Arthur Askey
Arthur Askey was a diminutive British comedian, born in 1900. He began his professional career as a music hall performer in 1924, but it wasn't until 1938's Band Wagon (which lasted a full five seasons), that he became a household name in England. His film debut was in the 1937 British feature Calling All Stars, but then, in 1939, Band Wagon swooped in again and made him a film star with a film following on from when Arthur and co-star Richard "Stinker" Murdoch were evicted from their beloved flat. Film stardom carried Arthur through to the mid 1940s, but it wasn't till 1956 when he starred in another film, Ramsbottom Rides again. He started his own television show: The Arthur Askey show, where, of course, he was the main player and that carried on till his retirement. He died in 1982. IMDb Mini Biography By: Slick-50
The Ghost Train
as Tommy GanderMismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn...
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Mr. ArkwrightYoung Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors...
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Friends and Neighbours
as Albert GrimshawDuring the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome...
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Make Mine a Million
as Arthur AshtonSid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The...
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I Thank You
as ArthurClassic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a...
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The Love Match
as Bill BrownAfter being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur...
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Band Waggon
as Arthur AskeyA gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless...
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Bees in Paradise
as Arthur TuckerFour pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.
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King Arthur Was a Gentleman
as Arthur KingArthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.
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Miss London Ltd.
as Arthur BowmanAskey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting...
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To See Such Fun
as uncreditedCompilation of classic British comedy moments
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Funny Up North
as HimselfDocumentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle,...
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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
as Arthur LindenCharley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring...
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Ramsbottom Rides Again
as Bill RamsbottomBill Ramsbottom sells his English pub and drags his family off to Canada where he has inherited...
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Back-Room Boy
as Arthur PilbeamJilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a...
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Desert Island Discs
as SelfArena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways,...
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Lancashire Coast
as uncreditedThe holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe,...
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The Sooty Show
as SelfThe Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967...
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Tell Me Another
as GuestPersonal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.
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Tell Me Another
as HimselfPersonal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.
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