Found fame by twisting words into a nonsense language, which he called Unwinese, on radio and later on TV.
He was buried in the same grave as his wife who had died before him. The epitaph on their tombstone reads (in "Unwinese"): "Reunitey in the heavenly-bode. Deep joy!".
Unwin was also said to have influenced comedians such as Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, Freddie Starr and the Monty Python crew.
Was the first live action star of a Gerry Anderson production, when he doubled for his Supermarionation puppet character in "The Secret Service" (1969). The character, incidentally, was even given the name Stanley Unwin!