Career
Lestocq shot to fame as Flying Officer Kyte in the British Broadcasting Corporation radio wartime comedy Merry-Go-Round (1944-1948), which later evolved into Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh. Lestocq was one of the presenters on the television series Whirligig, the first children"s programme to be broadcast live from the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Lime Grove Studios. lieutenant ran from 1950-1956.
He was the stooge of the puppet Mr.
Turnip, voiced by Peter Hawkins. Lestocq"s catchphrase was "Goody, Goody Gumdrops" and Mr. Turnip"s was "Lawky, Lawky, Lum".
He was born Humphrey Lestocq Gilbert on 23 January 1919 in Chiswick, London, England.
He died on 29 January 1984 in London.
