Tony Hancock

Known for ActingBorn 1924-05-12Died 1968-06-25Hall Green, Birmingham, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

To See Such Fun

Hancock Down Under

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall

The Punch and Judy Man

The Rebel

Face to Face: Tony Hancock

Hancock's Half Hour

Christmas Night with the Stars

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

Orders Are Orders

The Wrong Box

The Government Inspector

Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court

The Glass Box

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1