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Tony Hancock
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.206 |
Birthday | 1924-05-12 |
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Also Known As |
![Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wcGELNaQ8TbiMUpAnkKLl5g09OO.jpg)
1965
![Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wcGELNaQ8TbiMUpAnkKLl5g09OO.jpg)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
6.747/164
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the Engl...
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
![Orders Are Orders](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kGFDMRevdJYqRYZ8sTjLiLGvQbh.jpg)
1954
![Orders Are Orders](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kGFDMRevdJYqRYZ8sTjLiLGvQbh.jpg)
Orders Are Orders
6.4/6
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
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Orders Are Orders
![The Rebel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aYNZa2iMbN2HTNVEcJMo0dEBDMJ.jpg)
1961
![The Rebel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aYNZa2iMbN2HTNVEcJMo0dEBDMJ.jpg)
The Rebel
7.8/26
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Never...
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The Rebel
![The Punch and Judy Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zUIAg4tyaoRvbObfYRuJR3AGHHz.jpg)
1963
![The Punch and Judy Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zUIAg4tyaoRvbObfYRuJR3AGHHz.jpg)
The Punch and Judy Man
7.8/16
Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who g...
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The Punch and Judy Man
![The Wrong Box](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nflbFmWXFCs8X2rGstQwetEW70m.jpg)
1966
![The Wrong Box](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nflbFmWXFCs8X2rGstQwetEW70m.jpg)
The Wrong Box
6.5/55
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
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The Wrong Box
![The Government Inspector](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hIDR4ABe5j5B7k8zntMAVHzn8AQ.jpg)
1958
![The Government Inspector](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hIDR4ABe5j5B7k8zntMAVHzn8AQ.jpg)
The Government Inspector
0/0
Gogol's comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia.
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The Government Inspector
![Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tO6BG8Mb2tJ2GvPrEzdb6Xi1bVu.jpg)
1957
![Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tO6BG8Mb2tJ2GvPrEzdb6Xi1bVu.jpg)
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
0/0
Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comedy performer. Here's a chance to see what made him...
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Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
![To See Such Fun](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fGNxvEamh0GVMnc7IQZcygZBrWJ.jpg)
1977
![To See Such Fun](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fGNxvEamh0GVMnc7IQZcygZBrWJ.jpg)
To See Such Fun
0/0
Compilation of classic British comedy moments
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To See Such Fun
![Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1i8bjTqLRgzLQJUU89JuEkvHAvU.jpg)
2023
![Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1i8bjTqLRgzLQJUU89JuEkvHAvU.jpg)
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
8/1
Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from celebrated Hancock episode The Blood Donor, this two-hour ret...
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Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
![Hancock Down Under](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5pgo72vuhWvSegsAtpUZuqL8r3f.jpg)
1972
![Hancock Down Under](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5pgo72vuhWvSegsAtpUZuqL8r3f.jpg)
Hancock Down Under
0/0
Hancock, (who was voted Britain's best-ever comic 35 years after his death) leaves his home in Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, England for warmer, more...
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Hancock Down Under
![Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1c1GvDY6cqciLrIG3aKyORt4vG8.jpg)
1966
![Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1c1GvDY6cqciLrIG3aKyORt4vG8.jpg)
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
0/0
A one-off special performance by Tony Hancock of his stand-up comedy act (which rarely changed), at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
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Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
![Face to Face: Tony Hancock](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yTnj3vTIOg5od5pm4pKyDher2G5.jpg)
1960
![Face to Face: Tony Hancock](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yTnj3vTIOg5od5pm4pKyDher2G5.jpg)
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
0/0
Tony Hancock engages in self-reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his health issues, and whether he could ever truly be happy....
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