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Slim De Grey
Born	Clifford Frank de Grey (1918-05-20)20 May 1918 Lytham, Lancashire, England
Died	16 March 2007(2007-03-16) (aged 88) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Occupations	Actor compere musician lyricist composer comedian
Years active	c. 1942-1990, 2001.
Spouse	Christina de Grey (d. 2016)

Clifford Frank Degrey (20 May 1918 – 16 March 2007), professionally known as Slim DeGrey and also credited as Slim De Grey and Slim de Gray. was an English-born Australian actor, compere, musician, lyricist, composer and comedian.

Biography

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DeGrey who was born in Lancashire, England came to Australia aged six, he served in the Australian Army during World War II, seeing action in the Malayan campaign with the 2/10th Field Ambulance, part of the 8th Division of the Second Australian Imperial Force. He became a POW at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and was imprisoned in Changi Prison until the end of the war. While at Changi he composed, presented and produced shows.

Degrey appeared in film roles including Newsfront (1978) and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) and appeared in the miniseries Changi, coincidently enough the only survivor who was imprisoned at Changi.

His television roles included Young Ramsay, Bellamy and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.

Personal life

He was married to Christina de Grey (c.1926/1927-2016) and they had two sons: Calvin, an actor (1957-2008); and Darrell. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Mo Awards.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards, that recognised achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Slim DeGrey won four awards in that time.

References

1. ^ "DE Grey, Christina".
2. ^ "DeGrey, Clifford".
3. "Changi star Slim de Grey dies". Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
4. "Hall of fame Slim-De-Grey | Australian Entertainment". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
5. "Men of AIF Concert Party (Doug Peart, Slim de Grey, Fred Brightfield, John Wood, Doug Mathers, Eric Beattie, Harry Smith and Keith Stevens)".
6. "DVA's Nominal Rolls".
7. "CHANGI P.O.W. SOUVENIR SONG BOOK PUBLISHED". The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate (NSW : 1910 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 15 November 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
8. "Three Christmas In Jap P.O.W. Camps". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 22 December 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
9. ""ON WITH THE SHOW"". Narromine News and Trangie Advocate (NSW : 1898 - 1955). NSW: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
10. "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

External links

• Slim De Grey at IMDb
• Slim De Grey at Ausstage

• Australian male film actors
• Australian male comedians
• 1918 births
• 2007 deaths
• 20th-century Australian comedians
• Australian Army personnel of World War II
• Australian prisoners of war
• World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
• British emigrants to Australia
• Actors from Lytham St Annes
• Comedians from Lancashire
• British male comedians
• Male actors from Lancashire