Arthur Askey

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978)

Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique
Acteurs Beryl Reid, John Le Mesurier, Arthur Askey, Liz Fraser, John Junkin, Lance Percival
Rôle Mr. Arkwright
Note42%

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The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)

, 1h30
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Dandy Nichols, Paul Angelis, Adrienne Posta, John Le Mesurier, John Bird, Joan Sims
Note51%

With the Garnetts Wapping home up for demolition, Alf and his family are installed in a high-rise council flat. Alf struggles with ‘living in the sky”, using elevators (which frequently break down due to power cuts "caused by the striking miners") and walking long distances to the local pub.

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Friends and Neighbours (1959)

, 1h19
Réalisé par Gordon Parry
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins, Peter Illing, Tilda Thamar, Reginald Beckwith, June Whitfield
Rôle Albert Grimshaw
Note21%

At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia.

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Make Mine a Million (1959)

, 1h21
Réalisé par Lance Comfort
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Dermot Walsh, Arthur Askey, Sid James, Olga Lindo, Clive Morton, Bernard Cribbins
Rôle Arthur Ashton
Note62%

Arthur Ashton is a makeup man working for National Television (a parody of the BBC). During a visit to the local laundry, he meets Sid Gibson a shady salesmen who is trying to flog Bonko, a brand of washing powder, but who can't afford to advertise on TV. The fairly clueless Arthur agrees to help him, and they manage to plug an advert for Bonko on National Television by interrupting the live feed. This causes quite a stir amongst the National heads, who have Arthur fired. Despite this, the advert proves extremely popular and demand for the product soars.

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Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956)

Réalisé par John Baxter
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Western
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Sid James, Betty Marsden, Frankie Vaughan, Shani Wallis, Sabrina
Rôle Bill Ramsbottom
Note50%

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The Love Match (1955)

, 1h25
Réalisé par Jim O'Connolly
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sport, Football
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Shirley Eaton, Dame Thora Hird, Edward Chapman, Robb Wilton, Anthea Askey
Rôle Bill Brown
Note65%

Bill Brown suit les progrès de son fils qui commence sa carrière dans l'équipe de football locale.

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Bees in Paradise (1944)

, 1h12
Réalisé par Val Guest
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton, Peter Graves, Ronald Shiner, Jean Kent, Antoinette Cellier
Rôle Arthur Tucker
Note49%

This musical comedy is set on a mysterious island where scantily clad warrior women hold all the power and men are regarded as disposable beings useful only for breeding purposes. Comic scenes result when four airmen arrive on the island and become the object of native womenfolk's desires.

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Miss London Ltd. (1943)

, 1h39
Réalisé par Val Guest
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Guerre, Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Documentaire sur la guerre, Documentaire historique, Musique, Politique, Documentaire sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton, Richard Hearne, Jean Kent, Ronald Shiner, Patricia Owens
Rôle Arthur Bowman
Note56%

This musical comedy pöaying in wartime London, stars Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowman alias Miss London, the name of the escort agency, he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall), as she inherited the other half of the Agency from her parents, who just arrived from abroad. T first thing she accomplishes is to clean up the office together with her partner.

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Back-Room Boy (1942)

, 1h22
Réalisé par Herbert Mason
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage, Politique
Acteurs Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers, Vera Frances, Joyce Howard
Rôle Arthur Pilbeam
Note61%

Arthur Askey plays meteorologist Arthur Pilbeam who is jilted by his fiancée Betty because he has to speed back to the BBC every hour, on the hour due to his internationally vital job of creating the BBC pips. As he cannot be fired during wartime and wanting to avoid all women, he is assigned the solitary job of sending weather reports from a remote Scottish lighthouse. Before taking a boat from the mainland during the four hours of daylight that are available for the time of year, the locals warn him he will go mad from isolation and the curse of a mermaid within a month as others have.

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King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)

, 1h39
Réalisé par Marcel Varnel
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Musical
Thèmes Documentaire sur la guerre, Documentaire historique, Musique, Politique, Documentaire sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Vera Frances, Brefni O'Rorke, Anne Shelton, Ronald Shiner
Rôle Arthur King
Note55%

Set during World War II, the plot involves the diminutive Arthur joining the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan (Evelyn Dall), who is in the same unit as him. Here, his idealistic notions about King Arthur prompt his messmates to trick him into believing that a sword they have dug up is the fabled Excalibur. Armed with this talisman Arthur strides forth to deal with the Wehrmacht.

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The Ghost Train (1941)

, 1h25
Réalisé par Walter Forde
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Comédie, Comédie horrifique, Horreur
Thèmes Transport, Le train, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Comédie horrifique
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison, Peter Murray-Hill, Morland Graham, Herbert Lomas
Rôle Tommy Gander
Note61%

Tommy Gander (Arthur Askey), a vaudeville comedian, pulls the communication cord on a GWR express train, bringing it to a stop so he can retrieve his hat. Returning to the train, he escapes an angry conductor by ducking into a compartment occupied by attractive blonde Jackie Winthrop (Carole Lynne), whom Gander flirts with. Another passenger, Teddy (Richard Murdoch), has his eye on Jackie as well, but her companion Richard Winthrop (Peter Murray-Hill) ejects both of them from the compartment.

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I Thank You (1941)

, 1h23
Réalisé par Marcel Varnel
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Documentaire sur la guerre, Documentaire historique, Politique, Documentaire sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Peter Gawthorne, Kathleen Harrison
Rôle Arthur
Note59%

The film is set in London during World War II at the time of the Blitz. The leads are a couple of out of work variety entertainers who use great ingenuity in their efforts to get financial assistance to "put on a show". Hoping to put their proposal to the formidable Lady Randall, ex-music hall star Lily Morris, they infiltrate her house in the guise of a servant (Murdoch) and cook (Askey - in drag). After some farcical interludes, they achieve their aim after Lady Randall is persuaded to sing an old music hall standard "Waiting at the Church" at an impromptu show located underground at Aldwych tube station, - used during wartime as an underground bomb shelter. As the ex-music hall star, Lily Morris plays herself. The title of the film is a gentrified version of Arthur Askey's famous catch-phrase - "I thangyew". Also in the film is elderly comic actor Moore Marriott who plays Lady Randall's somewhat eccentric father and the somewhat ubiquitous 'Albert' (Graham Moffatt) who appears under that name in the comedy films of both Will Hay and Arthur Askey.

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Band Waggon (1940)

, 1h25
Réalisé par Marcel Varnel
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Pat Kirkwood, Moore Marriott, Peter Gawthorne, Donald Calthrop
Rôle Arthur Askey
Note54%

Arthur Askey and Stinker Murdoch, two out-of-work performers, are living on the roof of the Broadcasting House in Central London. After being called in for an audition with the BBC three months before, they were forgotten about and settled down to live there waiting for their big chance. One day an item from their clothes line falls and hits Claude Pilkington, a senior figure at the BBC, who has them evicted. They are forced to pack up all their belongings and leave.

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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

, 1h15
Réalisé par Walter Forde
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sexualité, Homosexualité, Transsexuels et transgenres, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, LGBT, LGBT, Travestissement au cinéma
Acteurs Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Felix Aylmer
Rôle Arthur Linden
Note58%

Oxford students Arthur (Arthur Askey), Stinker (Richard Murdoch), and Albert (Graham Moffatt) are in danger of being "sent down" (expelled) for bad behaviour. Learning the Dean of Bowgate College is an amateur Egyptologist, Arthur—who had just played the lead in a stage version of "Charley's Aunt"—poses as Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy, who might finance an archeological expedition if the Dean is lenient on her nephew and his friends. Unfortunately, the real Aunt Lucy picks this day to pay a visit to Oxford herself, with calamitous results.

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