English actor, best known for playing Bob Hope on Emmerdale.
In a 2006 Daily Mirror he mentioned
"At my heaviest I was 14st 4lbs - which is a lot if you're 5ft 8ins"
Tony @ British Soap awards, 2011
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Sandy Cowell said on 27/Jan/23
Tonyโs Bob Hope is as drunk as a skunk on Classic Emmerdale this morning and offering his services to any woman who will have him! ๐๐ฅด
Heโs rather nicer in todayโs version - sober, grey-haired and sensible!
5ft8.
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 15/Jan/22
Tony stands up straight, and has as good a posture today as he had some two decades ago.
Of COURSE his agency try to pass their actor off as taller. It's so commonplace, but pleasantly unusual for that celebrity to burst out with his true, shorter height, as Tony has.
I used to think, many moons ago, that an inch doesn't notice much, if at all, but I found out to the contrary in my mid twenties - by observing the reflection of a guy some inch to an inch-and-a-half taller than me.
Yes, it flaming well noticed!
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Miss Sandy Cowell said on 18/Dec/21
Tony has recently started his role in the Classic version of Emmerdale. He's young and brown-haired, but seems much the same height.
5ft8 at night. Near to 5ft8.75/9 when he gets up.
Nik Ashton said on 8/Oct/21
I always thought Tony was about my height and my Mum agreed, he may have lost a bit since his claim but not much! Who knows, he may have been Robโs height when he made his claim but on the other hand he might not have been.
Dean doe said on 8/Oct/21
How tall is Jane cox
Editor Rob
She listed herself 5ft 4 in that Spotlight casting directory, but of course doesn't look quite that tall. She will have shrunk I think at least an inch by her late 60's.
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 8/Oct/21
I think it might do to me, Rob, but I have been chewing it over, and Tony does act with a great many below-average heighted women, not to mention children. I think that might account for that faux pas on my part. I'd have thought he was half or even three-quarters of an inch taller.
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 7/Oct/21
@ Mohammed - Thinking about it, and. especially from my perspective, (I'm 152cm), five foot eight can come over as quite tall!
Editor Rob
I should add Tony's agency put him above his claim at
5ft 9, which never looked possible to me.
Mohammed-170cm said on 6/Oct/21
yes 5ft8.
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 6/Oct/21
Oh, brilliant! Tone deserves a page here. He's never struck me as short, but I would have expected to see a fraction more.
5ft8. ๐๐