Benny Hill

Benny Hill

Born: January 21, 1924
Died: April 20, 1992
in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benny Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian and actor, notable for his long-running television programme The Benny Hill Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benny Hill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Le Meilleur de Benny Hill - L'intégrale
Title: Le Meilleur de Benny Hill - L'intégrale
Character: Benny Hill
Released: September 17, 2003
Type: Movie
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Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven
Title: Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven
Character: Various
Released: July 19, 2000
Type: Movie
Part 1 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!
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Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny
Title: Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny
Character: Various
Released: July 19, 2000
Type: Movie
Part 3 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!
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Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests
Title: Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests
Character: Various
Released: July 19, 2000
Type: Movie
Part 2 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!
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The Filth and the Fury
Title: The Filth and the Fury
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 29, 2000
Type: Movie
Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
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Benny Hill - Unseen. Part 2
Title: Benny Hill - Unseen. Part 2
Character: Various/Archive footage
Released: May 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Part 2 of a one-off special Benny taped in 1990, with outdoor scenes made in New York. Highlights of this part include Hill playing Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Roseanne Barr and an audience member in a parody of "Ask Dr. Ruth," Chow Mein showing up for an audition, and Benny getting into a tangle with gangsters.
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Benny Hill - Unseen. Part 1
Title: Benny Hill - Unseen. Part 1
Character: Various/Archive footage
Released: April 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Part 1 of a one-off special Benny taped in 1990, with outdoor scenes made in New York. Highlights of this part include Hill as head of a common cold research center musical choir, a visual guide to "How to Meet Beautiful Women," and "A Streetcar Named Desirée" (with Benny as both the Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh characters).
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Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown
Title: Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown
Character: Himself
Released: October 5, 1992
Type: Movie
Loved by millions across the World, Benny Hill was an instantly recognisable character. His unique brand of humour ensured that he would forever be remembered as The World's Favourite Clown. Yet whilst everybody loved Benny Hill, very few really knew the man behind the mask. In this remarkable programme Benny, for the first time on-screen, speaks in-depth about himself, his career and the art of comedy. Going right back to his childhood and early days in the theatre, it's a remarkable insight into the legend that was Benny Hill. Packed with many of his most famous sketches, the programme is illuminated from start to finish by Benny's infectious sense of humour. It's a testimony to his universal appeal that the programme includes revealing interviews from such famous fans as Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney and Burt Reynolds.
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Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Title: Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Character: Himself
Released: May 30, 1991
Type: Movie
Mr. Hill's last TV work, taped and aired before his death, with outdoor scenes taped in New York City. Highlights of this show include "A Streetcar Named Desirée" (a Tennessee Williams takeoff) and a spoof of "Ask Dr. Ruth" (where he impersonated Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Roseanne).
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Just Like That!
Title: Just Like That!
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Just Like That! is a celebration of the comic genius of Tommy Cooper] - just like that! But nobody could do it just like that apart from the unique Mr Cooper himself, and despite his claim never to have used those words. Was Tommy really Henry Coper's brother? Can Tommy's performance as Hamlet, clown prince, compare with the greats? Was Tommy a ventriloquist at heart? Rare and classic routines and contributions from famous fans help solve the mystery. The friends and fans who take part (many of them confirming that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery) include Adrian Edmondson, Lenny Henry, Henry Cooper, former Goons Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan, writer Dick Hills, Tommy's brother David Cooper (who has himself sadly since died), alternative comedian Steve Murray, The Wow Show and magician Paul Scott. A title montage sequence features further impersonations of the great man from Alexei Sayle, Bob Todd, Patricia Hayes, and Jess Conrad.
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Benny Hill Down Under
Title: Benny Hill Down Under
Character: Host / Various
Released: October 11, 1977
Type: Movie
A one-off special starring Benny Hill, filmed entirely in Australia. Includes a sketch about "Benny Kelly," son of infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly; "Hold Back the Wind" (a Tennessee Williams parody); "Archie's Angels" (a spoof of Charlie's Angels); and "Lady Godiva." Also: a vagabond dreams of moving up to the high life; an interview with Chow Mein; a dance routine set to the themes from The Avengers, M*A*S*H and Hawaii Five-O; and closing hijinks around the beach.
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The Best Of Benny Hill
Title: The Best Of Benny Hill
Character: Himself
Released: May 23, 1974
Type: Movie
A theatrical film compilation of the popular Benny Hill show.
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Eddie in August
Title: Eddie in August
Character: Eddie
Released: June 3, 1970
Type: Movie
In this one-off half-hour silent film, Benny stars as the title character, a "born loser" who is unlucky in everything - especially love. He fancies a pretty nurse who walks by the park, but ends up with a plainer girl.
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Title: The Benny Hill Show
Released: November 19, 1969
Type: TV
The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show that starred Benny Hill and aired in various incarnations between 15 January 1955 and 30 May 1991 in over 140 countries. The show focused on sketches that were full of slapstick, mime, parody, and double-entendre. Thames Television cancelled production of the show in 1989 due to declining ratings and large production costs at £450,000 per show.
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The Waiters
Title: The Waiters
Character: Waiter
Released: October 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Hill plays a caterer who gets drunk on the job and proceeds to make a disaster of a middle class couple's dinner party.
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The Italian Job
Title: The Italian Job
Character: Professor Simon Peach
Released: June 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Title: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Character: Toymaker
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Title: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Character: Fire Chief Perkins
Released: June 16, 1965
Type: Movie
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Bottom
Released: June 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest. Lysander and Hermina have there a rendezvous, Helena and Demetrius are there, too as well as some actors, who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
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Title: Benny Hill
Released: February 23, 1962
Type: TV
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Light Up the Sky!
Title: Light Up the Sky!
Character: Syd McCaffey
Released: July 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.
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Who Done It?
Title: Who Done It?
Character: Hugo Dill
Released: March 20, 1956
Type: Movie
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.