Tony Hancock
Comedian, TV Actor
1924 – 1968
Who was Tony Hancock?
Anthony John "Tony" Hancock was an English comedian and actor.
Popular during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series Hancock's Half Hour, first 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 around 1960 disappointed many of his fans at the time, his last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best remembered work. After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career took a downward course because of his alcoholism.
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- Born
- May 12, 1924
Hall Green - Also known as
- Anthony John Hancock
- Anthony Hancock
- The Lad Himself
- Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Freddie Ross Hancock
(1965/12/02 - 1968/06/19) - Cicely Romanis
(1950/09/18 - 1965/07/06) - Joan Le Mesurier
- Freddie Ross Hancock
- Religion
- Atheism
- Profession
- Education
- Bradfield College
- Lived in
- Birmingham
- Died
- Jun 24, 1968
Sydney
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Modified by RobertHaigh
on August 12, 2020
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