Being Stanley Baxter

Name: Being Stanley Baxter
Cast: Stanley Baxter, Elaine C. Smith, Michael Grade, Rory Bremner, Mark Gatiss

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A portrait of Stanley Baxter, Scotland’s most dazzling TV star of the 1970s and ’80s, whose groundbreaking sketches and lavish specials made him a household name. Behind the fame, Baxter lived a hidden double life as a gay man in a hostile era, balancing public brilliance with private secrecy. Made shortly before his death, the film draws on personal archives and recordings to reveal the man behind the legend.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Laura Blount

Stanley Baxter

as Self (archive)

Elaine C. Smith

as Self

Michael Grade

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Rory Bremner

as Self

Mark Gatiss

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Alan Cumming

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John Kaye Cooper

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Alex Norton

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