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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 6, 1900
Died
November 16, 1982
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As
- Arthur Bowden Askey
Arthur Askey
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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
Known For
6.0
Himself
Funny Up North
2011
5.0
Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Legends
2006
0.0
Self
Desert Island Discs
1982
🎬
0.0
Self - Host
Rising Stars
1979
4.0
Mr. Arkwright
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978
0.0
To See Such Fun
1977
🎬
0.0
Self - Interviewee
The Birth of Television
1976
8.0
Guest
Tell Me Another
1976
8.0
Himself
Tell Me Another
1976
Credits
Funny Up North
as Himself
2011
6.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
5.0
Legends
as Self (archive footage)
2006
5.0
Desert Island Discs
as Self
1982
0.0
🎬
Rising Stars
as Self - Host
1979
0.0
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Mr. Arkwright
1978
4.0
To See Such Fun
1977
0.0
🎬
The Birth of Television
as Self - Interviewee
1976
0.0
Tell Me Another
as Guest
1976
8.0
Tell Me Another
as Himself
1976
8.0
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Arthur Askey
1972
4.0
🎬
Vive Torbay
as Self
1968
0.0
🎬
Raise Your Glasses
1962
0.0
🎬
The Arthur Askey Show
1961
0.0
🎬
Arthur's Treasured Volumes
1960
0.0
Make Mine a Million
as Arthur Ashton
1959
7.2
Friends and Neighbours
as Albert Grimshaw
1959
7.0
Lancashire Coast
1957
7.0
🎬
Living It Up
as Self
1957
0.0
Ramsbottom Rides Again
as Bill Ramsbottom
1956
0.0
The Love Match
as Bill Brown
1955
7.1
The Sooty Show
as Self
1955
6.0
🎬
Before Your Very Eyes
as Self
1952
0.0
Bees in Paradise
as Arthur Tucker
1944
5.6
Miss London Ltd.
as Arthur Bowman
1943
5.5
King Arthur Was a Gentleman
as Arthur King
1942
5.6
Back-Room Boy
as Arthur Pilbeam
1942
6.5
🎬
The Nose Has It!
as (Self)
1942
0.0
I Thank You
as Arthur
1941
7.3
The Ghost Train
as Tommy Gander
1941
6.0
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
as Arthur Linden
1940
5.0
Band Waggon
as Arthur Askey
1940
5.3
🎬
Calling All Stars
as Waiter
1937
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