Jasper Carrott of a management buyout. Carrott is the father of actress Lucy Davis. He is a supporter, and was a director, of Birmingham City. He was awarded an OBE in 2002 "for charitable services". The University of Birmingham awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2004, following a similar award from Aston University in 1995. On 2 April 2018, Carrott had a heart bypass operation. Jasper Carrott Jasper Carrott, OBE (born Robert Norman Davis; 14 March 1945) is an English comedian, actor, television presenter, and personality. Born in Shaftmoor Lane, Acocks Green, in Birmingham, Carrott was educated at Acocks Green primary school
Jasper Maskelyne any credit. The film director Peter Weir was working on a film based on the life of Jasper Maskelyne, when it became apparent that the stories about Maskelyne in the book "The War Magican" were without enough factual basis to proceed. The film project was dropped after large sums of money had been spent in pre-production. In 2002 "The Guardian" wrote: "Maskelyne received no official recognition. For a vain man this was intolerable and he died an embittered drunk. It gives his story a poignancy without which it would be mere chest-beating". Jasper Maskelyne Jasper Maskelyne (1902–1973) was a British