---
name: "Danny La Rue"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-la-rue"
fi1m_id: "danny-la-rue"
imdb_id: "nm0479005"
tmdb_id: 940070
wikidata_id: "Q1851318"
roles: []
born: "26 July 1927"
died: "31 May 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:39:50.032865+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danny La Rue

## Identity

Danny La Rue

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-la-rue
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-la-rue
- **IMDb ID:** nm0479005
- **TMDB ID:** 940070
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1851318
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_La_Rue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1851318, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/940070

Actor. Born 26 July 1927 in Cork, Ireland. Died 31 May 2009.

## Details

- **Born:** 26 July 1927, Cork, Ireland
- **Died:** 31 May 2009
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_La_Rue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1851318, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/940070

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Mr. Bean*](https://film.one/tv/mr-bean.md) (82)

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## Biography

Danny La Rue (born Daniel Patrick Carroll) was an Irish-English entertainer, singer and actor best known for his female impersonation act. He was born on 26 July 1927 in Cork, Ireland, and died on 31 May 2009 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

La Rue performed in drag and as himself in West End revues, pantomimes and cabaret, and opened his own nightclub in Hanover Square, London, in 1964. He appeared in the film *Our Miss Fred* (1972) and as himself in the *Mr. Bean* series (1990). He received the OBE in 2002.

*Sources: imdb.com, mrbean.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mr. Bean* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Danny La Rue — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bean.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mr. Bean* (1990), series, as Danny La Rue — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bean.md)
- *Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On* (1986), as Countess Voluptua, Baroness Hardup
- *Blankety Blank* (1979), series, Actor
- *Blackpool Bonanza* (1978), series, Actor
- *Our Miss Fred* (1972), as Fred Wimbush
- *Pebble Mill at One* (1972), series, Actor
- *Charley's Aunt* (1969), as Lord Fancourt Babberley
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Fancourt Babberley
- *Every Day's a Holiday* (1965), as Man (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Danny La Rue](https://film.one/media/person/6754660/gallery-8d25e484af84.jpg) Danny La Rue — LJP assistant, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Danny_La_Rue_1975.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lars Jacob & Danny La Rue, as released by image creator Lars Jacob ProdPlace: Prince of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, London, England, U.K.](https://film.one/media/person/6754660/gallery-4ff280d2e12c.jpg) Lars Jacob & Danny La Rue, as released by image creator Lars Jacob ProdPlace: Prince of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, London, England, U.K. — Assistant on assignment, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Lars_Jacob_%26_Danny_La_Rue_1975.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Danny La Rue](https://film.one/media/person/6754660/gallery-d7dd9a962d3d.jpg) Danny La Rue — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/danny-la-rue