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Jun 9, 2017 · Tony Hancock based his character in The Rebel on Walthamstow tutor William Green. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock. Art. This article is more than 6 years old. Please keep the flames to six...
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In 1951–1952, for one series beginning on August 3, 1951, Hancock was a cast member of Educating Archie, in which he mainly played the tutor (or foil) to the nominal star, a ventriloquist's dummy. His appearance in this radio show brought him national recognition, and a catchphrase he used frequently in the show, "Flippin' kids!", became ...
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Feb 5, 2024 · Having appeared on shows like “Educating Archie,” where he played a tutor to a ventriloquist’s dummy, and “ Happy Go Lucky ,” where Galton and Simpson supplied him with jokes, it was natural for Ray Galton and Alan Simpson to craft a new series specifically tailored around Hancock’s comedic talents.
Nov 6, 2016 · The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James and also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series ...
In a previously lost sketch from the Calling All Forces (25.02.1952), Tony Hancock reprises his role as the tutor to Peter Brough's ventriloquial doll, Archie Andrews, in Educating Archie ...
For about a decade, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, everybody knew the Hancock manner, and a whole generation acquired from him the habit of greeting the world's idiocies with glum unsurprise ...
