Eric Morecambe
Biography
John Eric Bartholomew OBE (14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984), known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the award-winning double act Morecambe and Wise. The partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death of a heart attack in 1984. Eric took his stage name from his home town, the seaside resort of Morecambe. He is best remembered for the television series The Morecambe & Wise Show, which for some of its Christmas episodes gained UK viewing figures of over twenty-eight million people.[1] The duo's reputation enabled them to have a number of prestigious guests on the show, including Angela Rippon, Princess Anne, Cliff Richard, Laurence Olivier, John Mills, the Dad's Army cast, Glenda Jackson, Tom Jones, Elton John, The Beatles and even former Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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Full filmography
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Omnibus (1967) as Narrator
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- The Sweeney (1975) as Eric Morecambe
- Morecambe & Wise (1961) as Self
- The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968) as Self
- One Pair of Eyes (1967)
- Russell Harty (1980)
- Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes (2025) as Self
- Two of a Kind (1961) as Self
- The Morecambe and Wise Show (1980)
- Piccadilly Palace (1967)
- Simon Simon (1970) as Roof Tiler
- The Magnificent Two (1967) as Eric/Fernando Torres
- Running Wild (1954) as Host/Presenter
- Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials (1969) as Himself
- The Intelligence Men (1965) as Eric Morecambe
- Eric & Ernie's Home Movies (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- That Riviera Touch (1966) as Eric Simpson
- Night Train to Murder (1984) as Eric
- Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Perfect Morecambe & Wise (2014) as Himself