Tony Hancock
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Hancock's Half Hour
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Harry Popperwell
The Wrong Box
Detective
Christmas Night with the Stars
The Rebel
Anthony Hancock
The Punch and Judy Man
Walter Pinner
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Self (Archival Footage)
To See Such Fun
Filmography
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
2023
as Self (Archival Footage)
Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
1985
as Self (Archive)
The Glass Box
1985
as Self (archival footage)
To See Such Fun
1977
Hancock Down Under
1972
as Tony Hancock
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
1966
as Self
The Wrong Box
1966
as Detective
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as Harry Popperwell
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
as Walter Pinner
The Rebel
1961
as Anthony Hancock
Face to Face: Tony Hancock
1960
as Self
The Government Inspector
1958
as Hlestakov
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957
as Tony Aloysius Hancock
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad