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John Comer (died 1984) was a British comic actor. He starred in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays. Born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire, Comer gained an engineering apprenticeship at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park. Comer began his career performing a comedy routine around local social clubs and pubs in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1952, with his younger brother Tony, he performed in a children's theatre production for local schools in Stretford.[citation needed] The siblings then formed a double act named the Comer Brothers. In 1957 the brothers began a regular slot at the Manchester Apollo, performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage. In 1958 the Comer Brothers participated in an ITV talent show called Bid for Fame and began working for Butlin's. In 1959 they won first prize in the Butlin's National Talent Contest, winning £1,000 and a film contract with the Boulting Brothers. In 1959 the Boulting Brothers cast John and Tony Comer in the film I'm All Right Jack, in which they starred alongside Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough as trade union shop stewards. Their next film roles were in 1961, when they featured alongside Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey. However shortly afterwards Tony decided to leave showbusiness and returned to full-time work at Metropolitan-Vickers, while John decided to continue pursuing his film career. He appeared in the Boulting Brothers' 1967 film The Family Way as a father-of-the-bride to Hayley Mills's character, whose father John Mills portrayed her father-in-law. He gained a recurring role in 1973 as the primary supporting role of Sid in the new BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He also starred in a long-running advertising campaign for Home Brew Beer. 1977 saw him appear as Bill Malley in the BBC series "Murder Most English". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

6.2

Angry Man

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

2003

8.0

Sid

Getting Sam Home

1983

4.0

Man Delivering Emily

Memoirs of a Survivor

1981

🎬

4.0

Nice Work

1980

0.0

Newsagent

The Boy Who Never Was

1980

7.8

Mr. Dimmock

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

0.0

Dad

A Little Outing

1977

5.5

Sergeant Malley

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

1977

🎬

0.0

Potter's Picture Palace

1976

7.0

Les Brandon

I Didn't Know You Cared

1975

Credits

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Angry Man

2003

6.2

Getting Sam Home

as Sid

1983

8.0

Memoirs of a Survivor

as Man Delivering Emily

1981

4.0

🎬

Nice Work

1980

4.0

The Boy Who Never Was

as Newsagent

1980

0.0

All Creatures Great and Small

as Mr. Dimmock

1978

7.8

A Little Outing

as Dad

1977

0.0

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

as Sergeant Malley

1977

5.5

🎬

Potter's Picture Palace

1976

0.0

I Didn't Know You Cared

as Les Brandon

1975

7.0

Our Terry

as Arnold

1975

0.0

Survivors

as Les Norton

1975

8.0

🎬

The Life of Riley

as George Pollitt

1975

6.0

Leeds United!

as Billy Crane

1974

0.0

South Riding

1974

0.0

South Riding

as Bill Heyer

1974

0.0

🎬

Vinegar Trip

as Leslie

1973

0.0

🎬

All Our Saturdays

1973

0.0

Song at Twilight

as Mr. Calthrop

1973

0.0

Kisses at Fifty

as George

1973

1.0

Last of the Summer Wine

as Sid

1973

7.1

The Lovers!

as Geoffrey's Dad

1973

5.9

Crown Court

1972

5.4

Crown Court

as Constable Kershaw

1972

5.4

Crown Court

as Police Sergeant Kershaw

1972

5.4

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

as Ship's Officer

1972

6.3

The Fishing Party

as Teaman

1972

10.0

Villain

as Waiter at House of Commons (uncredited)

1971

6.1

There's a Girl in My Soup

as John, the porter

1970

5.4

Play for Today

as George

1970

6.3

🎬

On the House

as Jones

1970

5.5

Wuthering Heights

1970

6.3

Doomwatch

as Jack

1970

6.0

The Hunting of Lionel Crane

as Warrant Officer

1970

0.0

Battle of Britain

as Policeman (uncredited)

1969

6.9

🎬

Castle Haven

1969

0.0

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

as Bert

1968

0.0

🎬

Happy DeathDay

1968

0.0

🎬

The Visitors

1968

0.0

The Family Way

as Leslie Piper

1966

6.5

Rotten to the Core

as Policeman

1965

6.2

The Man in Room 17

as Sgt. Thomas Lynch

1965

5.3

It's Dark Outside

as Constable

1964

0.0

Heavens Above!

as Butcher

1963

6.4

The Avengers

as Groom

1961

7.7

Coronation Street

as Mr. Birtles

1960

5.3

Hell Is a City

as Plainclothes Police Driver (uncredited)

1960

6.5

I'm All Right Jack

as Shop Steward

1959

6.6

Dixon of Dock Green

as Greengrocer

1955

5.3