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Bud Flanagan (1896–1968)

Actor | Soundtrack | Writer

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Years after his wartime fame, Bud Flanagan's voice was regularly heard in millions of British homes for over eight years after his death in 1968, as immediately prior to it he had recorded "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mister Hitler?", the theme song for the long-running sitcom Dad's Army. See more trivia »

Born:

Chaim Reuven Weintrop
in Whitechapel, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 72) in London, England, UK
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1968-1977 Dad's Army (TV series)
The Voice of
– Number Engaged (1977) … The Voice of (voice)
– The Miser's Hoard (1977) … The Voice of (voice)
– Knights of Madness (1977) … The Voice of (voice)
– The Making of Private Pike (1977) … The Voice of (voice)
– Wake-Up Walmington (1977) … The Voice of (voice)
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1967 Before the Fringe (TV series)
– Episode dated 20 March 1967 (1967)
– Episode #1.1 (1967)
 
1963 The Wild Affair
Sergeant Bletch
 
1963 Bud (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1963)
– Episode #1.5 (1963)
– Episode #1.4 (1963)
– Episode #1.3 (1963)
– Episode #1.2 (1963)
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1960 Life Is a Circus
Bud
 
1959 The Anne Shelton Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 23 February 1959 (1959)
 
1958 Dunkirk
Music Hall Performer (uncredited)
 
1957 Together Again (TV series)
Various characters
– Episode #1.6 (1957) … Various characters
– Episode #1.5 (1957) … Various characters
– Episode #1.4 (1957) … Various characters
– Episode #1.3 (1957) … Various characters
– Episode #1.2 (1957) … Various characters
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1957 The Music Box (TV series)
Pyramus
– Episode #1.3 (1957) … Pyramus
 
1956 The Gang Show (TV series)
Performer
 
1946 Here Comes the Sun
Corona Flanagan
 
1945 Dreaming
Bud
 
1943 Theatre Royal
Bob Parker
 
1942 We'll Smile Again
Bob Parker
 
1941 Gasbags
Bud
 
1940 O-Kay for Sound
Bud
 
1939 The Frozen Limits
Bud
 
1938 Alf's Button Afloat
Alf Higgins
 
1937 Underneath the Arches
Bud
 
1935 A Fire Has Been Arranged
Bud
 
1934 Wild Boy
Dick Smith (Auctioner and Bookmaker)
 
1933 They're Off (short)
 
1932 The Bailiffs (short)
Perkins
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (20 titles)
2012 Quartet (writer: "Underneath the Arches")
 
2012 Playhouse Presents (TV series)
– City Hall (2012) (performer: "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" - uncredited)
 
2007 The Passing Years (video documentary short) (performer: "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?")
 
2004 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (performer: "Run Rabbit Run" / as Flanagan)
 
1999 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (writer: "Underneath the Arches")
 
1997 Selection Box (TV series)
– Dad's Army (1997) (performer: "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?")
 
1991 For the Boys (writer: "Underneath the Arches")
 
1977 Dad's Army (TV series)
– Never Too Old (1977) (performer: "Who do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler")
 
1971 Dad's Army (performer: "Who Do You Think You're Kidding, Mr. Hitler")
 
1963 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
– Jack Meets Max Bygraves (1963) (writer: "Underneath the Arches" - uncredited)
 
1960 Life Is a Circus (writer: "Underneath The Arches" / performer: "Life Is A Circus", "Underneath The Arches")
 
1958 Dunkirk (performer: "We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line" * - uncredited)
 
1955 The Colditz Story (writer: "Underneath the Arches" - uncredited)
 
1949 Mother Is a Freshman (music: "Underneath the Arches" - uncredited)
 
1946 Here Comes the Sun (writer: "Linger Awhile", "You'll Never Miss Your Mother" / performer: "Tomorrow Is A Beautiful Day", "Here Comes The Sun", "Linger Awhile")
 
1945 Dreaming (writer: "Flying Thro' The Rain", "Underneath The Arches" / performer: "Flying Thro' The Rain", "Dreaming", "Home Town", "Underneath The Arches")
 
1942 In Which We Serve (writer: "Underneath the Arches" - uncredited)
 
1941 Gasbags (performer: "Yesterday's Dreams")
 
1940 O-Kay for Sound (performer: "Free", "There's a Big Day Coming", "Ta Ta! Ta Ta!")
 
1935 A Fire Has Been Arranged (writer: "They're Building Flats Where The Arches Used To Be", "Underneath the Arches" - uncredited / performer: "They're Building Flats Where The Arches Used To Be")
 
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1957 Together Again (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1957) (writer)
– Episode #1.5 (1957) (writer)
– Episode #1.4 (1957) (writer)
– Episode #1.3 (1957) (writer)
– Episode #1.2 (1957) (writer)
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1945 Dreaming
 
1943 Theatre Royal (writer)
 
1942 We'll Smile Again
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1967 Down at the Old Bull and Bush (TV movie)
Himself
 
1966 Late Show London (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.21 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.17 (1966) … Himself
 
1964 This Week (TV series)
Himself
– Special: Pick the Winner (1964) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
1960 The Royal Variety Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1957 The Music Box (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.5 (1957) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.2 (1957) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.1 (1957) … Himself - Presenter
 
1952 Judgment Deferred
Himself - Bud Flanagan
 
1942 Listen to Britain (documentary short)
Himself - Flanagan & Allen
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV series)
 
1997 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1986 Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music (TV series documentary)
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Himself (as Flanagan and Allen)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1933) He performed in the show, "Underneath the Arches," at the Holborn Empire Theatre in Holborn, London, England with Chesney Allen, Lawrence Tiller Girls, Elsie Prince, June Carr, and Irene Crawford in the cast.

Alternate Names:

Flanagan & Allen | Flanagan and Allen | Flannegan & Allen
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Trivia:

Years after his wartime fame, Bud Flanagan's voice was regularly heard in millions of British homes for over eight years after his death in 1968, as immediately prior to it he had recorded "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mister Hitler?", the theme song for the long-running sitcom Dad's Army. See more »

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