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Forgotten Heroes of Comedy
An Encyclopedia of the Comedy Underdog
- 608 pages
- English
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About this book
In this long overdue and affectionate salute, celebrated comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest, funniest and most fascinating names in comedy from both sides of the Atlantic. Monty Python's Terry Jones wrote the foreword.
With the passionate input of such comics as Tim Brooke-Taylor, Hattie Hayridge, Roy Hudd, Michael Palin, Ross Noble, Chris Addison and Bernard Cribbins, Ross honours these legends of humor who, for a variety of reasons, didn't quite reach the heady heights of stardom or, once they had, couldn't cope with the pressures.
Whether it is a favorite from the distant smoke- and ale-stained world of the Music Hall like the great George Robey, or the downbeat poetry of Hovis Presley, who dropped disenchanted bombs on the late 1990s, Forgotten Heroes of Comedy will finally elevate them to the Hall of Fame where they belong. Forgotten, no longer.
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Index
Abbot, Russ, (i), (ii)
Abbott, Bud, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii)
Abbott, Frankie, (i)
Absolutely Fabulous, (i)
According to Dora, (i)
Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer, (i)
Ackroyd, Peter, (i)
Adams, Douglas, (i)
Adams, Edie, (i)
Addison, Chris, (i)
Addison, John, (i)
After Hours, (i)
Afton, Richard, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Agate, James, (i)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot, (i)
Ah! Happy Days!, (i)
Ahmed, Samira, (i)
Albarn, Damon, (i)
Albert, Heinrich, (i)
Alderton, John, (i)
Aldridge, Michael, (i)
Alexander and Mose, (i)
Ali, Muhammad, (i)
Alias, Charles, (i)
All Change, (i)
All Creatures Great and Small, (i), (ii)
All Our Saturdays, (i)
All-Star Comedy Carnival, (i)
Allen, Chesney, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Allen, Dave, (i)
Allen, Fred, (i)
Allen, Linda Lou, (i)
Allen, Steve, (i), (ii)
Allen, Woody, (i)
’Allo ’Allo, (i)
Amis, Kingsley, (i)
Anderson, Lindsay, (i)
Andrews, Ar...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Also by Same Author
- Contents
- Foreword by Terry Jones
- The Prologue
- Avril Angers
- Don Arrol
- Joe Baker
- Eric Barker and Pearl Hackney
- Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser
- Michael Bates
- David Battley
- Michael Bentine
- Harold Berens
- Willie Best
- Alec Bregonzi and Michael Ward
- Billy Burden
- Douglas Byng
- Marti Caine
- Esma Cannon
- Patrick Cargill
- Jimmy Clitheroe and Danny Ross
- Billy Dainty
- Janet Davies
- Florence Desmond
- Jerry Desmonde and Eddie Leslie
- Maidie Dickson
- Charlie Drake
- Jimmy Edwards
- Gus Elen
- Ray Ellington
- Dick Emery
- Pierre Étaix
- Barry Evans
- Mario Fabrizi
- Doug Fisher
- Ronald Frankau
- Leslie Fuller
- Dustin Gee
- Peter Glaze
- Ken Goodwin
- Bernard Gorcey
- Bert Gordon
- ‘Monsewer’ Eddie Gray
- Raymond Griffith
- Deryck Guyler
- Brian Hall
- Lloyd Hamilton
- Arthur Haynes
- Richard Hearne
- Dickie Henderson
- Gerard Hoffnung
- Shemp Howard
- Nat Jackley
- Rex Jameson
- Roy Jay
- Spike Jones
- John Junkin
- Time for a quick drink in the Colonnade Bar…
- Dave King
- Roy Kinnear
- Dennis Kirkland
- Patsy Knox
- Debbie Linden
- Hugh Lloyd
- Harry Locke and Tommy Godfrey
- Malcolm McFee
- Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt
- Ray Martine
- Zeppo Marx
- Glenn Melvyn
- Eric Merriman
- Christopher Mitchell
- Albert Modley
- Robert Moreton
- Gladys Morgan
- Lily Morris
- Richard Murdoch
- Tom E. Murray
- David Nixon
- Larry Noble
- Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson
- Ken Platt
- Sandy Powell
- Vince Powell
- Hovis Presley
- Cardew Robinson
- Joe E. Ross
- Patsy Rowlands
- Derek Roy
- Derek Royle
- Sabrina
- Leslie Sarony
- Larry Semon
- Ronald Shiner
- Johnnie Silver
- Dennis Spicer
- Larry Stephens
- Jake Thackray
- Thelma Todd
- Jack Train
- Karl Valentin and Liesl Karlstadt
- Norman Vaughan
- Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn
- Elsie and Doris Waters
- Rita Webb
- John Wells
- George and Kenneth Western
- Gordon Wharmby
- Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey
- Albert Whelan
- Robb Wilton
- Mike and Bernie Winters
- Georgie Wood and Dolly Harmer
- Harry Worth
- Mario Zampi
- Epilogue
- Image Credits
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Author
- Index
- Plate Section
- Copyright