Kelly Monteith, a U.S.-born comedian whose observational humor and satirical sketches also brought him a wide following in Britain, has died at age 80.
His death was confirmed Tuesday by Marlise Boland, executive producer of the Anglophile Channel, which he often worked with. Boland said Monteith died Sunday in Los Angeles. He had suffered a stroke in 2021 and also battled aphasia.
Monteith was a St. Louis native who built enough of an audience to appear in the 1970s on the"Tonight" show with Johnny Carson, a major platform for rising young comics. He was also popular on British talk shows and received an offer from the BBC for his own program,"Kelly Monteith," which ran from 1979-84.
Monteith combined jokes about everyday life, from hospitals and restaurants to people's mindless habit of saying"thank you" in casual encounters, to spoofs of old movies. He was also known for"breaking the fourth wall," allowing his audience to see him in his dressing room before and after a show. In 1983, he was among the entertainers at the Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth II. His other credits included guest appearances on the TV shows"The Love Boat" and"Love American Style" and the comedy album"Lettuce Be Cool," released in 1984. More recently, he looked back on his career as producer of"Kelly Monteith's BBC Memories" and co-host of"Brit Flix with Kelly, Paul and Two-Buck Chuck.
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