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William Thomson Hay FRAS (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings.
Will Hay was a versatile entertainer who starred in comedy films and radio shows, and discovered a spot on Saturn in 1933. He worked with Marcel Varnel, Val Guest and other collaborators at Gainsborough and Ealing studios.
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Will Hay (1888-1949), one of the greatest British comedians ever, in what many consider to be his greatest comedy ever! Get out the potato crisps, and enjoy!
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Will Hay was a British comedian who created the blundering schoolmaster character. Learn about his hidden talents, strange personality, and tragic end in this article.
William Thompson Hay was probably one of the most versatile of entertainers. He was not only a character comedian of the first rank, but was also an astronomer of high repute - he discovered the spot on the planet Saturn in 1933 - and a fully qualified air pilot; he was once an engineer.
- December 6, 1888
- April 18, 1949
Will Hay was one of the biggest comedy stars in U.K cinema during the 1930s. Today there is a group of over 8,000 people who celebrate his films. Join me as ...
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Amongst the latter group, Will Hay was certainly the finest, and undoubtedly the one whose work stands up best today. For 30 years, on stage, radio and a series of brilliant comedy films, he mined a rich vein of character comedy from his creation of a broken-down old schoolmaster.
