British character comedian, Will Hay, wears a mortar board in his trademark schoolmaster role

Will Hay

(1888–1949)

British actor, director, writer (d. 60) | Oh, Mr Porter! (1937), The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941), Ask a Policeman (1939)

British character comedian, one of the screen’s greats; after many years in the music halls, starred in several incomparable farces playing variations on his favourite role of an incompetent, seedy schoolmaster

Mini Biography

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Will Hay worked as a book-keeper before beginning in the music halls in a schoolmaster sketch in 1909, later joining Fred Karno’s troupe and becoming a star attraction from the mid-20s.

In private life he was an expert amateur astronomer who built his own observatory and wrote a book on the subject, a pilot and a linguist.

Latest Will Hay Pictures

DVD cover of Dandy Dick (1935) from Network Distributing and the British Film [2013] (1) featuring Will Hay
  • 20th February, 2022
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Dandy Dick (1935) DVD cover | Network [2013] (1) | Will Hay
Talking Pictures TV trailer for their March and April 2018 season of Will Hay Films. Every Thursday morning
  • 25th February, 2018
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Will Hay Films March and April 2018 trailer from Talking Pictures TV
British character comedian, Will Hay, wears a mortar board in his trademark schoolmaster role
  • 25th June, 2017
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Will Hay, British comedian, in his trademark schoolmaster guise
Muller (Will Hay), in Nazi uniform, in The Goose Steps Out (1942)
  • 27th December, 2015
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Will Hay, in Nazi uniform, in The Goose Steps Out (1942)

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Dandy Dick (1935) opening credits (2)
Dandy Dick (1935)
Vicar the Rev Richard Jedd
Dandy Dick (1935) opening credits (2)
Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
Dr Alec Smart
Where There’s a Will (1936) opening credits (1)
Where There’s a Will (1936)
Benjamin Stubbins
Windbag the Sailor (1936) opening credits (2)
Windbag the Sailor (1936)
Capt Ben Cutlet
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) opening credits (1)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
William Porter
Good Morning, Boys (1937) opening credits
Good Morning, Boys (1937)
Dr Benjamin Twist
Convict 99 (1938) opening credits (2)
Convict 99 (1938)
Dr Benjamin Twist
Ask a Policeman (1939) opening credits
Ask a Policeman (1939)
Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941) opening credits
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)
Will Lamb
Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) opening credits
Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
Professor Davis
The Big Blockade (1942) opening credits
The Big Blockade (1942)
Royal Navy: Skipper
The Goose Steps Out (1942) opening credits (3)
The Goose Steps Out (1942)
William Potts / Muller
My Learned Friend (1943) opening credits
My Learned Friend (1943)
William Fitch
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