Portrait of Benny Hill

Acting

Benny Hill

Career

Active from 1956 to 2003, with a break from 1981 to 1990, busiest in 1969 and 2000 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Italian Job
The Italian Job
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Benny Hill Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    1.5, average 5.5
  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Pathos
    1.8, average 5.3
  • Melancholy
    1.3, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic British Comedy 2
  • Fast-Paced Gags 2
  • Classic British Slapstick 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

4 titles
Le Meilleur de Benny Hill - L'intégrale
Le Meilleur de Benny Hill - L'intégrale (2003)

as Benny Hill

Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests (2000)

as Various

Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven (2000)

as Various

Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny (2000)

as Various

1990s

2 titles
Benny Hill - Unseen
Benny Hill - Unseen (1994)

as Various/Archive footage

Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991)

Music, Writer

1980s

1 title
Benny Hill Show
Benny Hill Show (1980)

TV show · Creator

1970s

4 titles · average score 69
Benny Hill Down Under
Benny Hill Down Under (1977)

Music, Writer

The Best of Benny Hill
The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) (1971)

as Ernie Price

Eddie in August
Eddie in August (1970)

as Eddie

1960s

8 titles · average score 66
The Benny Hill Show
The Benny Hill Show (1969)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · Creator

The Italian Job
The Italian Job (1969)
GoodWatch score 74

as Professor Simon Peach

The Waiters
The Waiters (1969)

as Waiter

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
GoodWatch score 67

as Toymaker

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 Fire Chief Perkins

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1964)

as Bottom

Benny Hill
Benny Hill (1962)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show

Light Up the Sky!
Light Up the Sky! (1960)
GoodWatch score 61

as Syd McCaffey

1950s

1 title · average score 52
Who Done It?
Who Done It? (1956)
GoodWatch score 52

as Hugo Dill