Name
Tony Hancock
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-05-12
Deathday
1968-06-25 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
Anthony John Hancock was an English comedian and actor. High-profile during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series Hancock's Half Hour, first broadcast on radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and personal bond with comic actor Sid James. Although Hancock's decision to cease working with James when it became known in early 1960 disappointed many at the time, his last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best remembered work ("The Blood Donor"). After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career took a downward course.
Known For
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- 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Harry Popperwell
- 1954 Orders Are Orders as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
- 1961 The Rebel as Anthony Hancock
- 1963 The Punch and Judy Man as Walter Pinner
- 1972 Hancock Down Under as Tony Hancock
- 1966 Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall as Self
- 1960 Face to Face: Tony Hancock as Self
- 1958 The Government Inspector as Hlestakov
- 2023 Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful as Self (Archival Footage)
- 1966 The Wrong Box as Detective
- 1957 Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 as Tony Aloysius Hancock
- 1977 To See Such Fun
- 1985 Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court as Self (Archive)
- 1956 Hancock's Half Hour ( 63 episodes )
- 1985 The Glass Box ( 1 episode ) as Self (archival footage)
- 1958 Christmas Night with the Stars ( 14 episodes )
