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- Hello Playmates! (Comedy Club S.)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1900-06-06
- Active to
- 1982-11-16
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Arthur Askey CBE (June 6, 1900 – November 16, 1982) was a prominent English comedian. His recording career included "The Bee Song" and his theme tune, "Big-Hearted Arthur", (which was also his nickname). During the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in many sitcoms including Love and Kisses, Arthur's Treasured Volumes and The Arthur Askey Show. Of his many hits, 'I Want A Banana' has become something of an anthem for the bar staff of the Truck Festival, and can, of an evening, be heard sung in The B
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- London
- Child
- Anthea Askey
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Arthur Askey en The Ghost Train 2 (1941).png
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- date of birth
- 1900-06-06
- date of death
- 1982-11-16
- place of burial
- Putney Vale Cemetery
- Commons category
- Arthur Askey
- cause of death
- gangrene
- manner of death
- natural causes
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