Acting
Tony Hancock
EN cinema · 14 credits
Born
12 May 1924
Died
25 June 1968 (aged 44)
Birthplace
Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK
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
Filmography
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
as Self (Archival Footage)
Great Comedy Moments
as Tony Hancock (archive footage)
Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
as Self (Archive)
Hancock Down Under
as Tony Hancock
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
as Self, Writer
The Wrong Box
as Detective
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as Harry Popperwell
The Punch and Judy Man
as Walter Pinner, Screenplay
The Rebel
as Anthony Hancock
The Government Inspector
as Hlestakov
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Tony Aloysius Hancock
Orders Are Orders
as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad