Arthur Askey
Acting
1900-06-06 · Liverpool, England, UK
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
Filmography
Funny Up North
2011 · Movie
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Movie
Legends
2006 · Series
Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
1998 · Movie
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
1991 · Movie
Desert Island Discs
1982 · Movie
Rising Stars
1979 · Series
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978 · Movie
To See Such Fun
1977 · Movie
The Birth of Television
1976 · Movie
Tell Me Another
1976 · Series
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · Movie
Vive Torbay
1968 · Movie
Frost on Sunday
1968 · Series
Raise Your Glasses
1962 · Series
The Arthur Askey Show
1961 · Series
Arthur's Treasured Volumes
1960 · Series
Make Mine a Million
1959 · Movie
Friends and Neighbours
1959 · Movie
Lancashire Coast
1957 · Movie
Living It Up
1957 · Series
Ramsbottom Rides Again
1956 · Movie
The Love Match
1955 · Movie
The Sooty Show
1955 · Series
Before Your Very Eyes
1952 · Series
Bees in Paradise
1944 · Movie
Miss London Ltd.
1943 · Movie
King Arthur Was a Gentleman
1942 · Movie
Back-Room Boy
1942 · Movie
The Nose Has It!
1942 · Movie
I Thank You
1941 · Movie
The Ghost Train
1941 · Movie
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940 · Movie
Band Waggon
1940 · Movie
Calling All Stars
1937 · Movie