Tony Hancock
May 12, 1924 (100 years old) in
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
Credits
- 2023 ·Hancock: Very Nearly an Armfulas Self (Archival Footage)
- 1985 ·Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Courtas Self (Archive)
- 1985 ·The Glass Boxas Self (archival footage)
- 1977 ·To See Such Funas
- 1972 ·Hancock Down Underas Tony Hancock
- 1966 ·Hancock at the Royal Festival Hallas Self
- 1966 ·The Wrong Boxas Detective
- 1965 ·Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutesas Harry Popperwell
- 1963 ·The Punch and Judy Manas Walter Pinner
- 1961 ·The Rebelas Anthony Hancock
- 1960 ·Face to Face: Tony Hancockas Self
- 1958 ·Christmas Night with the Starsas
- 1958 ·The Government Inspectoras
- 1957 ·Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1as
- 1956 ·Hancock's Half Houras
- 1954 ·Orders Are Ordersas Lt. Wilfred Cartroad