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Will Hay
1888–1949 | British actor, writer, director
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
Will Hay Films March and April 2018 trailer from Talking Pictures TV
Will Hay, British comedian, in his trademark schoolmaster guise
Will Hay, in Nazi uniform, in The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt
Will Hay in Oh, Mr Porter!, looked on by M. Marriott and G. Moffatt
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Personal Details
Born
DiedWatch Will Hay on British television
- Windbag the Sailor (1936)
- Monday at 7.20am on Talking Pictures
- An incompetent seaman is washed away on an old ketch and lands on a South Sea isle.
- Windbag the Sailor (1936)
- Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
- Friday at 2.55am on Talking Pictures
- 29th September at 6.35am on Talking Pictures
- The stationmaster of an Irish halt catches gun-runners posing as ghosts.
- Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
- The Goose Steps Out (1942)
- 28th September at 6am on Talking Pictures
- To steal a secret weapon, an incompetent teacher is sent into Germany in place of his Nazi double.
- The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Will Hay News
- Will Hay season to air on Talking Pictures TV
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25th February, 2018 - Talking Pictures TV has announced a two-month season of films starring British comedy actor, Will Hay.