Tony Hancock
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.
Personal Details
Movies (13)
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
as Self (Archival Footage)
2023
Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
as Self (Archive)
1985
To See Such Fun
1977
Hancock Down Under
as Tony Hancock
1972
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
as Self
1966
The Wrong Box
as Detective
1966
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as Harry Popperwell
1965
The Punch and Judy Man
as Walter Pinner
1963
The Rebel
as Anthony Hancock
1961
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
as Self
1960
The Government Inspector
as Hlestakov
1958
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Tony Aloysius Hancock
1957
Orders Are Orders
as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
1954
