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Ken Dodd

Ken Dodd

ActorWriter Nov 8 (died age 90) Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England, UK 1963–2025 (62 year career)
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Biography

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was born on 8 November 1927 in a former farmhouse in Knotty Ash, a suburb of Liverpool, to Arthur Dodd and Sarah (née Gray); where his parents lived. He had an older brother, William and a younger sister, June. He went to the Knotty Ash School and sang in the local church choir of St John's Church, Knotty Ash. He was to live in Knotty Ash all his life, dying in the house in which he was born, and often referred to the area—as well as its mythical "jam butty mines" and "bl…

Known For

Hamlet
Film

Hamlet

Yorick
Alice in Wonderland
Film

Alice in Wonderland

Mr. Mouse
Marvellous
Film

Marvellous

Himself
Doctor Who
Film

Doctor Who

Tollmaster
An Audience with Ken Dodd
Film

An Audience with Ken Dodd

Self
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Film

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

Self
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Film

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Film

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Tollmaster

Filmography