Frankie Howerd

AKA: Francis Alick Howard

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1917-03-06

York, Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Francis Alick Howard, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English comedian and comic actor whose career spanned six decades.

Crew Roles

Creator

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {53}

Mr. Francis Bigger

1967-12-02 6.468

Carry On Doctor

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care ...

Genre :Comedy

Lurkalot / Richard the Lionheart

1972-01-14 4

Up the Chastity Belt

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Gra ...

Genre :Comedy

Lurcio

1971-03-11 5.947

Up Pompeii

A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero ...

Genre :Comedy

Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett

1966-03-11 6.1

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Family

Mean Mr. Mustard

1978-07-24 4.3

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built ar ...

Genre :Adventure, Music, Comedy, Science Fiction

Professor Inigo Tinkle

1970-03-20 5.82

Carry On Up the Jungle

The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searchi ...

Genre :Comedy

Private Lurk

1972-07-14 4.2

Up the Front

In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnot ...

Genre :Comedy

The Learned Judge

1982-06-01 0

Trial by Jury

Set around a classic case of broken vows – the defendant having literally left the claimant at the altar – the trial bubbles over with emotion, humour, and downright chaos, leaving the jury divided. ...

Genre :Music

Sir Joseph Porter

1982-06-01 9

H.M.S. Pinafore

Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about th ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, TV Movie

Mr. Francis Bigger / Professor Inigo Tinkle (archive footage)

1977-11-10 5.7

That's Carry On!

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from th ...

Genre :Comedy

Percy Lamb

1953-02-16 6

The Runaway Bus

When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where ...

Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Self

1983-12-24 0

Cilla Black's Christmas Eve

Special featuring Cilla Black and her guests Frankie Howerd, Graham Fletcher, the Bee Gees, Julio Iglesias and George Benson. ...

Genre :Family

Photographer

1979-12-17 7.4

The Plank

Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to ...

Genre :Comedy

Robert Browning / Fairy Godmother

1969-12-24 6.2

Carry On Christmas

Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances. While Scrooge is visited by three ghosts we see h ...

Genre :Fantasy, Comedy

Foster Twelvetrees

1973-03-23 6.7

The House in Nightmare Park

Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and writt ...

Genre :Comedy, Horror

Self

1968-09-25 0

The Frankie Howerd Show

A one off Frankie Howerd Special ...

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Himself

1990-11-24 0

Frankie Howerd on Campus

Recording of Frankie Howerd's one man show given at Oxford University in which he returned to many of his most famous routines. ...

Genre :

Bos'n

1958-10-28 6

Further Up the Creek

The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command ...

Genre :Comedy

Lurcio

1975-03-31 7.8

Further Up Pompeii

A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie Howerd). A sort of prequel to the 1971 movie "Up ...

Genre :Comedy

Ko-Ko Flintridge

1963-01-07 0

The Cool Mikado

In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yankee judge, falls in love with a Japanese girl. Thi ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Self

1990-06-01 0

Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story

Documentary about the life of Frankie Howerd, with help from friends and colleagues and including highlights from his TV and film career. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self

1982-02-23 0

Desert Island Discs

Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor Brooking, the Lord Mayor of London, Professor JK Galbraith ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

William Darling

1956-10-01 5.6

A Touch of the Sun

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties. ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archival footage)

2004-04-04 0

Sex, Secrets and Frankie Howerd

A frank documentary about the scandalous private life of Frankie Howerd. ...

Genre :

Dying King

1970-12-26 4.5

Cucumber Castle

On his death bed, The King orders his kingdom divided into two halves, the Kingdom of Jelly and the Kingdom of Cucumbers. Before the king even dies, Prince Frederick declares himself "King of Cucumber ...

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie

Self

1996-12-17 0

Frankie Howerd at His Tittermost

Recording of a 1991 Frankie Howerd stage show, previously released on VHS. ...

Genre :

Self - (Archive)

2013-01-01 0

Frankie Howerd: The Lost Tapes

Using items from his preserved house in Somerset, Channel Four provides a look into Frankie Howerd's career trajectory and his life behind-the-scenes. ...

Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self - (Archive)

2024-06-23 0

Frankie Howerd’s 30 Funniest Moments

The celebrated British comedian Frankie Howerd’s six-decade-long career in showbusiness is the subject of this documentary narrated by his long-time fan, David Walliams. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

The Barrow Boy

1955-12-08 7.3

The Ladykillers

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime

Willie Joy

1956-01-01 6.5

Jumping for Joy

At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks ...

Genre :Comedy

1991-01-01 6

Further Up Pompeii!

This one-off was shown on ITV in 1991, and by different writers, then the original Talbot Rothwell & Sid Colin. In my opinion a brilliant come-back for Howerd, with a new cast, and funny script. This ...

Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Church Organist

1961-08-14 6.5

Watch It, Sailor!

Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must ...

Genre :Comedy

Road Workman in Hole

1962-12-14 5.7

The Fast Lady

A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father. ...

Genre :Comedy

M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited)

1955-12-13 6.2

An Alligator Named Daisy

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he deve ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Self

1963-05-07 6

The Mouse on the Moon

Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Self

1987-01-12 0

Superfrank!

Veteran funnyman Frankie Howerd entertains an enthralled audience at the Playhouse Theatre in Weston-super-Mare, England. ...

Genre :Comedy

Constable

1966-11-02 0

The Canterville Ghost

An American ambassador moves his family into a haunted English castle. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music

Professor Inigo Tinkle / Mr. Francis Bigger (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998-12-29 7.8

What's a Carry On?

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast. ...

Genre :Documentary

Lurcio

1969-09-17 7.2

Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and ...

Genre :Comedy

1990-08-10 5.2

The Word

The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. ...

Genre :

1993-03-01 5.5

Then Churchill Said to Me

Sitcom set in the government's secret underground headquarters during the Second World War. ...

Genre :Comedy

1973-04-30 0

An Evening With Francis Howerd

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1981-07-25 0

Summertime Special

A BBC light entertainment holiday series, following on from the success of their Seaside Special shows, featuring comedy, music and variety guest stars. ...

Genre :Family, Comedy

Self

1968-01-30 10

Cilla

A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests. ...

Genre :

1964-12-11 0

The Frankie Howerd Show (1964)

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Narrator

1979-04-03 0

Just So Stories

A short series of animated shows for kids depicting the "Just So" stories by Rudyard Kipling. ...

Genre :Animation, Kids

1959-03-29 0

The Bruce Forsyth Show

Beginning in 1959 as Bruce's Show, mixing music, dancing and comedy in the time honoured tradition, this series focused on laughter, glamour and big name guests. ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

Francesco

1975-12-31 6

A Touch of the Casanovas

A pilot for a Frankie Howerd sitcom that was eventually never made. A Touch of the Casanovas follows the same formula as Howerd's other sitcoms. ...

Genre :Drama

Self

1987-09-26 6

Going Live!

Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Si ...

Genre :

Ali Oopla

1973-01-25 6

Whoops Baghdad

Whoops Baghdad is a BBC television comedy programme first broadcast from 25 January to 1 March 1973. The series stars Frankie Howerd, and was similar to his earlier programme Up Pompeii!, with the se ...

Genre :Comedy

Frankie Howerd

2004-05-17 0

The Best of Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd became one of the nation's best-loved comics as a result of a roller-coaster career with many sharp turns, exhilarating highs and sudden dizzying drops. As early as his first television ...

Genre :Comedy

Self

1971-11-16 4.7

Film '72

The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast. ...

Genre :

Self (archive footage)

1994-08-12 6.5

The World of Hammer

The World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast from 12 August to 4 November 1994, the series is n ...