George Formby was the archetype "cheeky chappie" Northern British comedian. Trained originally as a jockey, he often appeared on horseback in his films. Best known for his buck-toothed grin and his ukelele.See full bio »
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(performer: "Leaning on a Lamppost", "With my Little Stick of Blackpool Rock", "Chinese Laundry Blues")
1946George in Civvy Street
(writer: "The Mad March Hare", "We've Been A Long Time Gone", "I Was Christened With A Horse Shoe", "You Don't Need A License For That" / performer: "The Mad March Hare", "We've Been A Long Time Gone", "It Could Be", "I Was Christened With A Horse Shoe", "You Don't Need A License For That")
1945I Didn't Do It
(writer: "I'd Like A Dream Like That" - uncredited, "The Daring Young Man" - uncredited / performer: "She's Got Two Of Everything" - uncredited, "I'd Like A Dream Like That" - uncredited, "The Daring Young Man" - uncredited)
1944Champagne Charlie
(writer: "Ee! But It's a Grand and Healthy Life" - uncredited)
1944Bell-Bottom George
(performer: "Swim Little Fish", "It Serves You Right", "If I Had A Girl Like You", "Bell Bottom George")
1944He Snoops to Conquer
(writer: "Hill Billy Willie" / performer: "Hill Billy Willie", "Got To Get Your Photo In The Press", "Unconditional Surrender")
1942Much Too Shy
(writer: "They Laughed When I Started To Play", "Delivering The Morning Milk" / performer: "Andy The Handy Man", "They Laughed When I Started To Play", "Talking To The Moon About You", "Delivering The Morning Milk")
1941South American George
(writer: "The Barmaid at The Rose & Crown" / performer: "I'd Do It With a Smile", "Swing Mama", "The Barmaid at The Rose & Crown", "I Played on My Spanish Guitar")
1941Turned Out Nice Again
(writer: "Auntie Maggie's Remedy" / performer: "Auntie Maggie's Remedy", "You Can't Go Wrong In These", "The Emperor Of Lancashire", "You're Everything To Me")
1940Spare a Copper
(writer: "I'm Shy" / performer: "I'm The Ukulele Man", "On The Beat", "I Wish I Was Back On The Farm", "I'm Shy")
1940To Hell with Hitler
(writer: "Mr. Wu Is a Window Cleaner Now", "Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt", "Oh, Don't the Wind Blow Cold", "Count Your Blessings and Smile" / performer: "Mr. Wu Is a Window Cleaner Now", "Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt", "Oh, Don't the Wind Blow Cold", "Count Your Blessings and Smile")
1939Come on George!
(writer: "I'm Making Headway Now", "I Couldn't Let The Stable Down", "Pardon Me", "Goodnight Little Fellow, Goodnight" / performer: "I'm Making Headway Now", "I Couldn't Let The Stable Down", "Pardon Me", "Goodnight Little Fellow, Goodnight")
1939Trouble Brewing
(writer: "Hitting the High Spots Now", "I Can Tell It By My Horoscope", "Fanlight Fanny" / performer: "Hitting the High Spots Now", "I Can Tell It By My Horoscope", "Fanlight Fanny")
1938George Takes the Air
(writer: "Our Sergeant Major", "They Can't Fool Me" / performer: "Our Sergeant Major", "They Can't Fool Me", "It's In The Air")
1938I See Ice
(writer: "Mother What'll I Do Now?" / performer: "In My Little Snapshot Album", "Noughts And Crosses", "Mother What'll I Do Now?")
1937Feather Your Nest
(writer: "When We Feather Our Nest" / performer: "When We Feather Our Nest", "I'm As Happy As A Sandboy", "Leaning On A Lampost")
1937Keep Fit
(writer: "Biceps, Muscle and Brawn", "I Don't Like", "Keep Fit" / performer: "Biceps, Muscle and Brawn", "I Don't Like", "Keep Fit")
1935No Limit
(writer: "Riding Around On A Rainbow" / performer: "Riding In The T.T. Races", "Riding Around On A Rainbow", "In A Little Wigan Garden ", "Your Way Is My Way")
1935Off the Dole
(performer: "With My Little Ukulele In My Hand", "If You Don't Want The Goods, Don't Maul 'Em", "I Promised To Be Home By Nine-O-Clock", "I'm Going To Stick To My Mother", "Isn't Love A Very Funny Thing?", "Surely There's No Harm In A Kiss")
1934Boots! Boots!
(writer: "Why Don't Women Like Me?", "Chinese Laundry Blues" / performer: "Baby", "Why Don't Women Like Me?", "Sitting On The Ice In The Ice Rink", "I Could Make A Good Living At That")
Starred in "Zip Goes A Million" at the Palace Theatre, London in October 1951, but was forced to leave the show after six months, when he suffered a heart attack.
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His father George Formby Sr. was a member of a music hall troupe that included a young Charles Chaplin and it was George's father's insistence that Charlie should try his luck in the US.
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