Arthur Askey Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More

Arthur Askey

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Arthur Bowden Askey

NICK NAMES

Big Hearted Arthur

BIRTHDAY

June 6, 1900

BORN ON DAY

Wednesday

BIRTHPLACE

Dingle, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

DIED AT AGE

82 Years 5 Months 10 Days

DEATHDATE

November 16, 1982

DEATHPLACE

St Thomas's Hospital, London, England

CAUSE OF DEATH

Gangrene

NATIONALITY

English

PROFESSION

Movies (Actor)

ZODIAC

GEMINI

ALSO NOTED FOR

Comedian

FEATURES

Dark brown hair and light brown eyes

Physical Stats

CHEST

N/A

BICEPS

N/A

WAIST

N/A

HEIGHT

5'2''(feet & inches)

1.5748 meters

157.48 cm

WEIGHT

N/A

Arthur Askey Family Members

Parents

MOTHER

Betsy Bowden

FATHER

Samuel Askey

SISTER(S) NAME

Irene Dorothy

Arthur Askey Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Elizabeth May Swash (1925-1974)

Child(ren) of Arthur Askey and Elizabeth May Swash

Anthea Askey (2 March, 1933) (Daughter) (Died on 28 February 1999 (Actress))

Fame & Address

SIGNATURE

DEBUT

FAMOUS FROM/AS

Bees in Paradise as Arthur Tucker (Film 1944)

Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM

St. Michael's Council School

COLLEGE

Liverpool Institute for Boys

NET WORTH

$16 Million

More Information

Career of Arthur Askey

The British actor landed his first on-screen role in a musical comedy movie titled Calling All-Stars released in 1937. Askey made his TV debut in 1952 through a TV movie Bet Your Life in which he played as Arthur Golightly. In 1955, he landed his first role in a TV sitcom as Bill Brown in Love and Kisses. He gained widespread prominence for his various on-screen work in movies and television such as Miss London Ltd. (1943), The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) and more.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Arthur Askey

Did Arthur Askey takes alcohol? NA.
Was Arthur Askey in the habit of Smoking? NA.
In addition to his onscreen work, the actor was a very humorous and well known English comedian.
He was the only child of his parents.
Before rising to fame, he has worked as a clerk in the education department at Liverpool Corporation.
The great actor has also done theatre stage shows and has named several stage appearances.
He played as himself in his second movie titled Band Waggon (1940), he was credited as Big Hearted Arthur in the movie.
In 1969, he was honored with the most excellent order of the British Empire and also awarded with Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981.