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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Before your very eyes
- Hello Playmates! (Comedy Club S.)
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Film & TV
Liverpool, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Funny Up North — Himself2011
- Hitler: The Comedy Years — Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)2007
- Legends — Self (archive footage)2006
- Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey — Self (archive footage)1998
- Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice — Self (archive footage)1991
- Desert Island Discs — Self1982
- Rising Stars — Self - Host1979
- Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse — Mr. Arkwright1978
- To See Such Fun1977
- The Birth of Television — Self - Interviewee1976
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1900-06-06
- Active to
- 1982-11-16
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,956
- Total plays
- 27,354
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Arthur Askey CBE (June 6, 1900 – November 16, 1982) was a prominent English comedian. His recording career included "The Bee Song" and his theme tune, "Big-Hearted Arthur", (which was also his nickname). During the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in many sitcoms including Love and Kisses, Arthur's Treasured Volumes and The Arthur Askey Show. Of his many hits, 'I Want A Banana' has become something of an anthem for the bar staff of the Truck Festival, and can, of an evening, be heard sung in The B
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- London
- Child
- Anthea Askey
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Arthur Askey en The Ghost Train 2 (1941).png
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- date of birth
- 1900-06-06
- date of death
- 1982-11-16
- place of burial
- Putney Vale Cemetery
- Commons category
- Arthur Askey
- cause of death
- gangrene
- manner of death
- natural causes
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