Tony Hancock
Born: 1924-05-12 in Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK
Died: 1968-06-25
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful as Self (Archival Footage)
1985
- The Glass Box as Self (archival footage)
- Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court as Self (Archive)
1977
1972
- Hancock Down Under as Tony Hancock
1966
- The Wrong Box as Detective
- Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall as Self
1965
1963
- The Punch and Judy Man as Walter Pinner
1961
- The Rebel as Anthony Hancock
1960
- Face to Face: Tony Hancock as Self
1958
- Christmas Night with the Stars
- The Government Inspector as Hlestakov
1957
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 as Tony Aloysius Hancock
1956
1954
- Orders Are Orders as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad