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Benny Hill

Acting Born Jan 21, 1924 Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor and scriptwriter. He's best remembered for his TV program, The Benny Hill Show, a comedy-variety show whose amalgam of slapstick, burlesque, double entendre and innuendo in a format that included both live and filmed segments, featured Hill himself at the focus of almost every segment.

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Known for

The Benny Hill Show

1969
Film

The Italian Job

as Professor Simon Peach

Full filmography

  • The Benny Hill Show (1969)
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) as Toymaker
  • The Italian Job (1969) as Professor Simon Peach
  • Benny Hill Show (1980)
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) as Fire Chief Perkins
  • The Filth and the Fury (2000) as Self (archive footage)
  • Benny Hill (1962)
  • Who Done It? (1956) as Hugo Dill
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1964) as Bottom
  • The Best of Benny Hill (1974) as Himself
  • A Tribute to Tommy Cooper (1986) as Self
  • Just Like That! (1989) as Self
  • Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny (2000) as Various
  • Is Benny Hill Still Funny? (2006) as Self (Archival)
  • Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice (1991) as Self (archive footage)
  • Light Up the Sky! (1960) as Syd McCaffey
  • Benny Hill - Unseen (1994) as Various/Archive footage
  • Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests (2000) as Various
  • Eddie in August (1970) as Eddie
  • Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven (2000) as Various
  • Benny Hill Down Under (1977) as Host / Various
  • Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown (1992) as Himself
  • Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) (1971) as Ernie Price
  • The Cancellation of Benny Hill (2025) as Self (Archival)