Benny Hill

British comedian and actor (1924–1992)

Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor, singer and writer, best remembered for The Benny Hill Show, a television which began on BBC in 1955, and continued on ITV for 20 years beginning in 1969. The ITV version mixed slapstick, burlesque and double entendres in a format that included live comedy and filmed inserts, with Hill at the focus of almost every segment.

Waxwork of Hill in character as Fred Scuttle on The Benny Hill Show

Quotes edit

  • That's what show business is—sincere insincerity.

External links edit

  •   Encyclopedic article on Benny Hill on Wikipedia
  •   Media related to Benny Hill on Wikimedia Commons