WHERE did TONY HANCOCK LIVE THE AREA?

Question

THE LATE ACTOR I AM REFERRING TO

Answer 1

In Hancocks half hour he lived in Railway Cuttings East Cheam, in real life Hancock continued to make regular appearances on British television until 1967, but by now alcoholism had affected his performances. Hancock went to Australia in March 1968 and the following June, committed suicide in Sydney.

There is a sculpture by Bruce Williams (1996) in his honour in Old Square, Corporation Street, Birmingham, a plaque on the house where he was born in Hall Green, Birmingham and a plaque on the wall of the hotel in Bournemouth where he spent some of his early life.

Answer 2

Anthony John Hancock, best known as Tony Hancock was a major figure in British television and radio comedy in the 1950s and 1960s.

Hancock was born in Birmingham, England, but raised in Bournemouth where his mother and step-father ran a small hotel formerly known as the Durlston Court, but now known as the Quality Hotel. He was educated at a boarding school in Swanage and Bradfield College, Berkshire.

Hancock left school aged 15. In 1942 he joined the RAF Regiment and following a failed audition for ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) ended up with The Ralph Reader Gang Show. Following the war he gained regular radio work in shows like Workers' Playtime and Variety Bandbox, and in 1951 he gained a part in Educating Archie, where he played the tutor and foil to the real star, a ventriloquist's dummy. Here he developed a catchphrase — "flippin' kids" — that was to earn him real recognition. In 1954 he was granted his own BBC radio show: Hancock's Half Hour.

Answer 3

Initially, in "Hancocks Half Hour", he lived at 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam. In later series he had moved from there.
Information about his private life can be found on the website shown below.

Answer 4

Southem Rd hall green Birmingham

Answer 5

He was born in Hall Green, Birmingham, England, but from the age of 3 was brought up in brought up in Bournemouth.