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John Comer

John Comer

Actor · 1924 – 1984 · Stretford, Lancashire, England, UK

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". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movies23

  • Movie6.8

    Battle of Britain

    1969 · 362 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    1972 · 162 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Wuthering Heights

    1970 · 50 votes

  • Movie5.5
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie6.6

    I'm All Right Jack

    1959 · 83 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Hell Is a City

    1960 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Heavens Above!

    1963 · 28 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Family Way

    1966 · 33 votes

  • Movie4.2

    Memoirs of a Survivor

    1981 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Villain

    1971 · 48 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Rotten to the Core

    1965 · 11 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie6.0

    The Lovers!

    1973 · 9 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Happy DeathDay

    1968 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Kisses at Fifty

    1973 · 2 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie
  • Movie10.0

    Leeds United!

    1974 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.5

    The Fishing Party

    1972 · 2 votes

Series23

  • TV5.4

    Coronation Street

    1960 · 118 votes

  • TV6.6

    Play for Today

    1970 · 10 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 156 votes

  • TV5.7

    Crown Court

    1972 · 6 votes

  • TV7.2

    Last of the Summer Wine

    1973 · 41 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV7.0

    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

  • TV7.0
  • TV6.0

    Dixon of Dock Green

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV7.0

    Centre Play

    1973 · 1 votes

  • TV7.9

    Survivors

    1975 · 25 votes

  • TV6.4

    Doomwatch

    1970 · 6 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Man in Room 17

    1965 · 4 votes

  • TV6.3
  • TV6.5
  • TV7.1
  • TV7.0

    Premiere

    1977 · 1 votes

  • TV7.5

    Bless This House

    1971 · 17 votes

  • TV4.0

    Nice Work

    1980 · 1 votes

  • TV
  • TV9.0

    South Riding

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV7.5

    The Life of Riley

    1975 · 2 votes

  • TV6.0

    On the House

    1970 · 3 votes