Tony Hancock
Acting Born May 12, 1924 Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK 16 credits
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) as Harry Popperwell
- The Wrong Box (1966) as Detective
- Christmas Night with the Stars (1958)
- Orders Are Orders (1954) as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
- The Rebel (1961) as Anthony Hancock
- The Glass Box (1985) as Self (archival footage)
- The Punch and Judy Man (1963) as Walter Pinner
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957) as Tony Aloysius Hancock
- Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall (1966) as Self
- Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful (2023) as Self (Archival Footage)
- The Government Inspector (1958) as Hlestakov
- Hancock Down Under (1972) as Tony Hancock
- To See Such Fun (1977)
- Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court (1985) as Self (Archive)
- Face to Face: Tony Hancock (1960) as Self