"The sheet music was published in 1950. Miller sang the song playing the character ‘’Harry Hawkins’’ in the feature film ""Hoots Mon!"" released in 1940. Official Max Miller website : Mary from the Dairy Mary From the Dairy is a comic song made famous by British comedian Max Miller, The Cheeky Chappie, in the 1930s and 1940s. With words by Max Miller, Sam Kern & James Walsh and music by Sam Kern, it became Miller's signature tune, played by the orchestra when he walked on stage. It was a mildly risqué song about Max Miller falling for Mary from the"
"Chic Murray Charles Thomas McKinnon ""Chic"" Murray (6 November 1919 – 29 January 1985), was a Scottish comedian and actor. He appeared in various roles on British television and film, most notably in the 1967 version of ""Casino Royale"", and portrayed Liverpool Football Club manager Bill Shankly in a musical. In 2005, he was named in ""The Comedian's Comedian"". Murray was born in Greenock, Inverclyde. He began his career as a musician in amateur groups such as ""The Whinhillbillies"" and ""Chic and His Chicks"" while an apprentice at the Kincaid shipyard, Inverclyde, in 1934. Maidie Dickson(1922-2010) was already a seasoned"
"era, and at its peak it was watched by 15 million people. British satire has also washed over into Quiz shows – popular examples include the news quiz ""Have I Got News for You"", ""Mock the Week"", ""8 out of 10 cats"" and music-based ""Never Mind The Buzzcocks"". One of the most influential groups in comedy is Monty Python. Their ""Flying Circus"" sketch show aired on the BBC between 1969-1974. The group itself consisted of six members, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. All were UK-born except Gilliam, who was US-born. Chapman, Cleese,"
"with her. Chic Murray Charles Thomas McKinnon ""Chic"" Murray (6 November 1919 – 29 January 1985), was a Scottish comedian and actor. He appeared in various roles on British television and film, most notably in the 1967 version of ""Casino Royale"", and portrayed Liverpool Football Club manager Bill Shankly in a musical. In 2005, he was named in ""The Comedian's Comedian"". Murray was born in Greenock, Inverclyde. He began his career as a musician in amateur groups such as ""The Whinhillbillies"" and ""Chic and His Chicks"" while an apprentice at the Kincaid shipyard, Inverclyde, in 1934. Maidie Dickson(1922-2010) was already"
"2012 due to the venue, technical and timing issues. Roy Chubby Brown Roy Chubby Brown (born Royston Vasey; 3 February 1945) is an English stand-up comedian, famous for his sarcastic blue humour. His free speaking style and lack of concern for political correctness has on occasion been controversial. Brown was born at 78 Broadway in Grangetown, North Riding of Yorkshire. He has a sister named Barbara. He left home at the age of 14, spent time living rough, and moved from job to job, at one point joining the Merchant Navy. He also spent time in a borstal and prison."
"Billie Ritchie Billie Ritchie (14 September 1878 – 6 July 1921) was a Scottish comedian who first gained transatlantic fame as a performer for British music hall producer Fred Karno—this, a full decade before Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin took a similar career path. Ritchie is best recalled today for the silent comedy shorts he made between 1914 and 1920 for director/producer Henry Lehrman's L-KO Kompany and Fox Film Sunshine Comedy unit. Variations on Ritchie's ""tramp"" and ""drunk"" personae - which Ritchie claimed he had developed before and during his Karno years- were introduced to film audiences by Charlie Chaplin"
"Lord Buckley Lord Richard Buckley (born Richard Myrle Buckley; April 5, 1906 – November 12, 1960) was an American stand-up comedian and recording artist, who in the 1940s and 1950s created a character that was, according to ""The New York Times"", ""an unlikely persona ... part English royalty, part Dizzy Gillespie."" Michael Packenham, writing in ""The Baltimore Sun"", described him as ""a magnificent stand-up comedian ... Buckley's work, his very presence, projected the sense that life's most immortal truths lie in the inextricable weaving together of love and irony -- affection for all humanity married to laughter."" Buckley's unique stage"
"Roy Chubby Brown Roy Chubby Brown (born Royston Vasey; 3 February 1945) is an English stand-up comedian, famous for his sarcastic blue humour. His free speaking style and lack of concern for political correctness has on occasion been controversial. Brown was born at 78 Broadway in Grangetown, North Riding of Yorkshire. He has a sister named Barbara. He left home at the age of 14, spent time living rough, and moved from job to job, at one point joining the Merchant Navy. He also spent time in a borstal and prison. While in prison Brown read ""I Owe Russia $1200"""
"Hello Cheeky Hello Cheeky is a comedy series starring Barry Cryer, John Junkin and Tim Brooke-Taylor, broadcast on BBC Radio 2 between 1973 and 1979, and also broadcast on television - on the ITV network - in 1976. The format was short comedy sketches, often as short as one line, with occasional longer sketches. The BBC radio show was broadcast weekly in a half-hour timeslot, usually on Saturday or Sunday lunchtime. Its three stars were normally the only performers who appeared, although the show's musical director, Denis King, was often given a small speaking role in one or two of"
"by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. On 30 September 2012, the Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America unveiled a commemorative blue plaque to Karno at his former studios at 38 Southwell Road, Camberwell, in south London. Fred Karno Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1866 – 18 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall. As a comedian of slapstick he is credited with popularizing the custard-pie-in-the-face gag. During the 1890s, in order to circumvent stage censorship, Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue. Cheeky authority-defying"
"the back. Could you hold your dummy a little closer to the microphone please?"" This particular joke, like the character of the club chairman itself, owed a heavy debt to the comedian Norman Collier. Crompton bought and ran a pub called the Birch and Bottle in Whitley, Cheshire. He died of lung cancer at the age of 54. He was survived by his three children, Cheryl, Erica and John. Colin Crompton George Colin Crompton (22 June 1931 – 24 August 1985) was an English stand-up comedian. Crompton, born in Manchester, Lancashire, found fame on the Granada Television programme ""The Comedians"""
"Graham Chapman Graham Arthur Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was an English comedian, writer, actor, author, and one of the six members of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python. He played authority figures such as the Colonel and the lead role in two Python films, ""Holy Grail"" (1975) and ""Life of Brian"" (1979). Chapman was born in Leicester and was raised in Melton Mowbray. He enjoyed science, acting, and comedy, and after graduating from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, he turned down a career as a doctor to be a comedian. Chapman"
"to the legitimate theatre"". However, Baker opined that although Chevalier was an ""entertainer and lyricist of considerable talent"", the sentimentality of his act would, when compared to modern entertainment, be thought of as outdated."" Albert Chevalier Albert Chevalier born Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier; (21 March 186110 July 1923), was an English music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. He specialised in cockney related humour based on life as a costermonger in London during the Victorian era. Owing to this and his ability to write songs, he became known to his audiences as the ""costers' laureate"". Born in"
"4 January 1955. His ashes lie in section 1-L of the Garden of Remembrance. Claude Dampier Claude Dampier (1879-1955) was an English film actor and popular character comedian in the early 20th century. He was born in Clapham, South London as Claud Conolly Cowan. He played largely comic roles, first appearing in music hall acts and then moving to both film and radio comedies. Dampier usually appeared as a dim-witted 'silly ass' type, often billed as 'The Professional Idiot'. He was best remembered for his post-war Jewel and Warriss radio shows, where he adopted the catch-phrase ""it's me-ee"". Dampier toured"
"Edward Chapman (actor) Edward Chapman (13 October 1901 – 9 August 1977) was an English actor who starred in many films and television programmes, but is chiefly remembered as ""Mr. Wilfred Grimsdale"", the officious superior and comic foil to Norman Wisdom's character of Pitkin in many of his films from the late 1950s and 1960s. Chapman was born in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. On leaving school he became a bank clerk, but later began his stage career with ""Ben Greet's"" Company in June 1924 at the Repertory Theatre, Nottingham, playing Gecko in George du Maurier's ""Trilby"". He made"
"Claude Dampier Claude Dampier (1879-1955) was an English film actor and popular character comedian in the early 20th century. He was born in Clapham, South London as Claud Conolly Cowan. He played largely comic roles, first appearing in music hall acts and then moving to both film and radio comedies. Dampier usually appeared as a dim-witted 'silly ass' type, often billed as 'The Professional Idiot'. He was best remembered for his post-war Jewel and Warriss radio shows, where he adopted the catch-phrase ""it's me-ee"". Dampier toured Australia with Edward Branscombe’s Dandies troupes between 1910 and 1917. He revisited the country"
"Tony Buffery Anthony Walter Harold Buffery (9 September 1939 – 26 December 2015) was a British actor, comedian, and writer who also had a career in academic psychology. Buffery got his start in the Cambridge Footlights, but his place in the London Footlights Revue was taken over by Graham Chapman (later of Monty Python) when Buffery chose an academic career over one in entertainment. I do remember that in one year – probably 1967 – Clive [James] did a two-man show with Tony Buffery... who had been part of the 1963 Footlights show ""Cambridge Circus"" which featured John Cleese, Tim"
"Charlie Williams (comedian) Charles Adolphus Williams, MBE (23 December 1927 – 2 September 2006) was an English professional footballer who was one of the first black players in British football after the Second World War, and later became Britain's first well-known black stand-up comedian. He became famous from his appearances on Granada Television's ""The Comedians"" and ATV's ""The Golden Shot"", delivering his catchphrase, ""me old flower"" in his broad Yorkshire accent. Williams was born in Royston, a small mining village near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, also Charles, had come to Britain in 1914 from Barbados, and enlisted"
"Gordon Chater Gordon Maitland Chater AM (6 April 1922 – 12 December 1999) was a Gold Logie-award-winning English Australian comedian and actor, known for his appearance in revue, theatre, radio, television and film. Chaterwas born in Bayswater, London and attended Cottesmore School as a child. He attended Cambridge University to study medicine but did not finish his degree, instead taking part in many student revues. Chater arrived in Australia following World War II. He first came to prominence in Australia as a stage and radio actor, and was a cast member of the 1963 Sydney season of Chekhov's ""The Cherry"
"Brodkin later posted on Twitter: ""Good of Sir Philip Green to rename his £100 million yacht to something more appropriate. I was glad to help."" Simon Brodkin Simon Benjamin Brodkin (born 29 September 1977 in Camden Town, London) is an English comedian, performing both on the stand-up circuit and in comedy television series. He is best known for playing a cheerful chav character called Lee Nelson, but also performs as other comedy characters. Performing solo stand-up since 2004, he has also written for and appeared on the television shows ""Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder"" in 2009, ""Lee Nelson's Well Good"
"May 2003. His funeral was attended by many figures from the world of comedy and sport, including Ricky Tomlinson, Ken Dodd, Frank Worthington, Tommy Docherty and all of his contemporaries from ""The Comedians"". George Roper George Roper (15 May 1934 – 1 July 2003) was an English comedian, best known for his appearances in the long-running UK television series ""The Comedians"". He was born George Francis Furnival in Liverpool to a working class family of Irish descent, to parents who were staunchly Roman Catholic. In conversation with the writer Ken Irwin in 1972, he remarked that ""the rough and ready"
"Albert Chevalier Albert Chevalier born Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier; (21 March 186110 July 1923), was an English music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. He specialised in cockney related humour based on life as a costermonger in London during the Victorian era. Owing to this and his ability to write songs, he became known to his audiences as the ""costers' laureate"". Born in London, Chevalier showed an interest in entertainment from an early age through his private performances to family and friends. He made his debut on the amateur stage when he was eight, performing in ""Julius"
"been commemorated by plaques elsewhere, including those at Teddington Studios, BBC Television Centre and Blackpool Comedy Carpet. Harry Worth Harry Bourlon Illingsworth (20 November 1917 – 20 July 1989), professionally known as Harry Worth, was an English comedy actor, comedian and ventriloquist. Unlike the brash humour of other comedians at the time, Worth portrayed a charming, gentle and genial character, totally bemused by life, creating comedic confusion wherever he went. Worth was born in Hoyland Common, West Riding of Yorkshire, the youngest child of a miner. He had ten siblings. When he was only five months old his father died"
"a character actor in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Charles Penrose died of heart disease on 17 November 1952 at the Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington, aged 79. Charles Penrose (entertainer) Charles Penrose (born Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse; 11 November 1873 – 17 November 1952) was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song ""The Laughing Policeman"". He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the son of a master watchmaker and jeweller. He initially followed his father into the jewellery trade, but enjoyed such success with"
"celebrities who were the butt of the jokes were invited onto the show, to be lampooned to their faces. Famous stars of the day who put themselves through this treatment included chat show host Michael Aspel, BBC TV sports presenter Frank Bough, and radio DJ Terry Wogan. On 6th April 1975, ""The Least Worst of Hello Cheeky"" was recorded before a live audience in the BBC's Paris Studio in Regent Street, produced by Bob Oliver Rogers. From the two-hour show, 45 minutes of material was released on a vinyl LP, while two 30-minute radio shows containing material from this recording"
"Garden, Bill Oddie, and Jonathan Lynn. Buffery died in December 2015 at the age of 76. Tony Buffery Anthony Walter Harold Buffery (9 September 1939 – 26 December 2015) was a British actor, comedian, and writer who also had a career in academic psychology. Buffery got his start in the Cambridge Footlights, but his place in the London Footlights Revue was taken over by Graham Chapman (later of Monty Python) when Buffery chose an academic career over one in entertainment. I do remember that in one year – probably 1967 – Clive [James] did a two-man show with Tony Buffery..."
"Ted Chippington Ted Chippington (real name Francis Smyth; born February 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) is a British stand-up comedian. Noted for his diffident on-stage persona, Chippington eschews observational comedy in favour of anti-humour and jokes which are mostly variations on the same theme, delivered in a West Midlands monotone. He also frequently performs his own versions of well-known songs in a similarly listless style. His act has left audiences bemused or hostile, with heckling a frequent occurrence during his performances. His deadpan style has won him a small but devoted number of followers. Stewart Lee has often cited Chippington"
"Charles Penrose (entertainer) Charles Penrose (born Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse; 11 November 1873 – 17 November 1952) was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song ""The Laughing Policeman"". He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the son of a master watchmaker and jeweller. He initially followed his father into the jewellery trade, but enjoyed such success with his innovative laughing songs at local concert parties that he was invited to join a theatrical tour at the age of 18. His theatrical career took off, and he appeared in"
"Marc Wootton Marc James Wootton is an English character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the two BBC Three series, ""High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman"" and ""La La Land"". Wootton is also known for his role as Mr Poppy in the ""Nativity!"" film series. He currently appears on ""Counterfeit Cat"" as the voice of Max. Wootton previously starred in the Channel 4 comedy show ""The Eleven O'Clock Show"", BBC Threeand also voiced Jake in BBC children’s programme ‘The Tweenies’ show ""Cyderdelic"" the Channel 4 comedy gameshow ""My New"
"""Cheerful"" Charlie Chester, he was well known to British audiences in the 1940s from his BBC radio show ""Stand Easy"". This show was adapted for television as ""The Charlie Chester Show"" in 1949 and became a standup and sketch show for the next 11 years. Frequent cast members included Edwina Carroll, Eric 'Jeeves' Grier, Len Lowe, Deryck Guyler, Len Marten, Arthur Haynes and Frederick Ferrari. A later recurring mini-serial in the show was ""Whippit Kwik the Cat Burglar"", whose whistled signature tune made Chester a national favourite. Tenor St Clair was replaced by Ferrari, known as ""The Voice"", and for"
"Boothby Graffoe (comedian) Boothby Graffoe (born James Martyn Rogers, 20 October 1962), is an English comedian, singer, songwriter and playwright. He is particularly known for his surreal sense of humour and work with Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. Rogers was born in 1962 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. For the latter part of his schooling, he attended the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Horncastle. At the age of 18, he became a member of the redcoats at a Butlins on the south coast. He named his alter ego after an English village while driving back from a gig in"
"Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on BBC Two's popular music quiz ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"" from its inception in 1996 until its end in 2015, and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including ""QI"" and BBC Radio 4's ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his stepfather Alexander's surname, Jupitus (a corruption of the Lithuanian name Šeputis) when he was 16."
"illustrator David Bueno de Mesquita created a comic book about Ritchie named ""Billie Ritchie en Zijn Ezel"" (""Billie Ritchie and his Donkey""). This was the first celebrity comic in Dutch history. Billie Ritchie Billie Ritchie (14 September 1878 – 6 July 1921) was a Scottish comedian who first gained transatlantic fame as a performer for British music hall producer Fred Karno—this, a full decade before Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin took a similar career path. Ritchie is best recalled today for the silent comedy shorts he made between 1914 and 1920 for director/producer Henry Lehrman's L-KO Kompany and Fox Film"