Tony Hancock

Biography

Anthony John Hancock was an English comedian and actor. 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 disappointed many at the time, his last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best remembered work ("The Blood Donor"). After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career took a downward course.

Known For

Hancock's Half Hour

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

The Wrong Box

The Rebel

Christmas Night with the Stars

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

Orders Are Orders

The Punch and Judy Man

All Movies (13)

• Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful2023 · as Self (Archival Footage)
• Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court1985 · as Self (Archive)
• To See Such Fun1977
• Hancock Down Under1972 · as Tony Hancock
• Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall1966 · as Self
• The Wrong Box1966 · as Detective
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes1965 · as Harry Popperwell
• The Punch and Judy Man1963 · as Walter Pinner
• The Rebel1961 · as Anthony Hancock
• Face to Face: Tony Hancock1960 · as Self
• The Government Inspector1958 · as Hlestakov
• Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 11957 · as Tony Aloysius Hancock
• Orders Are Orders1954 · as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad

All TV Shows (3)

• The Glass Box1985 · as Self (archival footage)
• Christmas Night with the Stars1958
• Hancock's Half Hour1956