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Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock

ActorWriter May 12 (died age 44) Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK 1954–2023 (69 year career)
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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…

Known For

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Harry Popperwell
The Wrong Box
Film

The Wrong Box

Detective
The Rebel
Film

The Rebel

Anthony Hancock
The Punch and Judy Man
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The Punch and Judy Man

Walter Pinner
Hancock's Half Hour
Film

Hancock's Half Hour

7.3 1956
Orders Are Orders
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Orders Are Orders

Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
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Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

Self (Archival Footage)
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
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Face to Face: Tony Hancock

Self

Filmography