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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 1, 1924
Place of Birth:
Stretford, Lancashire, England, UK
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John Comer
Biography
John Comer (died 1984) was a British comic actor. He starred in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays.
Born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire, Comer gained an engineering apprenticeship at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park.
Comer began his career performing a comedy routine around local social clubs and pubs in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1952, with his younger brother Tony, he performed in a children's theatre production for local schools in Stretford.[citation needed] The siblings then formed a double act named the Comer Brothers. In 1957 the brothers began a regular slot at the Manchester Apollo, performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage.
In 1958 the Comer Brothers participated in an ITV talent show called Bid for Fame and began working for Butlin's. In 1959 they won first prize in the Butlin's National Talent Contest, winning £1,000 and a film contract with the Boulting Brothers.
In 1959 the Boulting Brothers cast John and Tony Comer in the film I'm All Right Jack, in which they starred alongside Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough as trade union shop stewards. Their next film roles were in 1961, when they featured alongside Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey. However shortly afterwards Tony decided to leave showbusiness and returned to full-time work at Metropolitan-Vickers, while John decided to continue pursuing his film career. He appeared in the Boulting Brothers' 1967 film The Family Way as a father-of-the-bride to Hayley Mills's character, whose father John Mills portrayed her father-in-law.
He gained a recurring role in 1973 as the primary supporting role of Sid in the new BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He also starred in a long-running advertising campaign for Home Brew Beer. 1977 saw him appear as Bill Malley in the BBC series "Murder Most English".
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Memoirs of a Survivor | Man Delivering Emily |
| 1980 | The Boy Who Never Was | Newsagent |
| 1977 | A Little Outing | Dad |
| 1975 | Our Terry | Arnold |
| 1974 | South Riding | |
| 1974 | Leeds United! | Billy Crane |
| 1973 | Kisses at Fifty | George |
| 1973 | Vinegar Trip | Leslie |
| 1973 | The Lovers! | Geoffrey's Dad |
| 1973 | Song at Twilight | Mr. Calthrop |
| 1972 | The Fishing Party | Teaman |
| 1972 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Ship's Officer |
| 1971 | Villain | Waiter at House of Commons (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Hunting of Lionel Crane | Warrant Officer |
| 1970 | Wuthering Heights | |
| 1970 | There's a Girl in My Soup | John, the porter |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Happy DeathDay | |
| 1968 | The Best Pair of Legs in the Business | Bert |
| 1968 | The Visitors | |
| 1966 | The Family Way | Leslie Piper |
| 1965 | Rotten to the Core | Policeman |
| 1963 | Heavens Above! | Butcher |
| 1960 | Hell Is a City | Plainclothes Police Driver (uncredited) |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Shop Steward |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Nice Work | |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Mr. Dimmock |
| 1977 | Murder Most English | Sergeant Malley |
| 1976 | Potter's Picture Palace | |
| 1975 | Survivors | Les Norton |
| 1975 | I Didn't Know You Cared | Les Brandon |
| 1975 | The Life of Riley | George Pollitt |
| 1973 | All Our Saturdays | |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine | Sid |
| 1972 | Crown Court | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Police Sergeant Kershaw |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Constable Kershaw |
| 1970 | Play for Today | George |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Jack |
| 1970 | On the House | Jones |
| 1969 | Castle Haven | |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 | Sgt. Thomas Lynch |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Groom |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Mr. Birtles |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Greengrocer |