Ruxton HaywardPicture of Ruxton Hayward at Goon.org was a British eccentric. In the early 1950s, as a scoutmaster in London, he attempted to recruit acts for a stage show. He approached Michael Bentine, and then, at Bentine's recommendation, Peter Sellers. Sellers was so taken with Hayward's appearance—the man being tall with a bushy red beard, and wearing a Boy Scout uniform with short trousers—that he used an imitation of Hayward's high-pitched voice for the character Bluebottle in The Goon Show.The Goons: The Story, edited by Norma Farnes, Virgin Publishing 1997 The character became a popular regular in the series, and was often greeted by applause and cheers from the studio audience.
