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- After his national service in the army during World War II, he came to London, where he took the stage name, Benny Hill. He soon began appearing in variety shows. Career He was initially employed as a radio performer and it was in 1950 that he made his debut on the television screen, with the show ‘Hi There’.
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Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian. He is remembered for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show, an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque and double entendre in a format that included live comedy and filmed segments, with Hill at the focus of almost every segment.
In 1964, he played the role of ‘Nick Bottom' in the television film that was an adaptation of William Shakespeare's legendary play, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. In 1964, he began to host his own radio programme titled, 'Benny Hill Time' on the BBC Radio's Light Programme.
Benny Hill's TV career came to an end in 1989, when his show was dropped, but his popularity continued and he completed a US TV special, Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) shortly before his death in 1992.
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Benny Hill's TV career came to an end in 1989, when his show was dropped, but his popularity continued and he completed a US TV special, Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) shortly before his death in 1992.
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Jul 30, 2023 · Benny’s writing debut was the 1951 TV special “Hi There!”, while he then wrote the comedy series’ “The Benny Hill Show”, “Benny Hill” and “A Christmas Night with the Stars”.
Feb 25, 2001 · He became one of the biggest stars on US television after the show was broadcast there for the first time in 1979. The Benny Hill Show has been seen in 109 countries and won a BAFTA Award and...
TELEVISION. Benny made his live television debut in a revue called HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE and recognised immediately the enormous potential that television offered. He devised material for this new medium and became the first British comedy star made famous by television.
