Frankie Howerd
Acting
Biography
Francis Alick Howard, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English comedian and comic actor whose career spanned six decades.
Born: March 6, 1917
Place of Birth: York, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Cilla
A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.
H.M.S. Pinafore
Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution.
Further Up Pompeii
A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie Howerd). A sort of prequel to the 1971 movie "Up Pompeii"
What's a Carry On?
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
The Plank
Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion. TV remake of the 1967 short.
The Ladykillers
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Up Pompeii!
Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two further specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991. In ancient Pompeii, much-put-upon slave Lurcio navigates the chaotic lives of his owner's family
The House in Nightmare Park
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and written by Terry Nation. Foster Twelvetrees, a struggling tragedian who scrapes a living by giving hammy performances from the classics, can hardly believe his luck when he’s invited to give a dramatic reading at the country home of a well-off family. Joy soon turns to outraged horror when he discovers dead bodies, foul intentions, lots of snakes and a madwoman in the attic. Can he uncover the hidden family secret before he comes to a sticky end..?
Carry On Doctor
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
Jumping for Joy
At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.
Filmography
as Self - (Archive)
as Self - (Archive)
as Frankie Howerd
as Self (archival footage)
as Professor Inigo Tinkle / Mr. Francis Bigger (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Sir Joseph Porter
as The Learned Judge
as Self
as Photographer
as Mean Mr. Mustard
as Mr. Francis Bigger / Professor Inigo Tinkle (archive footage)
as Francesco
as Lurcio
as Foster Twelvetrees
as Private Lurk
as Lurkalot / Richard the Lionheart
as Lurcio
as Dying King
as Professor Inigo Tinkle
as Robert Browning / Fairy Godmother
as Lurcio
as Self
as Self
as Mr. Francis Bigger
as Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett
as Self
as Ko-Ko Flintridge
as Road Workman in Hole
as Church Organist
as Bos'n
as William Darling
as Willie Joy
as M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)
as The Barrow Boy
as Percy Lamb