Tony Hancock
English comedian and actor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor.[1]
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Born | Anthony John Hancock (1924-05-12)12 May 1924 Hall Green, Birmingham, England |
Died | 25 June 1968(1968-06-25) (aged 44) Bellevue Hill, Sydney, Australia |
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Years active | 1942–1968 |
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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,[2] disappointed many at the time, his last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best-remembered work (including The Blood Donor and The Radio Ham). After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career declined.