George Formby

George Formby

George Formby (born George Hoy Booth) was the archetype "cheeky chappie" northern English comedian. Trained originally as a jockey, he often appeared on horseback in his films. Best known for his buck-toothed grin and his ukulele.

  • Title: George Formby
  • Popularity: 1.275
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1904-05-26
  • Place of Birth: Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: George Hoy Booth
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George Formby Movies

  • 2007
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    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    5 2007 HD

    A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

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  • 1944
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    Bell-Bottom George

    Bell-Bottom George

    6 1944 HD

    George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself...

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  • 1935
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    No Limit

    No Limit

    6.5 1935 HD

    George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think....

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  • 1938
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    I See Ice

    I See Ice

    8.1 1938 HD

    George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications...

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  • 1938
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    It's in the Air

    It's in the Air

    5.6 1938 HD

    George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he...

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  • 1939
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    Come on George!

    Come on George!

    5.4 1939 HD

    George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse...

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  • 1946
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    George in Civvy Street

    George in Civvy Street

    7.5 1946 HD

    George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in...

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  • 1941
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    Turned Out Nice Again

    Turned Out Nice Again

    6.5 1941 HD

    George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and...

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  • 1940
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    Let George Do It!

    Let George Do It!

    5.7 1940 HD

    Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken...

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  • 1934
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    Boots! Boots!

    Boots! Boots!

    4 1934 HD

    Musical comedy starring George Formby alongside his wife Beryl in his first ever feature film. George plays John Willie, the shoeshine boy at the...

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  • 1940
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    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    7 1940 HD

    George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...

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  • 1941
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    South American George

    South American George

    6 1941 HD

    To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South American tenor. This way he can help the opera star...

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  • 1939
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    Trouble Brewing

    Trouble Brewing

    6 1939 HD

    Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing...

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  • 1945
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    I Didn't Do It

    I Didn't Do It

    6.6 1945 HD

    Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only...

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  • 1935
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    Off the Dole

    Off the Dole

    6.8 1935 HD

    Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from...

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  • 1936
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    Keep Your Seats, Please

    Keep Your Seats, Please

    6 1936 HD

    Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage....

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  • 1937
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    Keep Fit

    Keep Fit

    5.6 1937 HD

    A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing...

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  • 1937
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    Feather Your Nest

    Feather Your Nest

    1 1937 HD

    A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.

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  • 1943
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    Get Cracking

    Get Cracking

    6.5 1943 HD

    Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was...

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  • 1944
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    He Snoops to Conquer

    He Snoops to Conquer

    8.2 1944 HD

    George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then...

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  • 1942
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    Much Too Shy

    Much Too Shy

    6.2 1942 HD

    A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold...

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  • 2011
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    Entertaining the Troops

    Entertaining the Troops

    1 2011 HD

    Documentary telling the story of the ENSA performers who kept up the troops' morale during World War II, with contributions from Dame Vera Lynn, Eric...

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  • 1974
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    Ain't Misbehavin'

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    1 1974 HD

    Compilation of extracts from 'blue' movies from 1900 to the 1940s intercut with clips of popular music and dancing, and excerpts from newsreels and...

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  • 2011
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    Funny Up North

    Funny Up North

    6 2011 HD

    Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more....

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  • 1994
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    Songs That Won the War

    Songs That Won the War

    8 1994 HD

    Wartime sweetheart Vera Lynn presents this documentary which sets archive footage and newsreel film from World War Two to the popular sounds of the...

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  • 2014
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    Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned

    Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned

    7 2014 HD

    From My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock to God Save the Queen, this is the story of ten records from the 1930s to the present day that have been...

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  • 1977
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    To See Such Fun

    To See Such Fun

    1 1977 HD

    Compilation of classic British comedy moments

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  • 1935
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    Off the Dole

    Off the Dole

    6.8 1935 HD

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  • 1982
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    Wogan

    Wogan

    4.5 1982 HD

    Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

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