George Formby
Birthday: 1904-05-26
Place of Birth: Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography: George Formby (born George Hoy Booth) was the archetype "cheeky chappie" northern English comedian. Trained originally as a jockey, he often appeared on horseback in his films. Best known for his buck-toothed grin and his ukulele.
Movies
Hitler: The Comedy Years
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture....
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Bell-Bottom George
George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in...
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No Limit
George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite wha...
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I See Ice
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidenta...
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It's in the Air
George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal ...
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George in Civvy Street
George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current emp...
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Come on George!
George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious r...
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Turned Out Nice Again
George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddl...
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Let George Do It!
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds hi...
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Boots! Boots!
Musical comedy starring George Formby alongside his wife Beryl in his first ever feature film. Georg...
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Trouble Brewing
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes unde...
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South American George
To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South Americ...
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Spare a Copper
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi s...
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I Didn't Do It
Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in...
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Off the Dole
Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency....
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Keep Your Seats, Please
Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his...
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Keep Fit
A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-boun...
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Feather Your Nest
A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song....
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Much Too Shy
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders port...
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Get Cracking
Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sherida...
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He Snoops to Conquer
George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-gr...
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Entertaining the Troops
Documentary telling the story of the ENSA performers who kept up the troops' morale during World War...
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Ain't Misbehavin'
Compilation of extracts from 'blue' movies from 1900 to the 1940s intercut with clips of popular mus...
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Funny Up North
Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George ...
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Songs That Won the War
Wartime sweetheart Vera Lynn presents this documentary which sets archive footage and newsreel film ...
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Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
From My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock to God Save the Queen, this is the story of ten records from ...
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Thora Hird Tribute
Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron an...
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