Stanley the Dachshund is the mascot for health and life insurance company Vitality since 2015.
He is a dachshund who in most adverts is seen out with his owner and encountering well known sportspeople (e.g. Jessica Ennis-Hill).
He also appears in Vitality's sponsorship adverts for Sky News.
Stanley is portrayed by a dachshund named Alfie and voiced by English comedian and actor Adrian Edmondson (who is well known for playing Vyvyan in the 1982-1984 sitcom The Young Ones and Eddie Hitler in the 1991-1995 sitcom Bottom along with its five stage shows) from 2015 to 2023 and English actor Jim Howick (best known for his roles in the television comedy programmes Horrible Histories and Ghosts) since 2023.
Trivia[]
- Stanley is the second ad mascot to be voiced by Adrian Edmondson. The first being The Animal, the mascot for Peperami. Stanley is also the second mascot to be portrayed by his current voice actor Jim Howick, who previously portrayed a faun in adverts for British mobile network operator O2 in 2011 to 2012.