Tony Hancock

Biography

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.

Known For

7.4

Hancock's Half Hour

TV Series1956

6.8

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

Movie1965

6.4

The Wrong Box

Movie1966

7.8

The Rebel

Movie1961

7.0

Christmas Night with the Stars

TV Series1958

7.9

The Punch and Judy Man

Movie1963

8.0

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

Movie2023

6.6

Orders Are Orders

Movie1954

Filmography