Arthur Askey

Arthur Askey was born on Jun 06, 1900 in UK. Arthur Askey's big-screen debut came with Band Waggon directed by Marcel Varnel in 1940, strarring Arthur Askey (as Big Hearted Arthur Askey). Arthur Askey is known for The Sooty Show directed by Stan Woodward, Matthew Corbett stars as Self - Presenter and Marjorie Corbett as Soo. The upcoming new movie Arthur Askey plays is Telstar: The Joe Meek Story which will be released on Jun 19, 2009.

Arthur Askey was a diminutive British comedian, born in 1900. He began his professional career as a music hall performer in 1924, but it wasn't until 1938's Band Waggon (1940) (which lasted for three seasons), that he became a household name in England. His film debut was in the 1937 British feature Calling All Stars (1937), but then, in 1939, Band Waggon (1940) swooped in again and made him a film star with a film following on from when Arthur and co-star Richard "Stinker" Murdoch were evicted from their beloved flat. Film stardom carried Arthur through to the mid-1940s, but it wasn't till 1956 when he starred in another film, Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956). He started his own television show: The Arthur Askey Show (1961), where, of course, he was the main player and that carried on till his retirement. He died in 1982.