Lizard in Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (1972), which notably featured Peter Sellers
as the March Hare and Spike Milligan as the Gryphon, and he acted with
Sellers and Milligan again in The Great McGonagall in 1974. He also
appeared as Maxi Grease, an odious TV host, in "Superstar", an episode
of The Goodies, and as one half of a murderous comedy duo, together
with Jimmy Jewel, in an episode of The Avengers. He also played the
part of The Maestro in TV series The Orchestra which he also wrote and
directed, alongside Sefi Rivlin in 1985 to 1987.
comedy actor. He is the husband of actress and comedian Rolanda
Chagrin.His father was the composer and conductor Francis Chagrin, who
was born to Jewish parents in Bucharest, Romania, while his mother was
Irish.He is perhaps best known as one of the tennis-playing mimes in
the 1966 cult film Blowup, and as the 'secret lemonade drinker' in a
popular advert for R. White's Lemonade in the 1970s. After appearing
in films such as Danger Route (1967), The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
and Alfred the Great (1969), he played Bill the Lizard in Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (1972), which notably featured Peter Sellers
as the March Hare and Spike Milligan as the Gryphon, and he acted with
Sellers and Milligan again in The Great McGonagall in 1974. He also
appeared as Maxi Grease, an odious TV host, in "Superstar", an episode
of The Goodies, and as one half of a murderous comedy duo, together
with Jimmy Jewel, in an episode of The Avengers. He also played the
part of The Maestro in TV series The Orchestra which he also wrote and
directed, alongside Sefi Rivlin in 1985 to 1987.
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