What is the Chuckle Brothers’ net worth and who are Paul and Barry Elliott’s other siblings The Patton Brothers?
AUGUST 2018 saw the sad death of Chuckle Brothers’ star Barry Elliott who died at his Rotherham home aged 73.
The British national treasure was one half of children's comedy duo The Chuckle Brothers alongside his brother Paul, with the pair working together for over 50 years - with the siblings, The Patton Brothers, earning an impressive fortune. We take a look.
What is Barry Chuckle’s net worth?
According to IdolNetWorth.com, Barry Elliott’s worth was in the range of £20million.
While not much is known about how Barry spent his money, his brother Paul went on to invest in four properties abroad, and one in the UK.
His property portfolio consisted of homes in Kefalonia, Greece and Calabria in southern Italy.
In 2013 Paul sold his five-bedroom Yorkshire mansion for £550,000 – with many speculating that Barry’s home was in the same price bracket.
How did the Chuckle Brothers become so famous?
Barry and his brother Paul made up the comedy duo ‘The Chuckle Brothers’.
The brothers are originally from Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, and were introduced to the stage at a young age by their father, James Elliott.
Barry initially went by the stage name Gene Patton and worked the London club scene, even performing with an 18-year-old Peter Sellers in 1943.
They first broke onto the BBC in 1985 with the show Chuckle Hounds, which was aimed at pre-school children and saw the comedy duo dressed as dogs.
But they found fame with ChuckleVision, which became known for the brothers' catchphrase 'To Me To You' and won a host of awards.
The show was one of the longest running children's programmes on the BBC continuing for 22 years from 1987 to 2009 – it was also the longest running sitcom after Last of the Summer Wine.
The brothers released an album in 1995 entitled “To You to Me”, featuring 11 tracks, and many of the tracks were based on their catchphrases, such as "To me, to you" and "Silly You, Silly Me".
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Did Barry have any other siblings?
While Paul was Barry’s younger brother, the duo were actually the two youngest in a family of four siblings.
They had two older brothers Jimmy and Brian - who are known professionally as the Patton Brothers – and have starred alongside their siblings in their show ChuckleVision.