@Flinty is a lot older than he claims and when he was younger he was the mysterious actor who played the 2nd and best known Bungle in the children's TV series
Rainbow that ended in 1992.
@Flinty was the mysterious actor inside the Bungle costume all along!
Here's
@Flinty featured as Bungle in a classic episode of Rainbow from 1991:
Wow Bungle (
@Flinty) you managed to build a tower out of blocks 5 stories high, shame naughty Zippy knocked it over before you could beat George's 6 story record. Poor Bungle. Then when Zippy knocked his tower over a second time Bundle was very upset and just before he had a melt down he stormed off shouting, "I'm fed up and cross and I'm not playing any more". At the end of this part of the filming
@Flinty was found to be genuinely upset and seemed to be taking the show far too seriously, it took Geoffrey ages to persuade him to finish filming the episode after that.
After Rainbow ended
@Flinty sadly didn't invest his money well and like his co-star
Geoffrey Hayes he later worked for a while as a taxi driver for minicab company Executive Cars, he was however extremely upset that Geoffrey was picked for the following TV advert in the year 2000 instead of him, they refused
@Flinty since he was apparently an unknown because his true identity was never revealed inside the Bungle costume.
The Ad that
@Flinty was refused, his college Geoffrey Hayes took the main role instead, but
@Flinty is still shown as Bungle back in the good old days.
Edit:
PS:
@Flinty also used to secretly fancy Jane from the singing trio
Rod, Jane and Freddy who sometimes also featured on Rainbow, please
click here for a clip of one of their performances on the series in 1981, but
@Flinty wanted a lot more than just a good time at the fair.
Rod, Jane and Freddy are in the centre, Bungle (
@Flinty) on the right was jealous that he wasn't allowed to put his arm around Jane, hence why he looks so p**s*d off.