Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "John \"Jackie\" Wright (c. 1905 in Belfast, Ireland – January 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) also nicknamed Little Jackie and Uncle Jackie, was an Irish comedian, best known for being the bald-headed sidekick of Benny Hill on his television programme for fifteen years. In many of the show's trademark accelerated-motion scenes, Hill would often pat Wright's bald head rapidly, the motion being accompanied by dubbed-in smacking sounds. Actress Suzy Mandel told Gram Pontante's website that \"Jackie Wright was a chain smoker and he would often hide his cigarette in his mouth or behind his back during scenes. In fact, you could often see a little plume of smoke rising behind him if you looked close enough. Benny would slap his head to fan the smoke away.\" Wright's diminutive stature – he was only 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) tall – and Northern Irish accent became assets to the comedy."@en }
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- Jackie_Wright abstract "John \"Jackie\" Wright (c. 1905 in Belfast, Ireland – January 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) also nicknamed Little Jackie and Uncle Jackie, was an Irish comedian, best known for being the bald-headed sidekick of Benny Hill on his television programme for fifteen years. In many of the show's trademark accelerated-motion scenes, Hill would often pat Wright's bald head rapidly, the motion being accompanied by dubbed-in smacking sounds. Actress Suzy Mandel told Gram Pontante's website that \"Jackie Wright was a chain smoker and he would often hide his cigarette in his mouth or behind his back during scenes. In fact, you could often see a little plume of smoke rising behind him if you looked close enough. Benny would slap his head to fan the smoke away.\" Wright's diminutive stature – he was only 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) tall – and Northern Irish accent became assets to the comedy.".