Tony Hancock
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Wrong Box
as Detective 1966
The Rebel
as Anthony Hancock 1961
The Punch and Judy Man
as Walter Pinner 1963
Orders Are Orders
as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad 1954
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
as Self 1960
The Government Inspector
as Hlestakov 1958
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
as Self (Archival Footage) 2023
Hancock Down Under
as Tony Hancock 1972
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
as Self 1966
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Tony Aloysius Hancock 1957
To See Such Fun
1977