Bud Flanagan

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1896-10-14

Deathday 1968-10-20 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Whitechapel, London, England, UK

Bud Flanagan

Biography

From Wikipedia Bud Flanagan OBE (14 October 1896 – 20 October 1968) was a popular English music hall and vaudeville entertainer from the 1930s until the 1960s. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959. Bud Flanagan is best remembered as part of a double act with Chesney Allen, Flanagan and Allen. They had first met on active service in Flanders, but did not work together until 1926, touring with a Florrie Forde show. They established a reputation and were booked by Val Parnell at the Holborn Empire. As music hall comedians, they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act and this led to a successful recording career as a duo and roles in film and television. Flanagan and Allen were both members of The Crazy Gang, appearing in the first show at the London Palladium in 1931, and continued to work with the group, concurrently with their double-act career.

Known For

Actor

1965
The Wild Affair

as Sergeant Bletch

1960
1958
Dunkirk

as Himself

1945
Here Comes the Sun

as Corona Flanagan

1944
Dreaming

as Bud

1943
Theatre Royal

as Bob Parker

1942
We’ll Smile Again

as Bob Parker

1942
Listen to Britain

as Self - Flanagan & Allen

1941
Gasbags

as Bud

1938
Alf's Button Afloat

as Alf Higgins

1937
1934
Wild Boy

as Dick Smith (Auctioner and Bookmaker)

1932
The Bailiffs

as Perkins

Writer

1945
Here Comes the Sun

as Screenplay

1944
Dreaming

as Writer

1943
Theatre Royal

as Screenplay

1942