[Misc] Famous people, groups and bands you always though were Britsh but are in fact........

[pastafarian]

I always thought Dolly Parton was from somewhere in the Home Counties - leafy Surrey.

I thought she was from Twin Peaks

 

[London Irish]

@%1;

Charlie Chaplin, a Brit.
Arthur Wellesy, first Duke of Wellington, Irish.
John Barrowman, Glaswegian.

The Duke of the famous saying that gives the lie to a lot of this thread

Kids of people working abroad for short periods aren’t really natives of those countries

 

[marlowe]

Going the other way it's easy to assume the Pretenders were American but only Chrissie Hynde is.

 

[marlowe]

I used to think Audrey Hepburn was British but she was born in Belgium and her mother was a Dutch noblewoman.

He was a bit before my time but I used to think Gene Vincent was Welsh for some reason. No idea why. Maybe the Ian Dury song made me assume he was British. Not sure where the Welsh assumption came from. He was actually born in Norfolk but the one in Virginia.

Another one before my time who I assumed was British was Eddie Cochran who was American but my confusion was probably caused by the fact that he died in a car accident in England.

 

[marlowe]

Going the other way again I assumed the actor Andrew Lincoln who plays Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead was American but he has a very English accent when he speaks in real life.

 

[marlowe]

Like a lot of people I was also fooled by Dick Van Dyke's very convincing cockney accent in Mary Poppins

 

[SeagullinExile]

Dexter Fletcher. Other way around though. Always thought he was a yank.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Going the other way again I assumed the actor Andrew Lincoln who plays Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead was American but he has a very English accent when he speaks in real life.

This surprises me. You should check out Teachers or This Life

I believe he's also a massive Barnsley fan, or is it Rotherham?

Edit: Actually an Exeter supporter apparently!!

 

[Icy Gull]

I watched the complete series of the Wire and only found out the Idris Elba and Dominic West plus a few others were British the next time I saw them, when they were speaking in their natural accents.

 

[SeagullinExile]

I was surprised when i realised Damian Lewis was a Brit after the brilliant Band of Brothers.

 

[marlowe]

A lot of people would assume Prince Philip was British but he was born in Greece and also has Danish heritage and was born into both those royal families

 

[exKT17]

Spinal Tap

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Like a lot of people I was also fooled by Dick Van Dyke's very convincing cockney accent in Mary Poppins

Are you Crodo in disguise?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Bob Hope was a brit. Born in Eltham and emigrated age 4.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Rolf.

 

[jakarta]

Arthur Wellesy, first Duke of Wellington, Irish.

He didn't agree,I think his quote was 'if one was born in a stable, that does not make one a horse'

 

[GT49er]

Always thought all the members of the group were English, but then I could be wrong.

They were English to start with, but later line-ups included Americans..

 

[DJ NOBO]

Reverse - Wentworth miller

 

[clockend1983]

I think a member of Supertramp was British

couldn't tell you which one though

Roger Hodgson