Tony Hancock
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1924
- Place of birth
- Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK
- Died
- June 25, 1968
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.
Movies with Tony Hancock
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 1965 · ★ 6.8
- The Wrong Box 1966 · ★ 6.4
- The Rebel 1961 · ★ 7.8
- The Punch and Judy Man 1963 · ★ 7.9
- Orders Are Orders 1954 · ★ 6.6
- Hancock Down Under 1972 · ★ 10.0
- Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall 1966 · ★ 8.0
- Face to Face: Tony Hancock 1960 · ★ 7.5
- The Government Inspector 1958 · ★ 6.0
- Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful 2023 · ★ 8.0
- To See Such Fun 1977 · ★ 10.0
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 1957
- Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court 1985
- Great Comedy Moments 2001