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
Loudon Wainwright III when he appeared as the resident singer with comedian Jasper Carrott in his UK show, "Carrott Confidential", and has remained popular in the UK ever since. He appeared as a musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" in the first season's fifth episode, which was broadcast on November 15, 1975. He performed "Bicentennial" and "Unrequited to the Nth Degree" as a guest of host Robert Klein. Wainwright has claimed that, like many of his contemporaries, he was inspired musically by seeing Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963. He was one of many young folksingers tagged as the "new