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Benny Hill

1924 - 1992

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Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 18 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor and scriptwriter. He is best remembered for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show, a comedy-variety show whose amalgam of slapstick, burlesque, double entendre and innuendo in a format that included both live and filmed segments and featured Hill himself at the focus of almost every segment. The BFI called Hill "the first British comedian to attain fame through television" and that he was "a major star for over forty years". Making his television debut in 1949, he appeared on BBC variety shows where he developed his parodic sketches and, in 1954, was voted television personality of the year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benny Hill is the 419th most popular actor (down from 269th in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 358th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Actor.

Benny Hill is most famous for his comedy sketches and songs.

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Among actors, Benny Hill ranks 419 out of 13,578. Before him are Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Pleasence, Tippi Hedren, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Maria Schneider, and Farrah Fawcett. After him are Kate Winslet, Chris Hemsworth, George Kennedy, Lon Chaney Jr., Oliver Reed, and Armin Mueller-Stahl.

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Among people born in 1924, Benny Hill ranks 36. Before him are Ramiz Alia, Mário Soares, Kōbō Abe, J. D. Tippit, Sidney Lumet, and Ezer Weizman. After him are Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Amílcar Cabral, Lee Marvin, Willard Boyle, Antony Hewish, and Luigi Nono. Among people deceased in 1992, Benny Hill ranks 21. Before him are Li Xiannian, Daniel Bovet, Karl Carstens, Ernst Happel, Joan Fuster, and Jan Oort. After him are Paolo Borsellino, Félix Guattari, Satyajit Ray, Peter D. Mitchell, Anthony Perkins, and Aribert Heim.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benny Hill ranks 656 out of 8,785. Before him are Graham Hill (1929), John Dowland (1563), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Henry Fox Talbot (1800). After him are Kate Winslet (1975), Patrick White (1912), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Gustav Holst (1874), Oliver Reed (1938), and Hank Marvin (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Benny Hill ranks 69. Before him are Charles Dance (1946), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Daniel Craig (1968), Trevor Howard (1913), Bob Hoskins (1942), and Donald Pleasence (1919). After him are Kate Winslet (1975), Oliver Reed (1938), Hugh Laurie (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), Deborah Kerr (1921), and Helena Bonham Carter (1966).

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