Arthur Askey

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

  • Title: Arthur Askey
  • Popularity: 2.274
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1900-06-06
  • Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Arthur Bowden Askey
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Arthur Askey Movies

  • 1959
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    Friends and Neighbours

    Friends and Neighbours

    7 1959 HD

    During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a...

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  • 1976
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    The Birth of Television

    The Birth of Television

    1 1976 HD

    In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

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  • 1941
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    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    5.9 1941 HD

    Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...

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  • 1942
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    Back-Room Boy

    Back-Room Boy

    6.4 1942 HD

    Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up...

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  • 2007
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    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    5 2007 HD

    A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

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  • 1978
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    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    3 1978 HD

    Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands...

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  • 1941
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    I Thank You

    I Thank You

    7.4 1941 HD

    Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded...

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  • 1942
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    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    5.2 1942 HD

    Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.

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  • 1943
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    Miss London Ltd.

    Miss London Ltd.

    5.2 1943 HD

    Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers'...

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  • 1944
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    Bees in Paradise

    Bees in Paradise

    5.3 1944 HD

    Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.

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  • 1955
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    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    7.8 1955 HD

    After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his...

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  • 1940
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    Band Waggon

    Band Waggon

    5 1940 HD

    A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

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  • 1982
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    Desert Island Discs

    Desert Island Discs

    1 1982 HD

    Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor...

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  • 1956
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    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    1 1956 HD

    Bill Ramsbottom sells his English pub and drags his family off to Canada where he has inherited a ranch from his grandfather Wild Bill Ramsbottom. He...

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  • 1937
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    Calling All Stars

    Calling All Stars

    1 1937 HD

    Musical review. The messenger carrying the master discs of a season drops them, so Flotsam and Jetsam are sent out to collect the stars concerned....

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  • 1940
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    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    5 1940 HD

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. ...

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  • 1968
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    Vive Torbay

    Vive Torbay

    1 1968 HD

    A little travelogue feature presenting Torbay - new resort along the 20 mile stretch of South Devon coast.

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  • 2011
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    Funny Up North

    Funny Up North

    6 2011 HD

    Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more....

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  • 1959
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    Make Mine a Million

    Make Mine a Million

    7.2 1959 HD

    Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his...

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  • 1957
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    Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

    1 1957 HD

    The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

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  • 1977
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    To See Such Fun

    To See Such Fun

    1 1977 HD

    Compilation of classic British comedy moments

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  • 1960
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    Arthur's Treasured Volumes

    Arthur's Treasured Volumes

    1 1960 HD

    Arthur's Treasured Volumes was a black-and-white British television series that aired on ITV in 1960. Starring Arthur Askey, it was written by Dave...

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  • 1961
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    The Arthur Askey Show

    The Arthur Askey Show

    1 1961 HD

    The Arthur Askey Show was a short-lived black-and-white British sitcom starring Arthur Askey that ran for six episodes in 1961. It was written by...

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  • 1962
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    Raise Your Glasses

    Raise Your Glasses

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1976
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    Tell Me Another

    Tell Me Another

    8 1976 HD

    Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.

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  • 1955
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    The Sooty Show

    The Sooty Show

    6.1 1955 HD

    The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures...

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  • 1979
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    Rising Stars

    Rising Stars

    1 1979 HD

    Music variety show from the United Kingdom.

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  • 2006
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    Legends

    Legends

    5 2006 HD

    The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

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  • 1976
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    Tell Me Another

    Tell Me Another

    8 1976 HD

    Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.

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