"Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This is a 2014 television film made by Left Bank Pictures. The film focuses on the life of the late Tommy Cooper, the popular British comedian, and the dilemma he faced when he fell in love with his assistant Mary Kay. At the time he was married to Gwen, whom he affectionately nicknamed ""Dove"". Tommy was unable to choose between the two women and embarked upon a dual relationship that would last for 17 years. Cooper died during a live TV recording of ""Live From Her Majesty's"""
"move his body to Westminster Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His death was not officially reported until the next morning, although the incident was the leading item on the news programme that followed the show. Cooper was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium in London. The video of Tommy Cooper suffering the fatal heart attack on stage has been uploaded to numerous video sharing websites. YouTube drew criticism from a number of sources when footage of the incident was posted on the website in May 2009. John Beyer of the pressure group Mediawatch-UK said: ""This is very poor taste."
"starring Damian Williams, was produced by Franklin Productions and toured the UK in 2013. In 2014, with the support of The Tommy Cooper Estate and Cooper's daughter Victoria, a new tribute show ""Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show"" commemorating 30 years since the comedian's death was produced by ""Hambledon Productions"". The production moved to the ""Museum of Comedy"" in Bloomsbury, London from September 2014 and continues to tour extensively throughout the UK. In May 2016, a blue plaque in his memory was unveiled at Cooper's former home in Barrowgate Road, Chiswick, London. In August it was announced that the"
"Live from... Live from... was a Sunday night live entertainment variety television show that aired on ITV from 16 January 1983 to 27 November 1988 and was hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck. It was broadcast live from a theatre in London (depending on which series) and was very much in the tradition of earlier variety spectacles such as ""Sunday Night at the Palladium"". During the second series of ""Live from Her Majesty's"" on 15 April 1984, comedian Tommy Cooper collapsed and died after suffering a massive heart attack. Cooper collapsed against the curtain, and most members of the audience were laughing,"
"Theatre of Death Tour The Theatre of Death Tour was a concert tour by solo artist Alice Cooper that began on July 31, 2009. The tour consisted of 11 legs spanning across North America, Australia and Europe. This tour was notable compared to other recent tours for incorporating a heavy use of theatrics and stunts performed by Cooper himself and a number of actors, including his daughter. His performance in London was filmed for the ""Theatre of Death: Live At Hammersmith 2009"" live DVD, released in 2010. 1. School's Out 2. Department of Youth 3. I'm Eighteen 4. Wicked Young"
"Thomas Henty Thomas Henty (born Thomas John Cooper 19January 195613August 1988) was an English actor, and the son of the magician and prop comedian Tommy Cooper. He attended Sutton Court Primary School in Chiswick ,and Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith from September 1965. He went on to appear alongside his father in an episode of the Thames Television variety series ""London Night Out"" in 1979, as well as in four episodes of the series ""Cooper's Half Hour"" in 1980, also for Thames. He also acted as occasional stage manager to his father, and was backstage when Cooper died in front of"
"Victoria and Albert Museum had acquired 116 boxes of Cooper's papers and props, including his ""gag file"", in which the museum said he had used a system to store his jokes alphabetically ""with the meticulousness of an archivist"". Tommy Cooper Thomas Frederick Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a Welsh prop comedian and magician. He was a member of The Magic Circle, and was respected by traditional magicians. He habitually wore a red fez, and his appearance was large and lumbering, at and more than in weight. On 15 April 1984, Cooper collapsed with a heart attack"
"while performing a show in Rome. Three months later he was back on television in ""Night Out at the London Casino"". By 1980, however, his drinking meant that Thames Television would not give him another starring series, and ""Cooper's Half Hour"" was his last. He did continue to appear as a guest on other television shows, however, and worked with Eric Sykes on two Thames productions in 1982. On 15 April 1984, Cooper collapsed from a heart attack in front of millions of television viewers, midway through his act on the London Weekend Television variety show ""Live from Her Majesty's"","
"to attract audiences."" The Apollo closed in the mid–1970s, but the contest was restarted in 1985 after the renovations were completed. Cooper was again the master of ceremonies. His son, Ralph Cooper II, took over the show after his father was hospitalized with cancer in late–1986. He died on August 4, 1992 due to cancer. Cooper is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City. Ralph Cooper Ralph Cooper (January 16, 1908 – August 4, 1992), was an African American actor, screenwriter, dancer and choreographer. Cooper is best known as the original master of ceremonies and founder of"
"Claude Cooper (actor) Claude Hamilton Cooper (September 4, 1880 – July 20, 1932) was an English-American character actor on stage, motion pictures, and radio. Cooper was born to a stage manager father and an actress mother in London, England, in 1880. It is said he first appeared upon the stage in the arms of his mother, Mary Stafford Cooper, at the age of eighteen months when the comic opera ""Castle Grim"" was performed in Dublin. His family moved to the United States when he was eight, and he soon appeared on the American stage in the melodrama ""Silver King"" in"
"Thomas Apthorpe Cooper Thomas Abthorpe Cooper (born London, England, 1776; d. Bristol, Pennsylvania, 21 April 1849) was an English actor. Cooper was born in Harrow on the Hill, London, the son of a physician with the East India Company. He received a good education, and, on the death of his father, was adopted by Thomas Holcroft and William Godwin. His first appearance on the stage was with Stephen Kemble's company in Edinburgh, and later he acted at Covent Garden, London, with great success as Hamlet and Macbeth. In December, 1796, he made his first appearance in Philadelphia as Macbeth at"
"using two race cars (the Peerless Green Dragon and the Peerless Blue Streak), bags of dirt, two large treadmills and stage props to create the illusion of a motor race for a Charles Dillingham play, ""The Vanderbilt Cup"", starring Elsie Janis. The two appeared on stage nightly. The show was a success but Oldfield and Cooper tired of the acting lifestyle in less than three months and returned to auto racing full-time. Cooper was killed in an auto accident in New York City on November 16, 1906. He is buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit. Tom Cooper (cyclist) Tom Cooper"
"Ralph Cooper Ralph Cooper (January 16, 1908 – August 4, 1992), was an African American actor, screenwriter, dancer and choreographer. Cooper is best known as the original master of ceremonies and founder of amateur night at the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City in 1935. He wrote, produced, directed and acted in ten motion pictures. Titles include, ""The Duke Is Tops,"" ""Dark Manhattan,"" ""Gangsters on the Loose"" and ""Gang War."" Because of his debonair good looks, he was known as ""dark Gable"" in the 1930s. Cooper was born on January 16, 1908 in Harlem, New York City. He"
"been planned to be postponed for a fortnight, but it was during this time that Gee died. Soon after Gee's death, the BBC decided to cancel the rest of the series, but it was resumed upon the request of Gee's family. In the summer of 1986, the third series of the ""Laughter Show"" was repeated uninterrupted as a tribute to Gee. On Sunday 15 April 1984, when Tommy Cooper suffered a massive heart attack whilst appearing on ITV's ""Live From Her Majesty's"", Gee and Dennis were the act that was billed to follow him. They performed onstage whilst attempts were"
"Tommy Cooper Thomas Frederick Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a Welsh prop comedian and magician. He was a member of The Magic Circle, and was respected by traditional magicians. He habitually wore a red fez, and his appearance was large and lumbering, at and more than in weight. On 15 April 1984, Cooper collapsed with a heart attack on live national television, and died soon afterwards. Thomas Frederick Cooper was born on 19 March 1921 at 19 Llwyn-On Street in Caerphilly, Glamorgan. He was delivered by the woman who owned the house in which the family"
"the statue, but the nose was stolen. Cooper was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats. In a 2005 poll ""The Comedians' Comedian"", Cooper was voted the sixth greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. He has been cited as an influence by Jason Manford and John Lydon. Jerome Flynn has toured with his own tribute show to Cooper called ""Just Like That"". In February 2007, ""The Independent"" reported that Andy Harries, a producer of ""The Queen"", was working on a dramatisation about the last week of Tommy Cooper's life. Harries described Cooper's death as"
"assuming that it was a joke Cooper was playing. It was not until compere Jimmy Tarbuck realised that the drop was not part of Cooper's plot, that the production crew suddenly realised what had occurred. The show continued after an earlier than planned commercial break and after Tarbuck was reportedly informed Cooper was recovering. Backstage, while the show continued, paramedics frantically attempted to revive Cooper, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at Westminster Hospital. His death was not officially reported until the next morning, although the incident led the ITN News bulletin which followed the show. Live from... Live"
"hall. Tommy Trafford Tommy Trafford (30 December 1927 – 20 March 1993) was a Lancashire comedian and a noted pantomime dame. He lived his early life in Blacko, near Nelson, where he performed in church productions alongside Jimmy Clitheroe, ""The Clitheroe Kid"", with whom he went to school. Tommy owned a traditional Blackpool guest house, as did many performers, which gave him the experience to run a country hotel and restaurant for Jimmy during a temporary 'retirement' from Showbiz. Of the many routines and characters that Tommy portrayed, his best known routine was a homage to Norman Evans’ ‘Over the"
"Tommy Trafford Tommy Trafford (30 December 1927 – 20 March 1993) was a Lancashire comedian and a noted pantomime dame. He lived his early life in Blacko, near Nelson, where he performed in church productions alongside Jimmy Clitheroe, ""The Clitheroe Kid"", with whom he went to school. Tommy owned a traditional Blackpool guest house, as did many performers, which gave him the experience to run a country hotel and restaurant for Jimmy during a temporary 'retirement' from Showbiz. Of the many routines and characters that Tommy portrayed, his best known routine was a homage to Norman Evans’ ‘Over the Garden"
"theater in Tammany Hall on East 14th Street and later moved into their own ""Opera House"" on 23rd Street. The late 1860s and 1870s saw minstrel production grow increasingly elaborate and expensive and troupe sizes enlarge. The Bryants stuck with their traditional formula and their popularity waned as a result. Adding the African American dwarf Thomas Dilward to their ranks in the late 1860s (under the stage name ""Japanese Tommy"") did little to stem the tide. Dan Bryant died in his New York City home in 1875, but the troupe carried on for seven more years under the management of"
"of ""Tamori Club"" on TV Asahi Corporation. When the show ""Jersey Boys"" came to Broadway, Bob Gaudio told Tommy that ""Short Shorts"" was being featured in the show. When the two original Royal Teens reunited at the August Wilson Theater the night of the premiere of Jersey Boys, Tommy said he was so proud to have traveled the first leg of Bobby's historical musical journey with him. Billy Dalton died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday, October 8, 2011. After his funeral Mass, Billy was interred in St. Patrick Cemetery in Rochelle, Illinois, on Thursday, October 13, 2011—what would"
"guarantee wages). This occurred belatedly, a week after she made flying plans. Doris Ruby Doris Ruby (1927 – December 16, 1951) was a 24-year-old dancer from Sunnyside, Queens who died in the 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash. She was a popular nightclub entertainer. She opened at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem in late April 1951. Ruby appeared with Fran Warren and Danny Thomas at the Latin Casino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in early May. She teamed with George Price and Betty Reilly at the Capri in Atlantic Beach, New York in mid-June. She was romantically linked to Paul Thomas, brother of"
"End, starring Ian Ogilvy, Angela Thorne, James Laurenson and Stephanie Beacham. Cooper died at the age of 48 after falling from a train as it passed through Surbiton, Surrey, returning from a Guild of Dramatists' Christmas dinner at the Garrick on 2 December 1966. A post-mortem showed he had consumed the equivalent of half a bottle of whisky and the coroner at Kingston in January 1967 returned a verdict of misadventure. There have been several attempts to attribute his death to suicide, in particularly by ""The Stage"" newspaper. When interviewed by Humphrey Carpenter in 1995, BBC radio producer Douglas Cleverdon's"
"after retiring, and died on St. David's Day, 1986, aged 72. A musical based on Farr's career, ""Contender"", was composed by Mal Pope and premiered at the United Nations building in New York, followed by a season at Swansea's Grand Theatre. A theme of the musical is that Farr's lack of success in the USA resulted wholly from his refusal to co-operate with fight-fixing mobsters and bookmakers. Tommy Farr Thomas George Farr (12 March 1913 – 1 March 1986) was a Welsh boxer from Clydach Vale, Rhondda, nicknamed ""the Tonypandy Terror"". Prior to 1936, Farr boxed in the light heavyweight"
"a new permanent space MEC is expected to thrive in years to come as we continue to entertain and educate. Perhaps those who have never seen an M Ensemble Company production will be inspired to attend and may leave wanting more!” Theodore G. Cooper, deceased at the age of 57, was a producer, director, educator, writer, actor and founder of The M Ensemble Company. He preferred to be called “T.G.” and was a professor of Drama at Howard University for twenty years and the chair of the department. Fellow professor of theater arts and close friend, Henri Edmonds, described him"
"in 1860. He died in West Farms, New York, on April 11, 1874. Charles W. Taylor Charles Western Taylor ( - April 11, 1874), often billed as C. W. Taylor, was a well-known actor and dramatist in the United States in the mid-19th century. He is best known today, though only as a footnote, for writing one of the first stage adaptations of ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"". Taylor was born in Walsall, England, about 1800 and first appeared on stage in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1819. He soon after debuted in New York in the ""Forest Rose"". He long acted in parts"
"Doris Ruby Doris Ruby (1927 – December 16, 1951) was a 24-year-old dancer from Sunnyside, Queens who died in the 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash. She was a popular nightclub entertainer. She opened at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem in late April 1951. Ruby appeared with Fran Warren and Danny Thomas at the Latin Casino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in early May. She teamed with George Price and Betty Reilly at the Capri in Atlantic Beach, New York in mid-June. She was romantically linked to Paul Thomas, brother of Danny Thomas, at this time. Ruby was booked to dance at the"
"South lecturing at eight State summer schools on educational and community drama. In 1956, he retired, and in 1960 returned to Washington. Gregory died after a long battle with leukemia, in Washington's Sibley Hospital, November 21, 1971. Thomas Montgomery Gregory Thomas Montgomery Gregory (August 31, 1887 – November 21, 1971) was a dramatist, educator, social philosopher and activist, historian and a leading figure in the National Negro Theatre Movement Montgomery Gregory, a native of Washington, D.C., was key in cultivating and nurturing the concept of a National Negro Theatre Movement during the early decades of the 20th century against the"
"attack of pneumonia. The craving for public applause, which was his only happiness, induced him to give readings from Shakespeare in several large cities. The scheme failed, and was abandoned, to his deep mortification. A stroke of paralysis ended his life suddenly and without pain. His servant found him dead, alone, and apparently asleep, in his home in Philadelphia December 12, 1872. His body was interred in Old Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Philadelphia. The large sums that he had earned on the stage were judiciously and fortunately invested, and resulted in his amassing a large fortune. He had purchased,"
"May 6, 1927), was a housewife. His father, William Claud Jeter (March 10, 1922 – March 1, 2010), was a dentist. Jeter had one brother, William, and four sisters, Virginia, Amanda, Emily, and Larie. Jeter was a student at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) when his interests changed from medicine to acting. He performed in several plays and musicals at the Circuit Theatre and its sister theatre, the Playhouse on the Square, in midtown Memphis. He left Memphis to further pursue his stage career in Baltimore, Maryland. Jeter's woebegone look, extreme flexibility, and high energy led Tommy"
"in the Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore. He moved to the island of Jersey in 1911, and died there in 1916. He was buried at the La Croix old cemetery in Grouville. Harry Hawk Harry Hawk (April 28, 1837 – May 28, 1916) was an American actor and comedian, remembered as the only performer on stage at Ford's Theatre at the moment Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. William Henry Hawk was born in Philadelphia in 1837 to William J. Hawk and his wife, but the family moved to Chicago when he was young. He began theater work as"
"People’s Palace (now part of Queen Mary, University of London). John Cooper, Elwin Hawthorne, Brynhild Parker, Harold Steggles and Walter Steggles contributed to the popular range of Shell advertising posters. John Cooper played a major part in developing mosaic work through his courses at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. The last Lefevre show took place in 1936. For personal and professional reasons, John Cooper withdrew from the Group which then wound down. Lefevre believed its role in establishing the artists had been fulfilled. Cooper’s death in 1943 at 49, from sclerosis of the spine, was a major factor"
"Clothes"" includes the line, ""We'll join the Astors at Tony Pastor's"". It also references seeing ""the shows at Delmonico's"", which suggests that the character does not really know about upper class social life in New York. Tony Pastor died in Elmhurst, New York on August 26, 1908 and was interred in the Cemetery of the Evergreens, in Brooklyn. He was 71, and though greatly mourned at his death as one of the last gentlemen of the early vaudeville halls, the medium had passed him by with the advent of the vaudeville circuit in the 1880s. Pastor had remained a local"