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Will Hay

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Also known as William Thomson Hay

English comedian, actor, film director & astronomer (1888-1949)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Will Hay is referenced by 208 other articles, and connects out to Royal Astronomical Society, Charles Hawtrey and South Africa.

It sits within the topics 1888 births, 1949 deaths and 20th-century English astronomers.

Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Court welfare in action
  • Special units for difficult prisoners

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Film & TV

Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Thomson "Will" Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Hay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

  • Will Hay and the Stars — Self - Archive2016
  • Hitler: The Comedy Years — William Potts (archive footage) (uncredited)2007
  • Thora Hird Tribute — Professor Davis (archive footage, uncredited)2003
  • To See Such Fun1977
  • My Learned Friend — William Fitch1943
  • The Black Sheep of Whitehall — Prof. Davis1942
  • The Goose Steps Out — William Potts / Muller1942
  • The Big Blockade — Skipper1942
  • Go to Blazes — Father1942
  • The Ghost of St. Michael's — Will Lamb1941

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Australia
Active from
1953-06-29
acousticalternative popalternative rockaustraliannew wavepop rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
77
Total plays
605

Will Hay was an English comedian of the 1930s and 40s. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Will+Hay">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Instance of
human
Given name
Will
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Stockton-on-Tees
Place of death
London
Occupation
engineer
Languages spoken
English language
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date of birth
1888-12-06
date of death
1949-04-18
cause of death
stroke
manner of death
natural causes
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Will Hay
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