George Formby (born George Hoy Booth) was the archetype “cheeky chappie” northern English comedian. Trained originally as a jockey, he often appeared on horseback in his films. Best known for his buck-toothed grin and his ukulele.
George Formby Biography / Wiki
| Name | George Formby |
| Also Know | George Hoy Booth |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Date of Birth | 1904-05-26 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 56 |
| Deathday | 1961-03-06 |
George Formby Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Bell-Bottom George | George Blake | 1944-02-07 | George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself mist… |
| No Limit | George Shuttleworth | 1935-10-28 | George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. Dur… |
| I See Ice | George Bright | 1938-02-10 | George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensu… |
| It’s in the Air | George Brown | 1938-11-01 | George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he r… |
| George in Civvy Street | Mary Colton | 1946-07-07 | George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in … |
| Come on George! | George | 1939-12-01 | George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse an… |
| Turned Out Nice Again | George Pearson | 1941-08-01 | George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and gettin… |
| Let George Do It! | George Hepplewhite | 1940-07-12 | Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken … |
| Boots! Boots! | John Willie | 1934-07-30 | Musical comedy starring George Formby alongside his wife Beryl in his first ever feature film. George plays John Willie, the shoeshine boy at the upma… |
| Trouble Brewing | George Gullip | 1939-03-01 | Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing … |
| South American George | George Butters / Gilli Vanetti | 1941-12-27 | To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South American tenor. This way he can help the opera star fulf… |
| Spare a Copper | George Carter | 1940-12-02 | George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destructi… |
| I Didn’t Do It | George Trotter | 1945-01-01 | Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage – only to… |
| Off the Dole | John Willie | 1935-06-01 | Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle’s private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an… |
| Keep Your Seats, Please | George Withers | 1936-08-01 | Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage. Hel… |
| Keep Fit | George Green | 1937-07-31 | A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing ma… |
| Feather Your Nest | Willie Piper | 1937-03-12 | A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song…. |
| Much Too Shy | George Andy | 1942-10-12 | A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold wit… |
| Get Cracking | George Singleton | 1943-05-17 | Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was produce… |
| He Snoops to Conquer | George Gribble | 1944-12-12 | George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then … |
| Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-27 | Compilation of extracts from ‘blue’ movies from 1900 to the 1940s intercut with clips of popular music and dancing, and excerpts from newsreels and sh… |
| Songs That Won the War | Himself (Archive) | 1994-05-01 | Wartime sweetheart Vera Lynn presents this documentary which sets archive footage and newsreel film from World War Two to the popular sounds of the da… |
| Funny Up North | Himself | 2011-07-23 | Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more. … |
| To See Such Fun | 1977-11-01 | Compilation of classic British comedy moments… | |
| Britain’s Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned | (archive footage) | 2014-07-11 | From My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock to God Save the Queen, this is the story of ten records from the 1930s to the present day that have been banned… |
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