Arthur Askey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 6, 1900
- Died
- November 16, 1982 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
Arthur Askey was a diminutive British comedian, born in 1900. He began his professional career as a music hall performer in 1924, but it wasn't until 1938's Band Wagon (which lasted a full five seasons), that he became a household name in England. His film debut was in the 1937 British feature Calling All Stars, but then, in 1939, Band Wagon swooped in again and made him a film star with a film following on from when Arthur and co-star Richard "Stinker" Murdoch were evicted from their beloved flat. Film stardom carried Arthur through to the mid 1940s, but it wasn't till 1956 when he starred in another film, Ramsbottom Rides again. He started his own television show: The Arthur Askey show, where, of course, he was the main player and that carried on till his retirement. He died in 1982. IMDb Mini Biography By: Slick-50
Known For
Filmography
Funny Up North
Movie · as Himself
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Desert Island Discs
Movie · as Self
Rising Stars
TV · as Self - Host · 7 eps
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Movie · as Mr. Arkwright
To See Such Fun
Movie
The Birth of Television
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Tell Me Another
TV · as Guest, Himself · 2 eps
The Alf Garnett Saga
Movie · as Arthur Askey
Vive Torbay
Movie · as Self
Frost on Sunday
TV · as Self – Guest · 1 ep
Raise Your Glasses
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Arthur Askey Show
TV · 6 eps
Arthur's Treasured Volumes
TV · 6 eps
Friends and Neighbours
Movie · as Albert Grimshaw
Make Mine a Million
Movie · as Arthur Ashton
Lancashire Coast
Movie
Living It Up
TV · as Self · 9 eps
Ramsbottom Rides Again
Movie · as Bill Ramsbottom
The Love Match
Movie · as Bill Brown
The Sooty Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Before Your Very Eyes
TV · as Self · 31 eps
Bees in Paradise
Movie · as Arthur Tucker
Miss London Ltd.
Movie · as Arthur Bowman
Back-Room Boy
Movie · as Arthur Pilbeam
King Arthur Was a Gentleman
Movie · as Arthur King
The Nose Has It!
Movie · as (Self)
The Ghost Train
Movie · as Tommy Gander
I Thank You
Movie · as Arthur
Band Waggon
Movie · as Arthur Askey
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Movie · as Arthur Linden
Calling All Stars
Movie · as Waiter