Arthur Askey.
Hardly remembered now but very popular in his day, Arthur Askey came into films via the British music hall. His output on the screen consists of under a dozen appearances, with "The Ghost Train" being his most iconic.
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- DirectorWalter FordeStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochKathleen HarrisonHigh jinks and chills ensue after a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.The only film version that exists in its entirety.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsArthur AskeyJack Hylton and His BandRichard MurdochA plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.Terrible music numbers but Moore Marriott is good.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochGraham MoffattTaking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochLily MorrisStruggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.Pedestrian and uninteresting.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsArthur AskeyMoore MarriottGraham MoffattA lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carrying a bevy of beautiful models is shipwrecked off the coast and the models wind up on the island. However, when the models begin disappearing, the "back-room boy" investigates and finds a sinister scheme involving spies and Nazi battleships.A good comedy with a snappy pace.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsArthur AskeyEvelyn DallAnne SheltonArthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasising about King Arthur and his knights.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsArthur AskeyEvelyn DallAnne SheltonTerry Arden (Evelyn Dall) travels to England to take over her half of her late father's dating service run by Arthur Bowman (Arthur Askey). An enjoyable musical comedy.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsArthur AskeyAnne SheltonPeter GravesDuring World War II, a plane crashes on an island full of dominating women.
- DirectorDavid PaltenghiStarsArthur AskeyGlenn MelvynThora HirdTwo football-loving railway workers get into trouble after racing their engine home to get to a match on time.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur AskeyGlenn MelvynSidney JamesA Yorkshire publican comes into an inheritance, but when he goes to Canada to claim it, he runs into trouble.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsArthur AskeySidney JamesDermot WalshSid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak a plug for Sid's suds into a live TV spectacular. The public goes bananas for the product but to maintain sales Sid and Arthur must arrange for ever more outrageous plugs on TV shows. The Ascots races, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo - no show is safe.
- CreatorHarry CorbettStarsMatthew CorbettMarjorie CorbettHarry CorbettChildren's slapstick show with the little bear glove puppet and his friends.
- DirectorHerbert SmithStarsBert AmbroseCarroll GibbonsEvelyn DallThere is no plot; it is basically a review featuring the bands, stars and acts listed.
- StarsDerek FrancisAlfred BurkeArthur HewlettAn anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
- StarsDickie HendersonJune LaverickLionel MurtonA weekly TV comedy series of a British household with Dickie Henderson as the head of the family. Every week would feature a guest star
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsArthur AskeyMegs JenkinsPeter IllingAt the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia resulting in a hilarious clash of cultures.
