2007Nominee
Best Performance
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Arthur Askey
Actor
Liverpool, England, UK
June 6, 1900
Biography
Arthur Askey was a diminutive British comedian, born in 1900. He began his professional career as a music hall performer in 1924, but it wasn't until 1938's Band Wagon (which lasted a full five seasons), that he became a household name in England. His film debut was in the 1937 British feature Calling All Stars, but then, in 1939, Band Wagon swooped in again and made him a film star with a film following on from when Arthur and co-star Richard "Stinker" Murdoch were evicted from their beloved flat. Film stardom carried Arthur through to the mid 1940s, but it wasn't till 1956 when he starred in another film, Ramsbottom Rides again. He started his own television show: The Arthur Askey show, where, of course, he was the main player and that carried on till his retirement. He died in 1982. IMDb Mini Biography By: Slick-50
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1998Nominee
Best Performance
Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
1976Nominee
Best Performance
The Birth of Television
Career Highlights
1955Highlight
Best Performance
The Love Match
1941Highlight
Best Performance
The Ghost Train
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Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
The Love Match
The Ghost Train