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| Born | Graham V. H. Moffatt 6 December 1919 Hammersmith, London |
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| Died | 2 July 1965 (aged 45) Bath, Somerset |
| Cause of death | Myocardial infarction / Heart attack |
| Occupation | Comedy actor |
| Spouse | Joyce |
- For the playwright, see Graham Moffat
Graham Moffatt (6 December 1919 – 2 July 1965) was a British character actor and comedian. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. William Graham Moffat (February 21 1866 - December 12 1951 was a Scottish actor director and playwright Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A character actor is an Actor who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh
Born in Hammersmith, London [1], he is best know for a number of films where he appeared with Will Hay and Moore Marriott as 'Albert': an insolent, overweight, overgrown-schoolboy type character, loosely reminiscent of Billy Bunter. Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. William Thomson Hay ( 6 December 1888 &ndash 18 April 1949) was an English Comedian, Actor and amateur Moore Marriott ( September 14, 1885 in West Drayton, Middlesex &ndash- December 11, 1949 in Bognor Regis William George Bunter or Billy Bunter, the "Fat Owl of the Remove" is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton (using the nom de plume of
His first film with Will Hay was Where There's a Will (1936) in which he plays an office boy. Where There's a Will ( 1936) features an incompetent solicitor who unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery In his next film with Hay, Windbag the Sailor (1936), he is joined by Moore Marriott and his character has become 'Albert'. Windbag the Sailor (1936 is a British comedy film directed by William Beaudine, starring Will Hay in the title role He is known by this name in all his later films with Hay and Marriott: Oh, Mr Porter! (1937), Old Bones of the River (1938), Ask a Policeman (1939) and Where's That Fire? (1940). Oh Mr Porter! is a comedy film released in 1937 starring British Actor Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt Old Bones of the River is a comedy film released in 1938 starring British Actor Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British Comedy Film starring Will Hay. Where's That Fire? is a 1940 British Comedy Film, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, directed by Marcel Varnel Still as Albert, he appeared again with Moore Marriott in a series of films starring Arthur Askey: Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940), I Thank You (1941), and Back Room Boy (1942). Arthur Bowden Askey CBE ( June 6, 1900 &ndash November 16, 1982) was a prominent English Comedian. Charley's (Big-Hearted Aunt is a 1940 film starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars' I Thank You is a 1941 British comedy film produced by Gainsborough Pictures, directed by Marcel Varnel, starring Arthur Askey and Richard "Stinker" Back-Room Boy is a 1942 British Comedy Film directed by Herbert Mason His later films include Powell and Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale and I Know Where I'm Going!, before he semi-retired from show business to become a publican with his wife Joyce. The British film-making partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, also known as The Archers, made a series of influential A Canterbury Tale ( is a British film by the film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. I Know Where I'm Going! is a 1945 Romance film by the British -based film-makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Together, they ran the Swan Inn at Braybrooke (near Market Harborough) followed by The Englishcoombe Inn at Bath. Braybrooke is a small village in north west Northamptonshire, England. Market Harborough is a Market town in Leicestershire, England. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. In March 1952 he had to be admitted to hospital in Kettering after two weeks of hiccoughing. Kettering is a Town in Northamptonshire, England, UK. It is the main town within the Borough of Kettering. He still made occasional film appearances until his death from a heart attack in 1965 [2]. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply His ashes were scattered at sea.
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| NAME | Moffatt, Graham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moffat, Graham |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Comedy actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1919-12-06 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hammersmith, London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965-07-02 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Bath, Somerset |
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