Frankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd (born March 6, 1917 in York , † April 19, 1992 in Fulham ) was a British actor and comedian .
Life
After his school days at Shooters Hill Grammar School , Howerd was initially active in the entertainment of the soldiers during the Second World War; after the Second World War he worked for the British radio station BBC in Variety Bandbox . Its popularity increased due to this radio program at the end of the 1940s / 1950s. The authors of the radio program were Eric Sykes , Johnny Speight as well as Galton and Simpson . In 1954, Howerd made his actor debut in the film production The Runaway Bus . In the late 1950s / early 1960s, Howerd's professional success declined. It was not until 1963 that he succeeded in a new professional approach: he appeared in the British broadcast in 1963That Was The Week That Was on and appeared on A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 and 1967 he hosted the Christmas show The Frankie and Bruce Christmas Show on British televisiontogether with Bruce Forsyth . From the mid-1960s and 1970s, Howerd appeared in many different television programs on the British television channels BBC and Thames Television (for example, Frankie Howerd meets The Bee Gees , broadcast on August 20, 1968). In 1977 Howerd received the Order of the British Empire . In 1978 Howerd starred in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as an actor in the role of Mean Mr Mustard . Also starred in this film were Peter Frampton , The Bee Gees , George Burns , Alice Cooper , Aerosmith and Steve Martin . Although a commercial flop, the film achieved cult status. In the early 1980s, Howerd suffered a second professional slump and he couldn't get a TV show in those years. In 1987, he hosted on the television station Channel 4 TV show Super Frank! whose scripts Miles Tredinnick and Vince Powell wrote. As a regular guest he appeared on the program Into the Night , which washostedby Nicky Campbell .
His life partner was Dennis Heymer, with whom he lived in Axbridge, Somerset .
Filmography (selection)
watch TV
- 1962: That Was The Week That Was
- 1966: East of Howerd
- 1968: Howerd's Hour
- 1969: Carry on Christmas
- 1969: The Frankie Howerd Show
- 1969–1975: Up Pompeii!
- Whoops Baghdad
- 1976: The Frankie Howerd Show
- 1976: Howerd Confessions
- 1976: Up the Convicts
- 1981: Frankie Howerd Strikes Again
- 1982: Then Churchill Said to Me
- 1987: super frank!
- 1989: All Change
- 1990: Frankie Howerd on Campus
- 1992: Frankie's On ...
Movies
- 1954: The Runaway Bus
- 1955: Ladykillers
- 1955: To Alligator Named Daisy
- 1956: Jumping for Joy
- 1956: A Touch of the Sun
- 1958: Further Up the Creek
- 1962: The Cool Mikado
- 1962: The Fast Lady
- 1963: Even the little ones want to go up ( The Mouse on the Moon )
- 1966: The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
- 1967: Carry On Doctor ( Carry On Doctor )
- 1969: The Crazy Queen of the Amazons ( Carry On Up the Jungle )
- 1971: Up Pompeii
- 1971: Up the Chastity Belt
- 1972: Up the Front
- 1972: The House in Nightmare Park
- 1978: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
literature
- 1976: On the Way I Lost It by Frankie Howerd, ISBN 0-491-01807-X
- 2001: The Complete Frankie Howerd by Robert Ross, ISBN 1-903111-08-0
- 2004: Frankie Howerd: Stand-Up Comic by Graham McCann, ISBN 1-84115-310-9
Web links
- Frankie Howerd in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howerd, Frankie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | York , Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1992 |
| Place of death | Fulham |