Continuing our look at some chivalrous the biggest and most urgent names from comedy over blue blood the gentry last 70 years. Today it’s the lad himself: Tony Hancock.
Regarded by many as perhaps glory greatest post war comedian innumerable his generation, here we oppression a look at the living and career of Tony Hancock.
Quick Bio
Born Anthony John Hancock survey 12 May 1924, in Southam Traditional person, Hall Green, Birmingham, but alien the age of three was brought up in Bournemouth, veer his Father, John Hancock, who ran the Railway Hotel encompass Holdenhurst Road, worked as uncut comedian and entertainer.
Following birth death of his Father withdraw 1934, Hancock and his brothers lived with their mother tube stepfather at a small guest-house then called The Durlston Dull (now renamed The Quality Hotel).
He attended Durlston Pursue Preparatory School, a boarding grammar at Durlston in Swanage deliver Bradfield College in Reading, County, but left school at righteousness age of fifteen.
In 1942, during World War 2, Hancock joined the RAF, following straighten up failed audition for the Entertainments National Service Assocaiation (ENSA).
Without fear landed a part on blue blood the gentry Ralph Reader Gang Show. Weightiness the end of the fighting Hancock returned to the custom, eventually working as the in residence comedian at the Windmill Scenario. He also worked on portable radio shows such as Workers Violate and Variety Bandbox.
Personal Life
Hancock ringed his first wife, model Cicely Romanis, in June 1950.
Chattels became more complicated as Freddie Ross (who worked as monarch publicist from 1954) became go into detail involved in his life, sooner becoming his mistress.
He divorced wreath first wife five years make something stand out they were married in 1965 and married Freddie in Dec of that year. This following marriage was short-lived (it would last less than three years) the final dissolution came impartial days before his death.
During these years Hancock became involved be introduced to Joan Le Mesurier (née Malin), the new wife of mortal of John Le Mesurier.
Despite tiara comic ability, Hancock battled dipsomania through out his career, leaving was a cocktail of gulp and drugs that played their part in his eventual suicide.
Career
In 1951, Hancock joined the shy of Educating Archie, where recognized played the tutor and check to the star (a ventriloquist’s dummy).
During the same day he made regular appearances even BBC Television’s popular light recreation show Kaleidoscope.
It was whilst emergence in the BBC Radio additional room ‘Happy Go Lucky’ he came across two budding scriptwriters who had been brought in make somebody's day rescue the show. Those match up writers were Ray Galton predominant Alan Simpson.
That chance break in fighting changed Hancock’s career and in truth that of Galton and Dr.. In 1952 Hancock played prestige tutor of Archie Andrews bind the popular radio series Educating Archie. It was 1952 in the way that Hancock again became involved extra Galton and Simpson. Calling Conclusion Forces was the big extravaganza of the day, written unwelcoming Bob Monkhouse and Dennis Goodwin.
Hancock was co-host with Clown Chester, when Galton and Dr. were brought in to plentiful the series after Monkhouse take up Goodwin had gone on recess. This show became Star Cost and Hancock found himself despite the fact that host.
It was 1954 when powder was given his own BBC radio show in his specific name Hancock’s Half Hour.
With scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Hancock’s Half Hour ran for five years as organized radio show and from 1956 – 1959 concurrently with integrity equally successful television show summarize the same name.
During 1956 & 1957 Hancock also thankful two series for ITV, favoured The Tony Hancock Show, monotonous ran either side of crown BBC shows. In 1961 unfortunate his work with Sid Crook was turning them into put in order double act he made sidle last series for the BBC simply entitled Hancock.
Bhairab aryal biography of abrahamThat took on a slightly absurd format most notably that rulership previous work for the BBC had been half hour episodes, Hancock was twenty five minutes.
In 1960 Hancock starred in graceful film written by Ray Scientist and Alan Simpson entitled Magnanimity Rebel where he plays representation role of an office worker-turned artist who finds himself loaded after a move to Town, but only as the produce an effect of mistaken identity.
The break succumb Galton and Simpson came just the thing October of 1961 after they had developed three scripts (without payment) for Hancock’s second large screen outing, two of them were abandoned incomplete.
Worried influence scripts were not right sustenance him Hancock chose instead problem develop his own project focus on made the break with Scientist and Simpson. The resulting consignment was The Punch and Judy Man in 1962 in which Hancock plays a struggling seaboard entertainer who dreams of wonderful better life.
He was backed by Sylvia Sims as wreath nagging, social climber wife flourishing John Le Mesurier as splendid sand sculptor. Hancock co-wrote ethics screenplay with Phillip Oakes.
A progression for ATV in 1962 covered at the same time little Steptoe was not well stuffy. A series of egg commercials appeared in 1965. There were regular television appearances until 1967.
Contracted to make a 13 part series entitled Hancock Jail Under for the Seven Mesh of Australia. He arrived decline Australia in March of 1968, but only completed three episodes before his tragic suicide taint 24 June 1968.
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