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Varney was the first person in the world to use an ATM: on 27 June 1967, for publicity purposes he was photographed making a withdrawal from the newly-installed machine at the Enfield Town branch of Barclay's Bank.
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After UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he starred on stage in ''Gaytime'' with Creator/BennyHill in a double act before becoming an all-round entertainer in the music halls. He didn't make many screen appearances until he was cast as factory foreman [[TheDanza Reg Turner]] in ''The Rag Trade''. Soon afterwards, he starred in ''The Valiant Varneys'' wherein he [[ActingForTwo played multiple characters]]. After that came ''Beggar My Neighbour'', alongside Creator/PatCoombs, Creator/JuneWhitfield, and Peter Jones.
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[[caption-width-right:237:[[Series/OnTheBuses Blakey may 'ate 'im]], but we think he's amazing.]]
->''"Whatever I did after ''Series/OnTheBuses'', nobody wanted to know about it. But I can't knock the programme because it brought me offers to do concert tours in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada."''
Reg Varney, born Reginald Alfred Varney, (11 July 1916 -- 16 November 2008), was a British actor best known for playing Stan Butler in ''Series/OnTheBuses''.
After UsefulNotes/WorldWarII'', he starred on stage in ''Gaytime'' with Creator/BennyHill in a double act before becoming an all-round entertainer in the music halls. He didn't make many screen appearances until he was cast as factory foreman [[TheDanza Reg Turner]] in ''The Rag Trade''. Soon afterwards, he starred in ''The Valiant Varneys'' wherein he [[ActingForTwo played multiple characters]]. After that came ''Beggar My Neighbour'', alongside Creator/PatCoombs, Creator/JuneWhitfield, and Peter Jones.
His best-known role came in 1969 in ''On the Buses'' as Stan. Varney played the role in the entirety of the first six series and [[Film/OnTheBuses the three]] [[Film/MutinyOnTheBuses spin-off]] [[Film/HolidayOnTheBuses films]], but [[PutOnABus left the show halfway through Series 7]] in an attempt move on to films, however he only made one non-''Buses'' related film, ''The Best Pair of Legs in the Business''. He also starred in ''Down the 'Gate'', which wasn't a success.
He died of a chest infection at the age of 92.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/TheGreatStTriniansTrainRobbery'' (1966) -- Gilbert
* ''Film/OnTheBuses'' (1971) -- Stan Butler
* ''Film/MutinyOnTheBuses'' (1972) -- Stan Butler
* ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'' (1973) -- Stan Butler
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/OnTheBuses'', 68 episodes (1969-73) -- Stan Butler
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[[caption-width-right:237:[[Series/OnTheBuses Blakey may 'ate 'im]], but we think he's amazing.]]
->''"Whatever I did after ''Series/OnTheBuses'', nobody wanted to know about it. But I can't knock the programme because it brought me offers to do concert tours in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada."''
Reg Varney, born Reginald Alfred Varney, (11 July 1916 -- 16 November 2008), was a British actor best known for playing Stan Butler in ''Series/OnTheBuses''.
After UsefulNotes/WorldWarII'', he starred on stage in ''Gaytime'' with Creator/BennyHill in a double act before becoming an all-round entertainer in the music halls. He didn't make many screen appearances until he was cast as factory foreman [[TheDanza Reg Turner]] in ''The Rag Trade''. Soon afterwards, he starred in ''The Valiant Varneys'' wherein he [[ActingForTwo played multiple characters]]. After that came ''Beggar My Neighbour'', alongside Creator/PatCoombs, Creator/JuneWhitfield, and Peter Jones.
His best-known role came in 1969 in ''On the Buses'' as Stan. Varney played the role in the entirety of the first six series and [[Film/OnTheBuses the three]] [[Film/MutinyOnTheBuses spin-off]] [[Film/HolidayOnTheBuses films]], but [[PutOnABus left the show halfway through Series 7]] in an attempt move on to films, however he only made one non-''Buses'' related film, ''The Best Pair of Legs in the Business''. He also starred in ''Down the 'Gate'', which wasn't a success.
He died of a chest infection at the age of 92.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/TheGreatStTriniansTrainRobbery'' (1966) -- Gilbert
* ''Film/OnTheBuses'' (1971) -- Stan Butler
* ''Film/MutinyOnTheBuses'' (1972) -- Stan Butler
* ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'' (1973) -- Stan Butler
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/OnTheBuses'', 68 episodes (1969-73) -- Stan Butler
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