Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 14, 1896
Died
Oct 20, 1968
Place of Birth
Whitechapel, London, England, UK
Credits
19 titles
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
Filmography
Dad's Army
Theme Song Performance
The Wild Affair
Sergeant Bletch
Life Is a Circus
Bud
Dunkirk
Himself
Tonight in Britain
Self
Here Comes the Sun
Corona Flanagan
Dreaming
Bud
Theatre Royal
Bob Parker
We’ll Smile Again
Bob Parker
Listen to Britain
Self - Flanagan & Allen
Gasbags
Bud
The Frozen Limits
Bud
Alf's Button Afloat
Alf Higgins
O-Kay for Sound
Bud
Underneath the Arches
Bud
A Fire Has Been Arranged
Bud
Wild Boy
Dick Smith (Auctioner and Bookmaker)
They're Off
The Bailiffs
Perkins