Jonathan Routh

Who was Jonathan Routh?

Jonathan Reginald Surdeval Routh co-starred in the British version of the television show Candid Camera and co-starred with Germaine Greer and Kenny Everett in a later attempt at a revival, Nice Time. He published a number of humorous books, and also painted for many years.

Routh was born in Gosport, Hampshire, the son of a British Army colonel and spent much of his early childhood in Palestine. He was educated at Uppingham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he read history.

Routh had two sons from his first marriage and had been married to his wife Shelagh since 1975. For several years from 1971 he had been involved with the oil heiress Olga Deterding. He died in Jamaica on 4 June 2008.