Arthur Askey
Known for: Acting
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
Filmography
Series
The Sooty Show
Self
1955
Series
Legends
Self (archive footage)
2006
Frost on Sunday
Self – Guest
1968
Series
Tell Me Another
Guest
1976
Series
Tell Me Another
Himself
1976
Before Your Very Eyes
Self
1952
Rising Stars
Self - Host
1979
Film
Bees in Paradise
Arthur Tucker
1944
Film
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Film
The Ghost Train
Tommy Gander
1941
Living It Up
Self
1957
Film
The Love Match
Bill Brown
1955
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Arthur Linden
1940
Vive Torbay
Self
1968
Film
The Alf Garnett Saga
Arthur Askey
1972
Film
Funny Up North
Himself
2011
Film
I Thank You
Arthur
1941
Film
Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
The Birth of Television
Self - Interviewee
1976
Film
Make Mine a Million
Arthur Ashton
1959
Arthur's Treasured Volumes
1960
Film
Friends and Neighbours
Albert Grimshaw
1959
The Arthur Askey Show
1961
Film
Back-Room Boy
Arthur Pilbeam
1942
Film
To See Such Fun
1977
Raise Your Glasses
1962
Film
The Nose Has It!
(Self)
1942
Film
Band Waggon
Arthur Askey
1940
Film
Desert Island Discs
Self
1982
Film
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Mr. Arkwright
1978
Film
Miss London Ltd.
Arthur Bowman
1943
Film
Ramsbottom Rides Again
Bill Ramsbottom
1956
Film
King Arthur Was a Gentleman
Arthur King
1942
Film
Lancashire Coast
1957
Calling All Stars
Waiter
1937