Arthur Askey

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

The Sooty Show

Legends

Tell Me Another

Tell Me Another

The Alf Garnett Saga

Hitler: The Comedy Years

The Birth of Television

The Ghost Train

All Movies (25)

• Funny Up North2011 · as Himself
• Hitler: The Comedy Years2007 · as Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Desert Island Discs1982 · as Self
• Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse1978 · as Mr. Arkwright
• To See Such Fun1977
• The Birth of Television1976 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Alf Garnett Saga1972 · as Arthur Askey
• Vive Torbay1968 · as Self
• Make Mine a Million1959 · as Arthur Ashton
• Friends and Neighbours1959 · as Albert Grimshaw
• Lancashire Coast1957
• Ramsbottom Rides Again1956 · as Bill Ramsbottom
• The Love Match1955 · as Bill Brown
• Bees in Paradise1944 · as Arthur Tucker
• Miss London Ltd.1943 · as Arthur Bowman
• King Arthur Was a Gentleman1942 · as Arthur King
• Back-Room Boy1942 · as Arthur Pilbeam
• The Nose Has It!1942 · as (Self)
• I Thank You1941 · as Arthur
• The Ghost Train1941 · as Tommy Gander
• Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt1940 · as Arthur Linden
• Band Waggon1940 · as Arthur Askey
• Calling All Stars1937 · as Waiter

All TV Shows (11)

• Legends2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rising Stars1979 · as Self - Host
• Tell Me Another1976 · as Guest
• Tell Me Another1976 · as Himself
• Frost on Sunday1968 · as Self – Guest
• Raise Your Glasses1962
• The Arthur Askey Show1961
• Arthur's Treasured Volumes1960
• Living It Up1957 · as Self
• The Sooty Show1955 · as Self
• Before Your Very Eyes1952 · as Self