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Hay was born at 23 Durham Street in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. He was one of two sons and three daughters of William Robert Hay (1859–1920) and his wife, Elizabeth (1859–1910) (née Ebden). [1] When Will Hay Jr. was less than a year old the family moved to Lowestoft in Suffolk. [2] [3] By his late teens, Hay had become fluent in ...
Will Hay was an English comedian famous for his blundering schoolmaster character. But, off-screen, he hid many out-of-this-world talents (and a seriously strange personality). 1. He Was A Mystery. Will Hay was one of Britain’s most influential comedians. His blustery characters mocked familiar aspects of British culture, leaving his ...
Oct 22, 2008 · One of my all time favourite Will Hay moments. Posing as "The Eminent Historian Professor Phineas Tavistock", our hero gets involved in a plot to kidnap a pr...
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Apr 13, 2015 · A further chance to hear the columnist and historian Simon Heffer's Essays celebrating comic film actors of early British film. 1. Will Hay, by popular consent the greatest comic actor in films of ...
Hay's August 21 and 23 observations are assumed to have taken place at Norbury, although there is nothing noted to confirm this. His final observations of the white spot were not from Norbury but from Bournemouth, and were recorded on page 57 of his log book thus: Sept 13. Observed Saturn at Bournemouth with Mr Strachan's Coude 9" O.G.
Denys Hay FRSE FBA (29 August 1915 – 14 June 1994) was a British historian specialising in medieval and Renaissance Europe, and notable for demonstrating the influence of Italy on events in the rest of the continent.
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Will Hay was one of the biggest comedy stars in U.K cinema during the 1930s. Today there is a group of over 8,000 people who celebrate his films. Join me as ...
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