Tony Hancock

Biography

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

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

as Harry Popperwell

The Wrong Box

as Detective

The Rebel

as Anthony Hancock

The Punch and Judy Man

as Walter Pinner

Orders Are Orders

as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

as Self (Archival Footage)

Hancock Down Under

as Tony Hancock

Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall

as Self

Face to Face: Tony Hancock

as Self