Personal Life
Stilgoe was born in Camberley, Surrey on 28 March 1943. He was brought up in Liverpool, where as lead singer of a group calling itself 'Tony Snow and the Blizzards' he performed at the Cavern Club. He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset and at Clare College, Cambridge where he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights.
His son Joe Stilgoe is an accomplished jazz pianist and vocalist, performing in the musical-comedy review The Horne Section.
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