Tony Hancock
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1924-05-12 – 1968-06-25
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
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965Harry Popperwell
Orders Are Orders
1954Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
The Rebel
1961Anthony Hancock
The Punch and Judy Man
1963Walter Pinner
Hancock Down Under
1972Tony Hancock
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
1966Self
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
1960Self
The Government Inspector
1958Hlestakov
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
2023Self (Archival Footage)
The Wrong Box
1966Detective
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957Tony Aloysius Hancock
To See Such Fun
1977