In Pictures: Lionel Blair mixed with stars and royalty in seven-decade career

The dancer, actor and presenter has died at the age of 92.

Published Nov 4, 2021

Tap dancer, TV presenter and actor Lionel Blair has died at the age of 92.

He enjoyed a long and successful career on stage and screen, and was best known as a team captain on charades-style TV show Give Us A Clue.

Away from the spotlight, he married wife Susan in March 1967 and once said the secret to a successful marriage is memories. The couple had three children and three grandchildren.

Television – Blackpool Night Out – Teddington Studios — Lionel Blair (standing) appeared in Blackpool Night Out with Mike (left) and Bernie (far right) Winters, and guest star Tommy Cooper (centre)

Lionel Blair wedding — Lionel with his wife Susan and best man Bernie Winters on the day of their wedding at Kensington registry office, London (PA)

Stars pay tribute to Cliff Richard — Stars mark Cliff Richard’s 21st year in showbiz: (back row, from left) Christopher Timothy, Joan Collins, Hank Marvin, Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch and Kenny Everett. (front row from left) Anita Harris, Lionel Blair, Patti Boulaye, Elaine Paige and Cliff Richard (PA)

Lionel Blair and the Roly Polys teaching the Coldstream Guards how to tap dance outside the Wellington Barracks in London (Rebecca Naden/PA)

Lionel Blair and Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw during a fashion show in London (Toby Melville/PA)

The Queen talks with with Lionel Blair and June Whitfield at the same event (Fiona Hanson/PA)

Lionel Blair arrives at the Dorchester in London for a celebratory lunch to honour his 60 years in showbusiness (Lewis Whyld/PA)

Lionel Blair receiving a coronavirus vaccine — Lionel Blair received a coronavirus vaccine last December (Steve Parsons/PA)