- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 6, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Died
- November 16, 1982
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
Filmography
movieFunny Up North
2011 · Himself
movieHitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvLegends
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieHeroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
1998 · Self (archive footage)
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
1991 · Self (archive footage)
movieDesert Island Discs
1982 · Self
Rising Stars
1979 · Self - Host
movieRosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978 · Mr. Arkwright
movieTo See Such Fun
1977
movieThe Birth of Television
1976 · Self - Interviewee
tvTell Me Another
1976 · Guest, Himself
movieThe Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · Arthur Askey
Vive Torbay
1968 · Self
Frost on Sunday
1968 · Self – Guest
Raise Your Glasses
1962
The Arthur Askey Show
1961
Arthur's Treasured Volumes
1960
movieMake Mine a Million
1959 · Arthur Ashton
movieFriends and Neighbours
1959 · Albert Grimshaw
movieLancashire Coast
1957
Living It Up
1957 · Self, Creator
movieRamsbottom Rides Again
1956 · Bill Ramsbottom
movieThe Love Match
1955 · Bill Brown
tvThe Sooty Show
1955 · Self
Before Your Very Eyes
1952 · Self
movieBees in Paradise
1944 · Arthur Tucker
movieMiss London Ltd.
1943 · Arthur Bowman
movieKing Arthur Was a Gentleman
1942 · Arthur King
movieBack-Room Boy
1942 · Arthur Pilbeam
movieThe Nose Has It!
1942 · (Self)
movieI Thank You
1941 · Arthur
movieThe Ghost Train
1941 · Tommy Gander
movieCharley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940 · Arthur Linden
movieBand Waggon
1940 · Arthur Askey
Calling All Stars
1937 · Waiter