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Frankie Howerd
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Filmography
Frankie Howerd - what members say
review by from Bradford, England
Ooh Missus! 8 July 2004
review by A customer from Blackpool
Howerd humour 8 April 2005
review by HD from Birmingham
A good British comedy... 24 March 2005
Frankie Howerd - filmography
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Frankie Howerd at ITV
(1973)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, John Le Mesurier, John Le Mesurier
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At the time of his death in 1992, Frankie Howerd was firmly established as a national comedy treasure, his risque jokes, double entendres and meandering anecdotes having enlivened television schedules over nearly four decades. Some of his most successful shows were produced for ITV, and this set ..read more »
 
15%
from 2 members
Not available for rental
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Up The Front
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, Hermione Baddeley
Director: Bob Kellett
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In Frankie Howerd's third UP... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow ..read more »
59%
from 330 members
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Carry On Up The Jungle
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey
Director: Gerald Thomas
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In this episode of the quintessentially British comedy series, the gang are on safari. They're on the hunt for the rare Oozulum bird, but instead come across all other types of wildlife. Parodies of "Tarzan" and other jungle films continue the fine Carry On tradition as Frankie Howerd, Sid James ..read more »
64%
from 1,750 member
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Carry On Doctor
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Kenneth Williams
Director: Gerald Thomas
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A certain hospital, bordering on mental institution, is headed up by the slightly crazy medical team of Dr. Kilmore and Dr. Tinkle. Their abnormal patients and love-starved nurses make for a prescription of laughter as the best medicine in this British production.
68%
from 1,791 member
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The Cool Mikado
(1962)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper, Mike Winters
Director: Michael Winner
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Hank, son of Herbert Mikado, an American judge, refuses to comply with his father's wish that he marries Katie Shaw. He joins the Army and is posted to Japan where he falls in love with Yum-Yum. But Yum-Yum is betrothed to Ko-Ko, a local gangster. And that's where the trouble starts.
60%
from 2 members
Not available for rental
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Further Up The Creek
(1958)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, David Tomlinson
Director: Val Guest
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Further Up The Creek Serves Up Nautical Naughtiness Aplenty! The Royal Navy has finally entered the nuclear age and is selling off its obsolete old frigates to the Arabs. First to go is HMS Aristotle the secret shame of the Fleet! Under the temporary command of Bosun Dibble (Frankie Howerd), the ..read more »
62%
from 284 members
Not currently released
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A Touch Of The Sun
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Dennis Price
Director: Gordon Parry
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Eccentric hotel porter Bill Darling (Frankie Howerd), inherits a small fortune and jets off to the French Riviera for a quiet life. But a man can get tired of a life of luxury - and when Bill decides the beach life isn't for him, he returns to find the hotel up for sale. Plunging the last of his ..read more »
58%
from 163 members
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Jumping for Joy
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, A.E. Matthews
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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It’s a dog’s life in this hilarious British comedy! When Willie Joy (comedy legend Frankie Howered) is fired from his job at the greyhound stadium, he takes pity on a fellow victim and adopts an injured greyhound called Lindy Lou, who would otherwise be destroyed.
Teaming up with amiable con-man ‘..read more »
62%
from 28 members
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The Ladykillers
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
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Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers ..read more »
73%
from 10,312 members
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The Runaway Bus
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark
Director: Val Guest
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Bus driver Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd) finds himself in a difficult situation when ordered to take a group of passengers from the foggy London Airport to another airport not knowing that he is in fact carrying stolen gold bullion that is about to be muggled. Frankie Howerd's first starring role.
61%
from 379 members
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Sunday Night at the London Palladium Vol.2
Starring: Bruce Forsyth, Jimmy Tarbuck, Arthur Haynes
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Making its debut on ITV's opening weekend in 1955, Sunday Night at the London Palladium swiftly established itself as one of the weekly televisual highlights for the British viewing public. Gaining average viewing figures of 14 million and Top Ten placings almost every week, it is undoubtedly one ..read more »
26%
from 3 members
Not available for rental
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Frankie Howerd - Confessions
on DVD
Starring: Frankie Howerd
Director: Michael Mills
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Six different playlets, ostensibly relating episodes from Frankie's colourful past. The casts changed from week to week, although Joan Sims was a regular. Howerd played the parts in full over-the-top mode, addressing the audience directly and reproaching them for reading dirty meanings into his lines.
67%
from 104 members
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A Touch of the Casanovas
Starring: Frankie Howerd
Director: Michael Mills
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The handsome and lusty young Venetian Casanova has been up to his tricks again and the doge has sent out his guardsmen to arrest him. But.. he has a cunning plan. He will change identities with his servant Francisco, who is neither young nor handsome, but certainly lusty.
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The Best of Frankie Howerd
on DVD
Starring: Frankie Howerd
Director: none
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Oooooh! it's the best bits of Frankie Howerd's TV career. Mock outrage and innuendo was Frankie's signature routine. Made up of sketches, Royal Variety Show performances, monologues from his own 'An Evening With...,' chat show turns from Parkinson, Russell Harty and Wogan and of course, UP POMPEII! ..read more »
59%
from 373 members
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Frankie Howerd facts
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...If you're a fan of 70's inuendo then Frankie Howerd's double feature will not let you down. One of the late-great masters of the farce. Titter-ye-not!...
