Bud Flanagan

Biography

From Wikipedia Bud Flanagan OBE (14 October 1896 – 20 October 1968) was a popular English music hall and vaudeville entertainer from the 1930s until the 1960s. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959. Bud Flanagan is best remembered as part of a double act with Chesney Allen, Flanagan and Allen. They had first met on active service in Flanders, but did not work together until 1926, touring with a Florrie Forde show. They established a reputation and were booked by Val Parnell at the Holborn Empire. As music hall comedians, they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act and this led to a successful recording career as a duo and roles in film and television. Flanagan and Allen were both members of The Crazy Gang, appearing in the first show at the London Palladium in 1931, and continued to work with the group, concurrently with their double-act career.

Most Famous Work

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Here Comes the Sun

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Dreaming

(1944) Writer

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We’ll Smile Again

(1942) Writer

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Theatre Royal

(1943) Screenplay

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1965	Sergeant Bletch	The Wild Affair 1965-12-05 Movie
1960	Bud	Life Is a Circus 1960-02-16 Movie
1958	Himself	Dunkirk 1958-03-20 Movie
1945	Corona Flanagan	Here Comes the Sun 1945-01-12 Movie
1944	Bud	Dreaming 1944-11-28 Movie
1943	Bob Parker	Theatre Royal 1943-07-26 Movie
1942	Bob Parker	We’ll Smile Again 1942-12-07 Movie
	Self - Flanagan & Allen	Listen to Britain 1942-04-01 Movie
1941	Bud	Gasbags 1941-02-01 Movie
1939	Bud	The Frozen Limits 1939-11-01 Movie
1938	Alf Higgins	Alf's Button Afloat 1938-06-30 Movie
1937	Bud	O-Kay for Sound 1937-02-09 Movie
	Bud	Underneath the Arches 1937-01-03 Movie
1935	Bud	A Fire Has Been Arranged 1935-06-01 Movie
1934	Dick Smith (Auctioner and Bookmaker)	Wild Boy 1934-01-01 Movie
1933	N/A	They're Off 1933-02-02 Movie
1932	Perkins	The Bailiffs 1932-09-30 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1945	Screenplay	Here Comes the Sun 1945-01-12 Movie
1944	Writer	Dreaming 1944-11-28 Movie
1943	Screenplay	Theatre Royal 1943-07-26 Movie
1942	Writer	We’ll Smile Again 1942-12-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv