1924-03-01 ( 101 years old ) in 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".
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Movies
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981-09-01
A Little Outing
1977-10-20
Our Terry
1975-07-28
Leeds United!
1974-10-31
South Riding
1974-09-16
Vinegar Trip
1973-04-24
Song at Twilight
1973-02-05
Kisses at Fifty
1973-01-22
The Lovers!
1973-01-01
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972-07-01
The Fishing Party
1972-06-01
Villain
1971-05-26
There's a Girl in My Soup
1970-12-15
Wuthering Heights
1970-06-09
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970-01-21
Battle of Britain
1969-09-15
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1968-12-28
Happy DeathDay
1968-12-12
The Visitors
1968-01-05
The Family Way
1966-12-18
Rotten to the Core
1965-07-14
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
Hell Is a City
1960-04-10
I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18
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