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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:225: That's very nearly an armful!]] |
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| 4 | Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 -- 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor. |
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| 6 | He found fame with the Creator/{{BBC}} radio series ''Radio/HancocksHalfHour'' which was a smash hit between 1954 and 1961. the radio show, which also made stars out of Creator/SidJames and Creator/KennethWilliams, transferred to the still-embryonic Creator/{{BBC}} television network. |
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| 8 | Hancock was also a comic actor in films, such as ''Film/TheRebel'' (''Call Me Genius'' in the USA), ''Film/ThePunchAndJudyMan'', and ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'', and episodes of the ''Hancock'' TV series, such as ''The Blood Donor'' and ''Radio Ham'' are considered to be timeless classics of the half-hour TV comedy format. |
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| 10 | Dogged by depression and insecurity all his life, after his career went into a decline and he came out alive from a bad car crash, he committed suicide in 1968 at age 44 with barbiturates and vodka. |
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| 12 | !!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in: |
| 13 | [[AC:Films]] |
| 14 | * ''Film/TheRebel'' (1961) -- Anthony Hancock |
| 15 | * ''Film/ThePunchAndJudyMan'' (1963) -- Wally Pinner |
| 16 | * ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'' (1965) -- Harry Popperwell |
| 17 | * ''Film/TheWrongBox'' (1966) -- Detective |
| 18 | [[AC:Series]] |
| 19 | * ''Series/HancocksHalfHour'', 63 episodes (1956-61) -- Anthony Aloysius Hancock |
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