About: George Formby

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English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961)

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  • United Kingdom baaŋa ŋun nyɛ doo (dag)
  • aisteoir Sasanach (ga)
  • pemeran laki-laki asal Britania Raya (in)
  • britischer Schauspieler (de)
  • engelsk sanger, musiker, skuespiller og entertainer (da)
  • brittisk sångare, musiker, skådespelare och komiker (sv)
  • Brits acteur, zanger en komiek (1904–1961) (nl)
  • anglický herec, zpěvák, skladatel písní a komik (cs)
  • actor, cantante y comediante inglés (es)
  • attore, cantautore e suonatore di banjo inglese (it)
  • piosenkarz i aktor brytyjski (pl)
  • تهیه‌کننده، کمدین، بازیگر، و موسیقی‌دان بریتانیایی (fa)
  • كوميديان من المملكه المتحده (arz)
  • English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961) (en)
  • musicien, comédien et acteur britannique (1904-1961) (fr)
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  • Formby's house, Lytham St Anne's (en)
  • Blue plaque at Formby's house Beryldene, Inner Promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire (en)
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  • October 2023 (en)
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  • George Formby's house - Geograph 3380229.jpg (en)
  • George Formby - Blue Plaque, Inner Promenade, Lytham St Annes.jpg (en)
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  • George Formby (en)
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  • "To overcrowded flats I've been, (en)
  • "With my little stick of Blackpool rock (en)
  • When I'm cleaning windows! Now lots of girls I've had to jilt, (en)
  • Along the promenade I stroll; (en)
  • For they admire the way I'm built, (en)
  • In my pocket it got stuck I could tell, (en)
  • It's a good job I don't wear a kilt, (en)
  • My little stick of Blackpool rock" (en)
  • Sixteen in one bed I've seen, (en)
  • When I'm cleaning windows!" (en)
  • With the lodger tucked up in between, (en)
  • A girl while bathing clung to me—my wits I had to use— (en)
  • Every day, wherever I stray, the kids around me flock; (en)
  • She cried I'm drowning and to save me you won't refuse; (en)
  • I said well if you're drowning I don't want to lose (en)
  • "I'm just a clown without the make-up, the circus clown who magnifies the reactions of ordinary people to the things that happen around them". (en)
  • "Standing with his back to a tree or a wall of sandbags, with men squatting on the ground in front of him, he sang song after song, screwing up his face into comical expressions of fright whenever shells exploded in the near distance, and making little cracks when the firing drowned the point lines in his songs". (en)
  • "You know, some of the songs are a bit near. But they'll take them from me in evening dress; they wouldn't take them if I wore baggy pants and rednose". (en)
  • 'Cos when I pulled it out I pulled my shirt up as well. (en)
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  • Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. (en)
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  • banned by the BBC? (en)
  • – Basil Dean, the head of ENSA, on some of Formby's work with the organisation. (en)
  • – Banned by the BBC: "The Window Cleaner", second recorded version (en)
  • – "With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock": (en)
  • – Formby on his stage persona. (en)
  • – Formby on his suggestive lyrics. (en)
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  • George Formby (en)
  • George Formby (cs)
  • George Formby, Jr. (es)
  • George Formby (fr)
  • George Formby jr. (de)
  • George Formby (ga)
  • George Formby (it)
  • 조지 폼비 (ko)
  • George Formby (nl)
  • George Formby (pl)
  • George Formby (sv)
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