
Acting
Tony Hancock
Birth Date
May 12, 1924
Death Date
June 25, 1968
(passed away at 44)
Place of Birth
Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK
Popularity
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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 remembered work ("The Blood Donor"). After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career took a downward course.
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Hancock's Half Hour
1956 • 63 episodes

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Harry Popperwell
1965

The Wrong Box
Detective
1966

Christmas Night with the Stars
1958 • 14 episodes

The Rebel
Anthony Hancock
1961

The Punch and Judy Man
Walter Pinner
1963

Orders Are Orders
Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
1954

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Self (Archival Footage)
2023
The Glass Box
Self (archival footage)
1985 • 1 episode

To See Such Fun
1977

Face to Face: Tony Hancock
Self
1960

The Government Inspector
Hlestakov
1958

Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
Self
1966

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Tony Aloysius Hancock
1957

Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
Self (Archive)
1985

Hancock Down Under
Tony Hancock
1972