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Acting

Frankie Howerd

Career

Active from 1953 to 2015, with a break from 1994 to 2003, busiest in 1973 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Up Pompeii!
Up Pompeii!
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frankie Howerd Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    1.4, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    1.4, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.0, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slapstick Humor 5
  • British Sitcom 3
  • British Comedy Classic 2
  • Innuendo-Laden Dialogue 2
  • Historical Farce 2
  • British Comedy 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Character-Driven Comedy 2
  • Campy Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
The Interviews
The Interviews (2015)

TV show

2000s

3 titles
The Best of Frankie Howerd
The Best of Frankie Howerd (2004)

TV show · as Frankie Howerd

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001)

as Lurcio (archive footage) (uncredited)

Great Comedy Moments
Great Comedy Moments (2001)

as Lurcio (archive footage)

1990s

4 titles · average score 63
What's a Carry On?
What's a Carry On? (1998)

as Professor Inigo Tinkle / Mr. Francis Bigger (archive footage) (uncredited)

Then Churchill Said to Me
Then Churchill Said to Me (1993)

TV show

The Craig Ferguson Story
The Craig Ferguson Story (1990)

as The God of Comedy

The Word
The Word (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

1980s

3 titles
H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore (1982)

as Sir Joseph Porter

Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury (1982)

as The Learned Judge

Summertime Special
Summertime Special (1981)

TV show

1970s

15 titles · average score 53
The Plank
The Plank (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

as Photographer

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
GoodWatch score 34

as Mean Mr. Mustard

That's Carry On!
That's Carry On! (1977)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mr. Francis Bigger / Professor Inigo Tinkle (archive footage)

The Howerd Confessions
The Howerd Confessions (1976)

TV show · as Frankie

A Touch of the Casanovas
A Touch of the Casanovas (1975)

TV show · as Francesco

Further Up Pompeii
Further Up Pompeii (1975)

as Lurcio

Whoops Baghdad
Whoops Baghdad (1973)

TV show · as Ali Oopla

The House in Nightmare Park
The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

as Foster Twelvetrees

Up the Chastity Belt
Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
GoodWatch score 47

as Lurkalot / Richard the Lionheart

Up the Front
Up the Front (1972)
GoodWatch score 45

as Private Lurk

Up Pompeii
Up Pompeii (1971)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lurcio

Carry On Up the Jungle
Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)
GoodWatch score 55

as Professor Inigo Tinkle

1960s

9 titles · average score 64
Up Pompeii!
Up Pompeii! (1969)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lurcio

Carry On Christmas
Carry On Christmas (1969)
GoodWatch score 61

as Robert Browning / Fairy Godmother

Carry On Doctor
Carry On Doctor (1967)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mr. Francis Bigger

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
GoodWatch score 60

as Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett

The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost (1966)

as Constable

The Frankie Howerd Show (1964)
The Frankie Howerd Show (1964) (1964)

TV show

The Cool Mikado
The Cool Mikado (1963)

as Ko-Ko Flintridge

The Fast Lady
The Fast Lady (1962)
GoodWatch score 58

as Road Workman in Hole

Watch It, Sailor!
Watch It, Sailor! (1961)

as Church Organist

1950s

7 titles · average score 65
The Bruce Forsyth Show
The Bruce Forsyth Show (1959)

TV show

Further Up the Creek
Further Up the Creek (1958)
GoodWatch score 60

as Bos'n

A Touch of the Sun
A Touch of the Sun (1956)
GoodWatch score 57

as William Darling

Jumping for Joy
Jumping for Joy (1956)

as Willie Joy

The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

as The Barrow Boy

An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
GoodWatch score 57

as M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)

The Runaway Bus
The Runaway Bus (1953)
GoodWatch score 64

as Percy Lamb