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Francis Alick Howard, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English comedian and comic actor whose career spanned six decades.
Total trailers found: 39
01 January 1991
This one-off was shown on ITV in 1991, and by different writers, then the original Talbot Rothwell & Sid Colin.
01 January 1956
At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either.
13 December 1955
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him.
17 December 1979
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.
26 December 1970
On his death bed, The King orders his kingdom divided into two halves, the Kingdom of Jelly and the Kingdom of Cucumbers.
14 January 1972
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour.
07 January 1963
In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yankee judge, falls in love with a Japanese girl.
21 July 1978
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz.
08 December 1955
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.
23 June 2024
The celebrated British comedian Frankie Howerd’s six-decade-long career in showbusiness is the subject of this documentary narrated by his long-time fan, David Walliams.
31 March 1975
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).
12 June 2001
Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues.
14 July 1972
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward.
23 February 1982
Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor Brooking, the Lord Mayor of London, Professor JK Galbraith and Arthur Askey.
28 October 1958
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather.
24 November 1990
Recording of Frankie Howerd's one man show given at Oxford University in which he returned to many of his most famous routines.
11 March 1971
A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero.
11 March 1966
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover £2.5 million hidden in their school.
29 December 1998
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
26 August 1991
Recording of a 1991 Frankie Howerd stage show, previously released on VHS.
20 March 1970
The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby.
01 October 1956
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
07 May 1963
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle.
02 December 1967
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.
01 June 1982
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.
14 August 1961
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons.
16 February 1953
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport.
24 December 1969
Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances.
23 March 1973
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s.
02 November 1966
An American ambassador moves his family into a haunted English castle.
25 September 1968
A variety-style show designed around Frankie Howerd, featuring musical guests, comedic monologues, and his characteristic interaction with the audience, promising a "star-studded" feel despite his ironic complaints about the lineup.
14 December 1962
A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father.
10 November 1977
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series.
01 June 1982
Set around a classic case of broken vows – the defendant having literally left the claimant at the altar – the trial bubbles over with emotion, humour, and downright chaos, leaving the jury divided.
04 April 2004
A frank documentary about the scandalous private life of Frankie Howerd.
24 December 1983
Special featuring Cilla Black and her guests Frankie Howerd, Graham Fletcher, the Bee Gees, Julio Iglesias and George Benson.
01 June 1990
Documentary about the life of Frankie Howerd, with help from friends and colleagues and including highlights from his TV and film career.
12 January 1987
Veteran funnyman Frankie Howerd entertains an enthralled audience at the Playhouse Theatre in Weston-super-Mare, England.
01 January 2013
Using items from his preserved house in Somerset, Channel Four provides a look into Frankie Howerd's career trajectory and his life behind-the-scenes.
