Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock

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.

  • Title: Tony Hancock
  • Popularity: 1.45
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1924-05-12
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Tony Hancock Movies

  • 1965
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    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    6.8 1965 HD

    In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across...

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  • 1954
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    Orders Are Orders
    Orders Are Orders

    6.4 1954 HD

    An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.

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  • 1961
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    The Rebel
    The Rebel

    7.8 1961 HD

    Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work....

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  • 1963
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    The Punch and Judy Man
    The Punch and Judy Man

    7.8 1963 HD

    Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who...

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  • 1972
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    Hancock Down Under
    Hancock Down Under

    1 1972 HD

    Hancock, (who was voted Britain's best-ever comic 35 years after his death) leaves his home in Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, England for warmer, more...

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  • 1966
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    Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
    Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall

    1 1966 HD

    A one-off special performance by Tony Hancock of his stand-up comedy act (which rarely changed), at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

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  • 1960
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    Face to Face: Tony Hancock
    Face to Face: Tony Hancock

    1 1960 HD

    Tony Hancock engages in self-reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his health issues, and whether he could ever truly be...

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  • 1958
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    The Government Inspector
    The Government Inspector

    1 1958 HD

    Gogol's comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia.

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  • 2023
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    Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
    Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

    8 2023 HD

    Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from celebrated Hancock episode The Blood Donor, this two-hour...

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  • 1966
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    The Wrong Box
    The Wrong Box

    6.5 1966 HD

    In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

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  • 1957
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    Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
    Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

    1 1957 HD

    Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comedy performer. Here's a chance to see what made him...

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  • 1977
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    To See Such Fun
    To See Such Fun

    1 1977 HD

    Compilation of classic British comedy moments

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  • 1966
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    Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
    Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Punch and Judy Man
    The Punch and Judy Man

    7.8 1963 HD

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  • 1956
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    Hancock's Half Hour
    Hancock's Half Hour

    7.5 1956 HD

    Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The...

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  • 1985
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    The Glass Box
    The Glass Box

    1 1985 HD

    Shelly Rohde meets various celebrities to ask them which personal treasures they would seal away in a glass box for future generations. Guests...

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  • 1958
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    Christmas Night with the Stars
    Christmas Night with the Stars

    1 1958 HD

    A gala programme broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 and also revived in 1994. It was hosted by a leading star and featured...

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