Tony Hancock
Known for ActingBorn 1924-05-12 — died 1968-06-25Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK
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.
Known for
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
The Rebel
1961 · as Anthony Hancock
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
1966 · as Self
Orders Are Orders
1954 · as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
The Punch and Judy Man
1963 · as Walter Pinner
To See Such Fun
1977
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957 · as Tony Aloysius Hancock
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
2023 · as Self (Archival Footage)
The Government Inspector
1958 · as Hlestakov
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
1960 · as Self
Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
1985 · as Self (Archive)
Hancock Down Under
1972 · as Tony Hancock