Tony Hancock
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1924
- Died
- June 25, 1968 (aged 44)
- Birthplace
- 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
The Wrong Box
The Rebel
The Punch and Judy Man
Orders Are Orders
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock Down Under
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
The Government Inspector
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
To See Such Fun
Photos
Filmography
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Movie · as Self (Archival Footage)
Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Tony Hancock (archive footage)
Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
Movie · as Self (Archive)
The Glass Box
TV · as Self (archival footage) · 1 ep
To See Such Fun
Movie
Hancock Down Under
Movie · as Tony Hancock
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
Movie · as Self
The Wrong Box
Movie · as Detective
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Movie · as Harry Popperwell
The Punch and Judy Man
Movie · as Walter Pinner
The Rebel
Movie · as Anthony Hancock
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
Movie · as Self
The Government Inspector
Movie · as Hlestakov
Christmas Night with the Stars
TV · 14 eps
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Movie · as Tony Aloysius Hancock
Hancock's Half Hour
TV · 63 eps
Orders Are Orders
Movie · as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad