Stanley Livingstone Baxter (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.

You have written some SUPERB writing pieces based on Mr Majeika, your stories were excellent, well done! Persuade: try to make someone do something (my definition); to make someone believe or agree to dome something (dictionary);Hamish Bigmore didnt believe that Mr Majeika had arrived a magic carpet, he just thought it was a massive hallucination. But Mr Majeika's magic saves the day, Class Three and the circus end up on the news and once again Mr Potter, the headmaster, misses it all! Read more Details He drops into the sleepy village of Much Barty, finding a teaching post at St Barty’s School in sleepy U.K.

Baxter has written a number of books based on the language of Glasgow, as developed in his Parliamo Glasgow sketch, and on the humour of the city; [11] Pete and Thomas were gloomy when Wim dropped his egg and bacon flan, because they were going to have to share their food with Wim. Teach Yourself To Speak Scottish – 4 – Parliamo Glasgow". 11 January 2008 . Retrieved 9 June 2012– via YouTube.Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 August 2014. In 1988 it was adapted into a children’s television series, starring Stanley Baxter, of the same name by TV franchise TVS and broadcast across the ITV network. As well as the books and TV series the stories have also been broadcast on radio. His students in Class 3 included Melanie (Claire Sawyer) and Thomas (Andrew Read) – who know that Mejeika is a wizard – and obnoxious rich brat Hamish Bigmore (Simeon Pearl). The headmaster was Mr Potter (Roland MacLeod).