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George Formby

English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904-1961) · United Kingdom · Actors · Died at 56

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George Formby was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comic songs, usually accompanying himself on the ukulele or banjolele, and became the UK's highest-paid entertainer.

A life in dates

1961Died6 March 19611946George in Civvy StreetFilm, George Harper1944Bell-Bottom GeorgeFilm, George Blake1943Get CrackingFilm, George Singleton1941South American GeorgeFilm, George Butters / Gilli Vanetti1940Let George Do It!Film, George Hepplewhite1938I See IceFilm, George Bright1937Feather Your NestFilm, Willie Piper1935No LimitFilm, George Shuttleworth1934Boots! Boots!Film, John Willie1904Born26 May 1904

Also in Deutsch

Photos 9

Formby in France during the Second World WarFormby in France during the Second World WarFormby while employed as a jockey, aged 10 in 1915Formby while employed as a jockey, aged 10 in 1915George and Beryl Formby in Boots! Boots!, 1934George and Beryl Formby in Boots! Boots!, 1934Basil Dean, who produced 11 of Formby's films between 1939 and 1941Basil Dean, who produced 11 of Formby's films between 1939 and 1941Formby entertains soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force in France on 13 March 1940Formby entertains soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force in France on 13 March 1940Formby and his wife on HMS Ambitious, off the Normandy coast in 1944Formby and his wife on HMS Ambitious, off the Normandy coast in 1944

Filmography 28

BBBritain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned(archive footage)2014
FNFunny Up NorthHimself2011
ETEntertaining the Troops2011
HYHitler: The Comedy Years2007
TTThora Hird TributeComedy Role (archive footage, uncredited)2003
SWSongs That Won the WarHimself (Archive)1994
TFTo See Such Fun1977
AMAin't Misbehavin'1974
GSGeorge in Civvy StreetGeorge Harper1946
III Didn't Do ItGeorge Trotter1945
BGBell-Bottom GeorgeGeorge Blake1944
HCHe Snoops to ConquerGeorge Gribble1944
GCGet CrackingGeorge Singleton1943
MSMuch Too ShyGeorge Andy1942
TATurned Out Nice AgainGeorge Pearson1941
SGSouth American GeorgeGeorge Butters / Gilli Vanetti1941
LILet George Do It!George Hepplewhite1940
SCSpare a CopperGeorge Carter1940
TBTrouble BrewingGeorge Gullip1939
CGCome on George!George1939
IAIt's in the AirGeorge Brown1938
III See IceGeorge Bright1938
KFKeep FitGeorge Green1937
FNFeather Your NestWillie Piper1937
KPKeep Your Seats, PleaseGeorge Withers1936
NLNo LimitGeorge Shuttleworth1935
ODOff the DoleWriter1935
BBBoots! Boots!John Willie1934

31 credits on file

Television 2

MI40 Minutes1981
TSThe South Bank Show1978

Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1961 · aged 56

In common with George

Ian FlemingAlso in I Didn't Do It (1945)Coral BrowneAlso in Let George Do It! (1940)Alastair SimAlso in Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)Dinah SheridanAlso in Get Cracking (1943)Beryl ReidAlso in Spare a Copper (1940)Elizabeth AllanAlso in He Snoops to Conquer (1944)

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