Charlie Naughton

{{Short description|Scottish comedian (1886–1976)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Charlie Naughton

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| alt =

| caption = Charlie Naughton (first left) with Teddy Knox, Bud Flanagan, Jimmy Nervo, Jimmy Gold and Chesney Allen

| birth_name = Charles John Naughton

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1886|04|21}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|02|11|1886|04|21}}

| death_place = London, England

| other_names =

| occupation = Actor, comedian

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| known_for = The Crazy Gang

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Charles John Naughton (21 April 1886 – 11 February 1976) was a Scottish comedian.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/12/archives/charlie-naughton-89-dies-one-of-britains-crazy-gang.html|title=Charlie Naughton, 89, Dies; One of Britain's Crazy Gang|work=The New York Times |date=12 February 1976 }}

Naughton was born in Glasgow. He was a member of The Crazy Gang, and part of a double act, Naughton and Gold with fellow Glaswegian Jimmy Gold. In 1955, he starred in the first Guinness television commercial, playing the zoo-keeper with a German seal.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11888063/TV-adverts-of-the-Fifties-PG-Tips-to-Guinness.html|website=The Telegraph|title=TV adverts of the Fifties: PG Tips to Guinness|date=30 September 2015 }} He died in London.

His daughter, Sally, was a pre-war actress on stage and with British-Gaumont films, appearing under the name Sally Stewart. As a 23-year-old she married in an Edinburgh solicitor's office in January 1939 to Peter Croft, 21-year-old British film actor, son of Ann Croft, actress. Sally's daughter, Naughton's granddaughter, Sally-Anne Stapleford is a five-time British champion in figure skating in the ladies event and won the silver medal at the 1965 European Figure Skating Championships.{{Cite book|title=Flashing Blades - The Story of British Ice Hockey|last=Drackett|first=Phil|publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd|year=1987|isbn=978-1852230616}}