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Bud Flanagan
British music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian and later a television and film actor (1896-1968) · United Kingdom · On the map · Comedians · Died at 72
Bud Flanagan was a British music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian, and later a television and film actor. He was best known as being one half of the comedy and music act Flanagan and Allen with his partner Chesney Allen.
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- John Baxter Directed We’ll Smile Again and Theatre Royal
- Chesney Allen Also in The Bailiffs and Wild Boy
- Charlie Naughton Also in O-Kay for Sound and Alf's Button Afloat
Marcel Varnel Directed O-Kay for Sound and Alf's Button Afloat
Val Guest Directed Life Is a Circus (1960)
Alastair Sim Also in Alf's Button Afloat (1938)- Meinhart Maur Also in O-Kay for Sound and We’ll Smile Again
Moore Marriott Also in The Frozen Limits and Gasbags
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About this person
Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959.
