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Portrait of Tony Hancock

Acting

Tony Hancock

Career

Active from 1954 to 1972, busiest in 1966 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wrong Box
The Wrong Box
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tony Hancock Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Tension
    4.2, average 5.9
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    12
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2000s

    1 title
    Great Comedy Moments
    Great Comedy Moments (2001)

    as Tony Hancock (archive footage)

    1970s

    1 title
    Hancock Down Under
    Hancock Down Under (1972)

    as Tony Hancock

    1960s

    5 titles · average score 72
    The Wrong Box
    The Wrong Box (1966)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as Detective

    Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
    Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall (1966)

    Writer

    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Harry Popperwell

    The Punch and Judy Man
    The Punch and Judy Man (1963)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Walter Pinner

    The Rebel
    The Rebel (1961)
    GoodWatch score 76

    as Anthony Hancock

    1950s

    5 titles · average score 68
    Christmas Night with the Stars
    Christmas Night with the Stars (1958)

    TV show

    The Government Inspector
    The Government Inspector (1958)

    as Hlestakov

    Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
    Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957)

    as Tony Aloysius Hancock

    Hancock's Half Hour
    Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
    GoodWatch score 79

    TV show

    Orders Are Orders
    Orders Are Orders (1954)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Lt. Wilfred Cartroad