Arthur Askey
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
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Full filmography
- The Sooty Show (1955) as Self
- Legends (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Tell Me Another (1976) as Guest
- Tell Me Another (1976) as Himself
- Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) as Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Before Your Very Eyes (1952) as Self
- Rising Stars (1979) as Self - Host
- Frost on Sunday (1968) as Self – Guest
- Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice (1991) as Self (archive footage)
- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) as Arthur Linden
- Lancashire Coast (1957)
- Bees in Paradise (1944) as Arthur Tucker
- Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey (1998) as Self (archive footage)
- Friends and Neighbours (1959) as Albert Grimshaw
- Living It Up (1957) as Self
- The Love Match (1955) as Bill Brown
- Vive Torbay (1968) as Self
- The Birth of Television (1976) as Self - Interviewee
- Back-Room Boy (1942) as Arthur Pilbeam
- To See Such Fun (1977)
- Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960)
- I Thank You (1941) as Arthur
- The Ghost Train (1941) as Tommy Gander
- The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) as Arthur Askey