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His famous protruding buck teeth are the result of a childhood accident when his friends dared him to ride his bicycle with his eyes shut. The bike hit a kerb and Ken hit the ground, landing on his face. See more trivia »

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Kenneth Arthur Dodd
in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England, UK
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2002 Another Audience with Ken Dodd (TV special)
 
1996 Ken Dodd: Live Laughter Tour (video) (script)
 
1994 An Audience with Ken Dodd (TV special) (uncredited)
 
1982 Showbiz (TV series)
 
1979 The Ken Dodd Laughter Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1979) (devised by)
– Episode #1.5 (1979) (devised by)
– Episode #1.4 (1979) (devised by)
– Episode #1.3 (1979) (devised by)
– Episode #1.2 (1979) (devised by)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1967 Doddy's Music Box (TV series)
 
Show ShowActor (9 titles)
2000 The Canterbury Tales (TV series)
– The Journey Back (2000) (voice)
 
1999 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie)
Mr. Mouse
 
1996 Hamlet
Yorick
 
1996 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Sir Fitz-Patrick Flush
– The Day TV Was Banned (1996) … Sir Fitz-Patrick Flush (voice)
 
1994 The Stuart Hall Show (TV series)
 
1987 Doctor Who (TV series)
Tollmaster
– Delta and the Bannermen: Part One (1987) … Tollmaster
 
1982 Showbiz (TV series)
 
1972 Funny You Should Say That (TV series)
 
1971 Rolf Harris Show (TV series)
Singer
– Episode #1.5 (1971) … Singer
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
2008 American Swing (documentary) (performer: "Happiness")
 
1987 3-2-1 (TV series)
– Episode #10.3 (1987) (performer: "Happiness")
 
1979 The Ken Dodd Laughter Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1979) (performer: "Give Me Your Love", "Let's all go to Diddyland", "Streets of London")
– Episode #1.5 (1979) (performer: "Give Me Your Love", "The Last Farewell")
– Episode #1.4 (1979) (performer: "Over the Rainbow", "Granada", "It's Good to See You")
– Episode #1.3 (1979) (performer: "Games People Play" + Medley, " I'd Be A Legend in My Time", "Remember I Love You")
– Episode #1.2 (1979) (performer: "You're Driving Me Crazy", "Think Of Me Wherever You Are")
See all 6 episodes »
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2011 Comedy Britain (TV documentary) (archive)
 
Show ShowSelf (63 titles)
2013 Les Dawson: An Audience with That Never Was (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2013 Michael Grade & the World's Oldest Joke (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2012 Blackpool: Big Night Out (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2012 100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2012 The Late Great Eric Sykes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Untold Tommy Cooper (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
Himself - Comedian
– The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire (2011) … Himself - Comedian
 
2011 My Favourite Joke (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Comedy Britain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Story of Variety with Michael Grade (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Onto the Box (2011) … Himself (also archive footage)
– After the War (2011) … Himself
 
2011 I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 100 Years of the London Palladium (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Newsnight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 September 2010 (2010) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2010 30 Years of 'An Audience With...' (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2008 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ken Dodd's Happiness (2007) … Himself
 
2007 More Boys Who Do Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Songs of Praise (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Dodd (2007) … Himself
 
1980-2007 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #11.18 (1981) … Himself
– Episode #9.49 (1980) … Himself
 
2006 The Royal Variety Performance 2006 (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV series)
Himself
– Speciality Acts (2006) … Himself
– The Comedians (2006) … Himself
– The Legends (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV (TV special)
Himself
 
1978-2005 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Eric Sykes (2005) … Himself
– Ken Dodd (1978) … Himself
 
2004 Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Behind the Laughter (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 13 October 2003 (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2002 Another Audience with Ken Dodd (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 Stand Up with Alan Davies (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2000) … Himself
 
1997-1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ken Dodd (1999) … Himself (also archive footage) (as Ken Dodd O.B.E.)
– Arthur Askey (1998) … Himself (as Ken Dodd OBE)
– Les Dawson (1997) … Himself (as Ken Dodd O.B.E.)
 
1996 Ken Dodd: Live Laughter Tour (video)
Himself
 
1995 Face to Face (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Dodd (1995) … Himself
 
1994 An Audience with Ken Dodd (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1992 Entertainment UK (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 18 August 1992 (1992) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1992 Noel's House Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.13 (1992) … Himself
 
1992 Television's Greatest Hits (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1992) … Himself
 
1990 Without Walls (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tracks of My Tears (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Sunday, Sunday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1972-1990 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ken Dodd (1990) … Himself
– Hylda Baker (1972) … Himself
 
1989 A Night of Comic Relief 2 (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 A Question of Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.18 (1988) … Himself
– Episode #1.17 (1988) … Himself
– Episode #1.16 (1988) … Himself
– Episode #1.15 (1988) … Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1988) … Himself
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1988 Saturday Night Out (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Comic Relief (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 Children in Need (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 November 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 3-2-1 (TV series)
Himself - Guest Star
– Episode #10.3 (1987) … Himself - Guest Star
 
1986 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #14.9 (1986) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #14.2 (1986) … Himself - Guest
 
1984 Highway (TV series)
Himself
– Keswick and the Lakes (1984) … Himself
 
1980 Summer Royal (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1980) … Himself
 
1976-1980 The Good Old Days (TV series)
Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 25 June 1980 (1980) … Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 29 March 1979 (1979) … Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 14 March 1978 (1978) … Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 10 January 1978 (1978) … Himself - Performer
– Episode dated 6 January 1977 (1977) … Himself - Performer
See all 6 episodes »
 
1976-1979 Seaside Special (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Presenter
– Episode #5.3 (1979) … Himself
– The Ken Dodd Centenary Show (1976) … Himself - Presenter
 
1979 The Ken Dodd Laughter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977 Everyman (TV series documentary)
Himself
– What's So Funny About Religion Anyway? (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1974-1976 World of Laughter (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.7 (1976) … Himself
– Episode #3.6 (1976) … Himself
– Episode #3.5 (1976) … Himself
– Episode #3.4 (1976) … Himself
– Episode #3.3 (1976) … Himself
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1966-1975 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 December 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 May 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1971-1974 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.28 (1974) … Himself
– Golden Shot 200 (1971) … Himself
 
1973 Look Who's Talking (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Ken Dodd (1973) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1970 Lift Off (TV series)
– Episode dated 9 December 1970 (1970)
 
1967-1968 Doddy's Music Box (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.7 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.4 (1968) … Himself
See all 18 episodes »
 
1962-1966 Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.36 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #9.11 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #9.1 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #8.9 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #2.29 (1962) … Himself
 
1964 1964 General Election (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Juke Box Jury (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 May 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1957 Six-Five Special (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2008 Comedy Songs: The Pop Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 100 Greatest Stand-Ups (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Story of Light Entertainment (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2006 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The Comedians' Comedian (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Ken Dodd in the Dock (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Room 101 (TV series)
 
1997 Seriously Funny: An Argument for Comedy (TV mini-series)
 
1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1992 Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (TV movie)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

(1990) He performed in the show, "How Tickled I Am!," at the London Palladium in London, England with The Williams Brothers, Stutz Bear Cats, Omar Pasha, and The Diddymen in the cast. Carole Todd was director.

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Alternate Names:

Ken Dodd O.B.E. | Ken Dodd OBE
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Personal Quote:

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Trivia:

His famous protruding buck teeth are the result of a childhood accident when his friends dared him to ride his bicycle with his eyes shut. The bike hit a kerb and Ken hit the ground, landing on his face. See more »

Trademark:

Protruding buck teeth See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Scorpio