Dame Maggie Smith said he could make a place "suddenly marvellous just by being there," while co-star Fenella Fielding stated "he could be hideous." And close friend Gyles Brandreth described him as "Outrageous, waspish, wickedly funny, and often wicked simply to be funny." They were all talking about Carry On star Kenneth Williams , possibly one of the most polarising and brilliant figures in British comedy, who was born 100 years ago today (Sunday, 22 February) and who tragically died of a