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	Frankie Howerd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frankie Howerd OBE (born Francis Alex Howard in York, England, 6 March 1917 - not 1922 as he claimed; died in London, 19 April 1992) was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor.
		Howerd suffered respiratory problems at the beginning of April 1992 and died in hospital of heart failure on April 19.
		Frankie Howerd was a closeted homosexual for some years, as homosexuality was a criminal offence until 1967.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frankie_Howerd (717 words)

	Frankie Howerd
		Frankie's father died when he was three, and his mother was forced to take cleaning jobs to pay for her three children's upkeep.
		Frankie Howerd was awarded an OBE in 1977 and was the winner of two Variety Club of Great Britain awards.
		Frankie's wig was buried in the grounds when he died, but it has dug it up to put on show to the public.
	www.itv-thismorning.co.uk /EntertainmentArticle.aspx?fid=715&tid=2 (1131 words)

	Frankie - the fifties
		Frankie was unaware of the trail of producers he had gone through, as was seen as "difficult" by the powers high up in the BBC.
		Frankie's first foray away from the stage was in the film The Runaway Bus (1954), followed in 1955 by Jumping for Joy and A touch of the Sun (1956).
		TV was a rising star, but Frankie had shied away after a disastrous brush on the TV quiz show What's My Line in 1954 where he stepped in at the last minutes and nerves got the better of him.
	www.frankiehowerd.com /1950s.htm (820 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Frankie Howerd - Comedian
		Frankie was in 1962 an early victim, not feeling in the mood to even think of competing with the university educated, clever young things, Frankie felt old hat and the audience seemed to agree.
		Frankie Howerd was back on top, not for the last time would failure almost finish him just to be saved by the fickle finger of fate at the final hour, how grateful we are that Frankie called 'Last orders' on his plan to open that pub.
		Frankie off stage was not the image of a clown, slightly moody, racked with insecurities and prone to bad temper, but also a very sensitive and deeply religious man who felt vulnerable, he was in all senses unfunny, that was until he had an audience and then no one could touch him.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A728192 (2740 words)

	Howerd, Frankie
		Frankie Howerd was a popular post-war stand-up comedian, who survived many changes in the humour tastes of the British nation to remain a television favourite until his death in 1992.
		Howerd had a good face for television, long and lugubrious, and the small screen enabled him to use his exaggerated facial expressions to good effect.
		Howerd made his feature film debut in 1954, a major role in The Runaway Bus and had a small but memorable part in The Ladykillers the following year and it was such film roles and occasional radio appearances that kept him occupied throughout the rest of the 1950s.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/H/htmlH/howerdfrank/howerdfrank.htm (1612 words)

	Up Pompeii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Howerd was the key to most of the gags and he started each episode with a prologue - a "to camera" that would usually never get finished and rarely had anything at all to do with the actual episode plot.
		Howerd had recently played the similar role of the slave Pseudolus in a London stage run of the musical, and there were parallels between some other characters.
		A quasi-follow up, Then Churchill Said To Me, in which Howerd played Winston Churchill's office cleaner during World War II, was produced in 1982 but not broadcast until after Howerd's death (on satellite channel UK Gold) due to BBC concerns about offending the public in view of the then Falklands War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Up_Pompeii (699 words)

	Frankie Howerd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Howerd's father died when he was three, and his mother was forced to take cleaning jobs to pay for her three children's upkeep.
		Howerd's trademark stammering and hesitation was, at that age, natural; in later years he exploited these afflictions to great comic effect; they became the comedian's trademark and, far from natural by this time, each and every one was included in his scripts.
		Howerd was a much celebrated comedian, who enjoyed perhaps his greatest success in his later years; it was while riding on the crest of this wave when he was asked to appear in Carry On Columbus.
	www.carryonline.com /carry/howerd.html (568 words)

	Frankie - the sixties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1963 Frankie flew over to New York to see Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, as he has been offered the part of the UK version.
		In 68 Frankie settled in with new agent Beryl Vertue, as part of the RSO (Robert Stigwood Organisation), along with Galton and Simpson.
		Frankie dabbled with the US in the latter part of the 60's in a play staged in New York called The Wind in the Sassafras Tree.
	homepages.nildram.co.uk /~bayards/1960s.htm (667 words)

	Review: Frankie Howerd: Stand-up Comic by Graham McCann
		By the end, Frankie Howerd was almost a parody of himself, the awkward, arched stance and unconvincing Brillo pad hairpiece as much as an overexposed trademark as his rambling high camp delivery, all ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ and ‘titter ye nots’.
		Howerd, he asserts, was the first comic to be a real person, albeit an exaggerated one, rather than a slick professional.
		The author concerns himself less with Howerd’s personal life, however, and in the inevitable epilogue, passionately argues that the ‘sewage stream of sensationalistic exposes’ are irrelevant when it comes to appraising ‘the most distinctive, intelligent, influential and courageous stand-up comedian of all time’.
	www.chortle.co.uk /books/bkfeatures/frankie.php (878 words)

	Television Heaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Now billed as Frankie Howerd, he had refined his act with its trademark "oohs," and "ahs", his deliberate dithering and forgetfulness played for all its worth with expert comedic timing, by now he had also injected a biting sarcasm in his jokes and when he deemed it funny he directed that sarcasm towards his audience.
		Irreverent, innovative and at times controversial, Frankie Howerd was a rising star who proved that conventions were there to be broken and this inspired a new age of comedy and comedians in the UK.
		Frankie duly agreed and arrived for filming on the first day to find the studio besieged by teenage girls, hoping to catch sight of their idols.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /hishow.htm (3703 words)

	Books \| Titter ye not
		Heymer had unshakeable faith in Howerd's talent, and spent his life extending his support in every way imaginable, most importantly by providing a domestic framework that reproduced the cosy and nurturing environment of his childhood home.
		McCann records Howerd's own (otherwise unsubstantiated) conviction that he was physically and sexually abused by his father, which would certainly be consistent with his eternal sense of self-rejection.
		However unloved Frank Howard may have felt, Frankie Howerd, this book clearly demonstrates, remains forever ensconced in British hearts, a quintessential part of us, in the presence of whom it remains impossible to be titterless.
	books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5071598-110738,00.html (1054 words)

	Frankie Howerd
		As McCann puts it Howerd was outstanding at the time because he was not a slick professional stand-up, he wasn't a joke machine instead the audience laughed at Howerd's stammering delivery that sidetracked and fluffed the delivery of a straight-forward punchline.
		By the 1950s Howerd established himself as a radio star but as he tried to bring his act to television, films and serious theatre he went into a steady decline.
		By the end of the 1970s Frankie was increasingly difficult to please or to direct, he had achieved most of his career ambitions and he was feeling that he was no longer as witty and sharp as he was in the past.
	www.talkingpix.co.uk /BooksFrankieHowerd.html (1097 words)

	Frankie Howerd @ Filmbug
		Frankie Howerd (Francis Alick Howard, March 6, 1917 - April 19, 1992) was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor.
		Throughout his career, Howerd hid his - potentially career destroying - homosexuality (which had been illegal in Britain until 1967) from both his audience and his mother.
		Tell us what you think of Frankie Howerd in the Filmbug forum...
	www.filmbug.com /db/344188 (439 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Frankie Howerd memorabilia for sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Howerd, who died aged 70 in 1992, entertained the nation for more than 50 years, appearing on television and stage as a comedian and actor.
		The portrait, which hung over Howerd's mantelpiece at his Somerset home, is expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000.
		Auctioneers have said they are expecting lots of interest from Frankie Howerd fans in the run up to the sale, which will take place on December 13.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=2309112005 (465 words)

	Amazon.com: Carry on Up the Jungle (2001) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Professor Inago Tinkle (Frankie Howerd) and his assistant, Lord Chumley (Kenneth Connor) are on a quest to discover a rare and supposedly extinct bird.
		Howerd was an extremely popular and saucy British comedian who had his own television series "Up Pompeii." And while Kenneth Williams' absence is noted, Howerd is extremely good in this role as the fussy ornithologist.
		Frankie actually breezes into the carry On mood seemingly effortlessly and fills in the outrageous campness thats usually provided by Kenneth Williams.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005M2HK?v=glance (1035 words)

	Frankie Howerd DVDs; Frankie Howerd Brief Biography
		Frankie Howerd was one of British comedy's great comedians and comedy actors.
		In a career beginning in the '40s, Frankie is remembered for two of the most famous British comedy catchphrases, "Titter ye not" and "Please yourselves".
		Frankie was also one of the great chat show hosts, and is up there with the likes of Max Miller, Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Dick Emery, and Tony Hancock, as a one-man British comedy legend.
	booksmusicfilmstv.com /Comedy/FrankieHowerdDVDs.htm (220 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Complete Frankie Howerd: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Frankie's comic genius made him a hero to new wave comedians and the older generation alike.
		The Complete Frankie Howerd also includes full details of Frankie's early career, the complete stage work, a detailed filmography, a definitive listing of all television appearances, and dozens of previously unpublished stills.
		Steeped in Rob Ross's characteristic humour, knowledge and affection for the subject, The Complete Frankie Howerd is a long-overdue tribute to a star gifted with a genius for comic timing, who could play to an audience like nobody else.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1903111080 (473 words)

	Television Heaven
		A to Z of TV Fresh from a triumphant tour of the Far East, Frankie Howerd returned home and was offered his TV debut in a series called The Howerd Crowd, which aired on 11th January 1952.
		The BBC at this time had still not found a successful format for TV comedy and when Frankie insisted on trying out new ideas, including the provision of his own cameraman who was instructed to keep track of Frankie throughout the show, they were more than happy to accommodate him.
		But village idiot or not Cecil McGivern, the Controller of TV Programmes sent a letter to Head of Light Entertainment, Ronnie Waldman, to note that: "Frankie Howerd is a natural for television." Indeed, Frankie became a familiar face on TV throughout the 1950's with numerous specials written by Sykes, Spike Milligan and Johnny Speight.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /howerdcrowd.htm (302 words)

	The Runaway Bus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lantern-jawed British comedian Frankie Howerd, best known to American TV fans as the star of the raucous historical satire Up Pompeii, heads the cast of The Runaway Bus.
		On board are the driver (Frankie Howerd) and a load of odd passengers.
		But, the focal point is Howerd; his screen acting is still a bit untutored.
	www.petulaclark.net /films/runaway.html (444 words)

	BBC Shop - Comedy Greats: Frankie Howerd (DVD)
		Frankie Howerd became one of the nations best-loved comics as the result of a roller-coaster career with many sharp turns, exhilarating highs and sudden dizzying drops.
		As early as his first television series, The Howerd Crowd, in 1952 he had developed the act that would last the rest of his career: rolled eyes, asides to the audience, the sudden switch to a high pitched voice and exaggerated ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs’.
		This compilation draws together the very finest Howerd moments from his numerous stand-up and sketch shows (Nuts in May, An Evening with Francis Howerd, Howerd’s History of England) as well as classic moments from the Carry On inspired sit-com Up Pompeii!
	www.bbcshop.com /invt/bbcdvd1336 (202 words)

	BBC To Air Controversial Frankie Howerd Documentary \| Headlines \| News \| Gay.com UK
		The BBC is to air an controversial documentary about comedian Frankie Howerd.
		The programme, to be shown this summer, is said to examine the private life of Howerd in detail, including his alleged promiscuity.
		Howerd's biographer, Mick Middles, admits that Howerd had a number of short-term liasons.
	uk.gay.com /headlines/1653 (176 words)

	Frankie - home page
		The NEWS section will be kept up to date - and you can read about the 2006 Open Days at Frankie and Dennis' gardens in Somerset.
		I have had some contact with Eric Morecombe's son, Gary and with Frankie's official estate and manager - the very nice Tessa Le Bars.
		She is also looking after the interests of Galton and Simpson - the two rascals who wrote for Frankie over the years and who, of course, wrote Steptoe and Son.
	www.frankiehowerd.com (400 words)

	Frankie Howerd - The Best Of @ EzyDVD
		Frankie Howerd turned bluster, innuendo and mock outrage into an art form.
		With stuttering, embarrassment and over-the-top outrage, he created a unique character (complete with catchphrases like ooh missus, titter ye not, and control yourselves) that he would use, unchanged, to magnificent effect in comedy series, sketches and interviews.
		This compilation of the best of Frankie Howerd's TV career includes sketches and monologues from An Evening with Frankie Howerd, Royal Variety Show performances, legendary chat show appearances with Parkinson, Russell Harty and Wogan and the series for which he is best remembered, Up Pompeii!
	www.ezydvd.com.au /item.zml/228663 (190 words)

	Howerd - Frankie Howerd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Frankie Howerd broke all the rules of comedy with his hilarious compilation of sketches, monologues.
		Frankie Howerd posters, photos and other movie memorabilia available to buy online.
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	cutesky.com /c/howerd.html (249 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Howerd memorabilia up for auction
		Other items include an Omega Seamaster watch which Howerd wore up to his death and a leather doctor's bag in which he used to store jokes.
		Howerd died in 1992 at the age of 70, one day before fellow comedian Benny Hill.
		The portrait, which depicts a thoughtful Howerd dressed in a smart grey suit, used to hang over the mantelpiece.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4474220.stm (236 words)

	News:Frankie Howerd's items auctioned
		Some of Frankie Howerd’s personal items are to be auctioned off.
		Other items include an Omega Seamaster watch which Howerd wore up to his death and a leather doctor's bag in which he used to keep his jokes.
		The portrait, by June Mendoza, depicts Howerd in a smart grey suit and used to hang over his home's mantelpiece.
	www.chortle.co.uk /news/nov05/frankie261104.php (190 words)

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