Person    | Male  Born 12/5/1924  Died 26/6/1968

Tony Hancock

Categories: Humour, TV & Radio

Countries: Australia

Comedy actor. Otherwise known as Anthony Aloysius St. John Hancock, of 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam. Born in Birmingham as Anthony John Hancock. He was a major figure in British television and radio comedy in the 1950s and 1960s. Died Sydney, Australia.

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Tony Hancock

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BBC Television Centre - Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock, 1924 - 1968. BBC and the Heritage Foundation

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Hand & Racquet

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Teddington Studios - Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock, 1924 - 1968, comedian. Comic Heritage 

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Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock, 1924 - 1968, comedian. Comic Heritage

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Tony Hancock - NW11

Tony Hancock, 1924 - 1968, comedian, lived here, 1947 - 1948. The Dead Comic...

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