Max Bygraves

Person · Open Library

Born

1922

Works

11

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Film & TV

Rotherhithe, London, England, UK

Walter William "Max" Bygraves was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own TV shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs.

Known for

• An Audience with Shirley Bassey — Self1995
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self1995
• Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story — Self1990
• Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do — Self1989
• Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out — Self1988
• A Tribute to Tommy Cooper — Self1986
• The Mind of David Berglas1985
• Royal Variety Performance 1984 — Self - Compère1984
• Max Bygraves - Side By Side1982
• Wogan — Self1982

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1922-10-16

Active to

2012-08-31

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

24,492

Total plays

126,428

Max Bygraves OBE (born 16 October 1922 - 1st September 2012) in Rotherhithe, London as Walter William Bygraves) is an English singer songwriter, famous for his waving hands. He also appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. Shows he presented included the gameshow Family Fortunes. According to the You Need Hands Songfacts, Max went into showbusiness more or less by accident as a comedy impressionist, but later picked up the basics of songwriting.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Max

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Place of birth

Rotherhithe

Place of death

Hope Island

Occupation

television actor

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Record label

Pye Records

Military branch

Royal Air Force

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