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Will Hay

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Also known as William Thomson Hay

English comedian, actor, film director & astronomer (1888-1949)

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  • Court welfare in action
  • Special units for difficult prisoners

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Film & TV

Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Thomson "Will" Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Hay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

  • Will Hay and the Stars — Self - Archive2016
  • Hitler: The Comedy Years — William Potts (archive footage) (uncredited)2007
  • Thora Hird Tribute — Professor Davis (archive footage, uncredited)2003
  • To See Such Fun1977
  • My Learned Friend — William Fitch1943
  • The Black Sheep of Whitehall — Prof. Davis1942
  • The Goose Steps Out — William Potts / Muller1942
  • The Big Blockade — Skipper1942
  • Go to Blazes — Father1942
  • The Ghost of St. Michael's — Will Lamb1941

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Will Hay was an English comedian of the 1930s and 40s. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Will+Hay">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Will
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Stockton-on-Tees
Place of death
London
Occupation
engineer
Languages spoken
English language
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date of birth
1888-12-06
date of death
1949-04-18
cause of death
stroke
manner of death
natural causes
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Will Hay
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