Tributes have been paid to “giant of Scottish entertainment” Stanley Baxter who has died at the age of 99.

His friend and biographer Brian Beacom said the Glasgow-born TV star died on Thursday in a north London care home for entertainment figures.

Baxter was a multi-faceted comic actor and impressionist who was bold enough to mimic the Pope and even the Queen.

Nor was he afraid to send up his native city with hilarious comedy routines based on Glaswegian patois.

A statement issued on Friday said: “It is with great sadness that the family and friends of legendary Scottish comedian and comedy actor Stanley Baxter announce that he died peacefully on the evening of the 11th December 2025, only a few months short of his 100th birthday.

“He was under the expert care of the actors’ care home

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