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Benny Hill

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Overview

Date of Birth:
21 January 1924, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK (some sources say 1925) more
Date of Death:
20 April 1992, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK (heart attack) more
Mini Biography:
He was born Alfred Hawthorn Hill in 1925. It was his grandfather who introduced... more
Trivia:
Appeared on the cover of TV Times for the week that ITV started broadcasting... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Writer, Soundtrack, Composer, Director, Producer, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
  1. Benny Hill: The Hill's Angels Years (2006) (V) .... Host/Various

  2. Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) (TV) .... Host/Various Roles
    ... aka Benny Hill: Unseen (UK)
  3. "VIP noche" (1 episode, 1990)
        - Episode dated 7 October 1990 (1990) TV episode

  4. "The Benny Hill Show" .... Host / ... (59 episodes, 1969-1989)
        - Episode #19.3 (1989) TV episode .... Host
        - Holding Out for a Hero (1989) TV episode .... Host
        - The Crook Report (1989) TV episode .... Host
        - Episode #18.2 (1988) TV episode .... Host
        - The Halitosis Kid (1988) TV episode .... Host/Various Roles
          (54 more)
  5. The Crazy World of Benny Hill (1988) (V) .... Host/Various Roles
    ... aka Benny Hill's Crazy World (USA)
  6. Video Spotlight (1985) (V) .... Host/Various Characters
    ... aka Benny Hill's Video Spotlight (UK: complete title)
    ... aka Video Spotlight: Benny Hill (USA: video box title)
  7. The Best of the Benny Hill Show: Vol. 1 (1981) (V)
    ... aka Benny Hill's Video Revue (USA)

  8. Benny Hill Down Under (1977) (TV) .... Host/Various Roles
    ... aka Benny Hill in Australia (Australia)
  9. The Waiters (1971) .... Waiter
  10. Eddie in August (1970) (TV) .... Eddie

  11. The Italian Job (1969) .... Professor Simon Peach
  12. "The Benny Hill Show" .... Host / ... (30 episodes, 1955-1968)
        - Episode #8.4 (1968) TV episode .... Host/Various Roles
        - Episode #8.3 (1968) TV episode .... Host/Various Roles
        - Episode #8.2 (1968) TV episode .... Host/Various Roles
        - The Laddyboys: Tex Cymbal (1966) TV episode .... Host/Various Roles
        - Episode #7.3 (1965) TV episode .... Host/Various Roles
          (25 more)
  13. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) .... Toymaker
    ... aka Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK: complete title)
  14. The Benny Hill Show (1967) (TV) .... Host/Various Characters
  15. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965) .... Fire Chief Perkins
    ... aka Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
  16. "A Christmas Night with the Stars" (1 episode, 1964)
        - Episode dated 25 December 1964 (1964) TV episode
  17. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1964) (TV) .... Bottom
  18. "Benny Hill" .... Various Characters (19 episodes, 1962-1963)
        - The Taxidermist (1963) TV episode .... Various Characters
        - The Dresser (1963) TV episode .... Various Characters
        - The Trouble Maker (1963) TV episode .... Various Characters
        - Mr. Jolly (1963) TV episode .... Various Characters
        - The Visitor (1963) TV episode .... Various Characters
          (14 more)
  19. Light Up the Sky! (1960) .... Syd McGaffey
    ... aka Skywatch (USA)

  20. Pantomania: Babes in the Wood (1957) (TV) .... Minstrell
  21. "The Benny Hill Show" (1957) TV series .... Host/Various Roles
  22. Who Done It? (1956) .... Hugo Dill
  23. The Christmas Service Show (1953) (TV) .... Presenter
Writer:
  1. Benny Hill: The Hill's Angels Years (2006) (V) (writer)

  2. Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) (TV) (writer)
    ... aka Benny Hill: Unseen (UK)

  3. "The Benny Hill Show" (58 episodes, 1969-1989)
        - Episode #19.3 (1989) TV episode (writer)
        - Holding Out for a Hero (1989) TV episode (writer)
        - The Crook Report (1989) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode #18.2 (1988) TV episode (writer)
        - The Halitosis Kid (1988) TV episode (writer)
          (53 more)
  4. The Crazy World of Benny Hill (1988) (V) (writer)
    ... aka Benny Hill's Crazy World (USA)
  5. Video Spotlight (1985) (V) (writer)
    ... aka Benny Hill's Video Spotlight (UK: complete title)
    ... aka Video Spotlight: Benny Hill (USA: video box title)
  6. Benny Hill's V!deo S!deshow (1982) (V) (writer)
  7. The Best of the Benny Hill Show: Vol. 1 (1981) (V) (writer)
    ... aka Benny Hill's Video Revue (USA)

  8. Benny Hill Down Under (1977) (TV) (writer)
    ... aka Benny Hill in Australia (Australia)
  9. The Best of Benny Hill (1974) (writer)
  10. The Waiters (1971) (writer)
  11. Eddie in August (1970) (TV) (writer)

  12. "The Benny Hill Show" (1 episode, 1968)
        - Episode #8.4 (1968) TV episode (writer)
  13. The Benny Hill Show (1967) (TV) (writer)

  14. "The Benny Hill Show" (1957) TV series (writer)
Soundtrack:
  1. Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) (TV) (writer: "New York Rap") (performer: "New York Rap")
    ... aka Benny Hill: Unseen (UK)

  2. "The Benny Hill Show" (50 episodes, 1969-1988)
        - Episode #18.2 (1988) TV episode (writer: "Star Names") (performer: "Star Names", "The Best of Times")
        - The Halitosis Kid (1988) TV episode (writer: "It's a Hard Life") (performer: "It's a Hard Life")
        - The Herd (1986) TV episode (writer: "I'll Never Know", "Those Days", "In the Papers") (performer: "I'll Never Know", "Those Days", "In the Papers")
        - Episode #17.1 (1986) TV episode (writer: "A Girl in Every Port") (performer: "A Girl in Every Port", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)")
        - Carmen (1985) TV episode (writer: "Costa Coco") (performer: "Costa Coco")
          (45 more)

  3. Light Up the Sky! (1960) (performer: "Strike A Light")
    ... aka Skywatch (USA)
Composer:
  1. Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) (TV)
    ... aka Benny Hill: Unseen (UK)

  2. Video Spotlight (1985) (V)
    ... aka Benny Hill's Video Spotlight (UK: complete title)
    ... aka Video Spotlight: Benny Hill (USA: video box title)
  3. The Best of the Benny Hill Show: Vol. 1 (1981) (V)
    ... aka Benny Hill's Video Revue (USA)

  4. Benny Hill Down Under (1977) (TV)
    ... aka Benny Hill in Australia (Australia)
  5. The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
Director:
  1. "The Benny Hill Show" (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
        - Word of Sport (1976) TV episode (uncredited)
        - Gavin Blod: The Man and His Music (1975) TV episode (uncredited)
  2. Eddie in August (1970) (TV)
Producer:
  1. Eddie in August (1970) (TV) (producer)
Self:
  1. Benny Hill: A Tribute (1992) .... Himself
  2. Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown (1991) (TV) (also archive footage) .... Himself
  3. Benny Hill: Laughter and Controversy (1991) (TV) .... Himself
  4. "Des O'Connor Tonight" .... Fred Scuttle / ... (1 episode, 1991)
        - Episode #15.3 (1991) TV episode .... Himself/Fred Scuttle/Mr. Chow Mein

  5. Live Aid (1985) (TV) (uncredited) .... Policeman

  6. The Best of Benny Hill (1974) .... Himself/Fred Scuttle/Mr. Chow Mein/Tommy Tupper/Mervyn Cruddy/Various
  7. "Top of the Pops" .... Himself - 'Ernie' video (1 episode, 1971)
    ... aka All New Top of the Pops (UK)
    ... aka TOTP
        - Episode dated 26 December 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - 'Ernie' video

  8. "Thank Your Lucky Stars" .... Himself (1 episode, 1961)
        - Episode #1.2 (1961) TV episode .... Himself
  9. The Royal Variety Show (1960) (TV) .... Himself

  10. "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium" .... Himself - Comic - Top Of The Bill (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Sunday Night at the London Palladium (UK: short title)
        - Episode dated 22 November 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Comic - Top Of The Bill
  11. "What's My Line" .... Himself - Guest Celebrity (1 episode, 1954)
        - Episode dated 26 September 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Celebrity
Archive Footage:
  1. "Tele de tu vida, La"
        - Episode #1.10 (2007) TV episode
  2. "The Comedy Map of Britain"
        - Episode #1.6 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  3. All the Best from Denis Norden (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  4. Is Benny Hill Still Funny? (2006) (TV) .... Various Characters
  5. Fear of Fanny (2006) (TV) .... Fanny Craddrock
  6. "Rentadora, La"
        - Les coses de la llar (2006) TV episode
  7. "The Story of Light Entertainment"
        - The Comics (2006) TV episode
  8. "Behind the Laughter" (2003) .... Himself
  9. The Showbiz Set (2002) (TV)
  10. Who Got Benny's Millions? (2002) (TV) .... Himself
  11. I Love Christmas (2001) (TV)
  12. "The Sketch Show Story" (2001) .... Himself/Various Characters
  13. Benny Hill: Laughter and Controversy (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  14. 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell (2000) (TV) .... Himself
  15. The Filth and the Fury (2000) .... Himself
  16. "Funny Business" (1992)
  17. Alma Cogan: The Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice (1991) (TV) .... Himself
  18. Benny Hill's V!deo S!deshow (1982) (V) .... Various Characters
  19. To See Such Fun (1977) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
Recorded several hit singles in the 1960s, including "Gather in the Mushrooms" and "Ernie the Fastest Milkman in the West." more
Publicity Listings:
3 Print Biographies more
Genres:
Comedy | Music | Action | Documentary more
Plot Keywords:
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