Ken Dodd

Ken Dodd

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was born on 8 November 1927 in a former farmhouse in Knotty Ash, a suburb of Liverpool, to Arthur Dodd and Sarah (née Gray); where his parents lived. He had an older brother, William and a younger sister, June. He went to the Knotty Ash School and sang in the local church choir of St John's Church, Knotty Ash. He was to live in Knotty Ash all his life, dying in the house in which he was born, and often referred to the area—as well as its mythical "jam butty mines" and "black pudding plantations"—in his act. He then attended Holt High School, a grammar school in Childwall, Liverpool, but left at the age of 14 to work for his father, a coal merchant. Around this time he became interested in show business after seeing an advert in a comic: "Fool your teachers, amaze your friends—send 6d in stamps and become a ventriloquist!" and sending off for the book. Not long after, his father bought him a ventriloquist's dummy and Ken called it Charlie Brown. He started entertaining at the local orphanage, then at various other local community functions. His distinctive bucked teeth were the result of a cycling accident after a group of school friends dared him to ride a bicycle with his eyes closed. Aged 18, he began working as a traveling salesman and used his work van to travel to comedy clubs in the evenings. He gained his big break at age 26 when, in September 1954, he made his professional show-business debut as Professor Yaffle Chucklebutty, Operatic Tenor and Sausage Knotter at the Nottingham Empire. He later said, "Well at least they didn't boo me off". He continued to tour variety theatres up and down the UK, and in 1955 he appeared at Blackpool, where, in the following year, he had a part in Let's Have Fun. His performance at the Central Pier was part of a comedy revue with Jimmy James and Company. Also on the same bill were Jimmy Clitheroe and Roy Castle. Dodd first gained top billing at Blackpool in 1958. Dodd was described as "the last great music hall entertainer". His stand-up comedy style was fast and relied on the rapid delivery of one-liner jokes. He said that his comic influences included other Liverpool comedians like Arthur Askey, Robb Wilton, Tommy Handley and the "cheeky chappy" from Brighton, Max Miller. He interspersed the comedy with occasional songs, both serious and humorous, in an incongruously fine light baritone voice, and with his original specialty, ventriloquism. Part of his stage act featured the Diddy Men ("diddy" being local slang for "small"). At first, an unseen joke conceived as part of Dodd's imagination, they later appeared on stage, usually played by children. Dodd worked mainly as a solo comedian, including in a number of eponymous television and radio shows and made several appearances on BBC TV's music hall revival show, The Good Old Days. Although he enjoyed making people laugh, he was also a serious student of comedy and history and was interested in Sigmund Freud and Henri Bergson's analysis of humour. Occasionally, he appeared in dramatic roles, including Malvolio in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971; on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen.

  • 題名: Ken Dodd
  • 人気: 5.184
  • で知られている: Acting
  • お誕生日: 1927-11-08
  • 出生地: Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England, UK
  • ホームページ: http://web.archive.org/web/20160414082028/http://www.kendoddshows.com
  • としても知られている: Kenneth Arthur Dodd, Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd, Sir Ken Dodd, Ken Dodd O.B.E., Ken Dodd OBE, Doddy
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  • 2014
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    Marvellous

    Marvellous

    7.174 2014 HD

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  • 2023
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    Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

    Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

    9 2023 HD

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  • 1997
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    Ken Dodd: Live Laughter Tour

    Ken Dodd: Live Laughter Tour

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1994
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    An Audience with Ken Dodd

    An Audience with Ken Dodd

    7.6 1994 HD

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  • 1996
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    ハムレット

    ハムレット

    7.335 1996 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

    The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2012
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    Becoming the Beatles

    Becoming the Beatles

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1999
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.3 1999 HD

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  • 1987
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    Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

    Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

    6 1987 HD

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  • 2017
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    Eric & Ernie's Home Movies

    Eric & Ernie's Home Movies

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2011
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    I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

    I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

    5 2011 HD

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  • 2018
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    Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

    Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2002
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    Another Audience With Ken Dodd

    Another Audience With Ken Dodd

    7 2002 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

    The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

    9 2015 HD

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  • 2002
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    Another Audience With Ken Dodd

    Another Audience With Ken Dodd

    7 2002 HD

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  • 1988
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    This Morning

    This Morning

    5.7 1988 HD

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  • 1964
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    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops

    6.5 1964 HD

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 HD

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  • 2007
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    More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy

    More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy

    5 2007 HD

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  • 1975
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    Seaside Special

    Seaside Special

    2 1975 HD

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  • 1991
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    Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

    3.1 1991 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Question Of Entertainment

    A Question Of Entertainment

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Ken Dodd Laughter Show

    The Ken Dodd Laughter Show

    10 1979 HD

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  • 1969
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    Ken Dodd and the Diddymen

    Ken Dodd and the Diddymen

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1974
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    Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

    Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1982
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    Ken Dodd's Showbiz

    Ken Dodd's Showbiz

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1967
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    Doddy's Music Box

    Doddy's Music Box

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1979
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    Blankety Blank

    Blankety Blank

    4.6 1979 HD

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  • 1996
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    Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

    Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

    5 1996 HD

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  • 1995
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    Paul Daniels' Secrets

    Paul Daniels' Secrets

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1978
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    An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

    5.3 1978 HD

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