did this actor take part in any war?
No
George Formby
February 1940, and Formby was signed on a fixed salary of £10 per week, although he still remained under contact to ATP. He undertook his first tour in France in March, where he performed for members of the British Expeditionary Force.

who is george formby? English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian where was he born? 26 May 1904 how did he begin his early career? He took the lead in "By the Shortest of Heads", a thriller. what is the plot behind this thriller? A stable boy who outwits a gang of villains and wins a £10,000 prize when he comes first in a horse race. what is its background? GGeorge Formby Snr was worried that his son, George Formby, would watch him on stage and begin a career on stage; he was against the boy following in his footsteps but after a year of his son working at a stables and being apprenticed, he allowed him to take the part in the thriller.
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George Formby [SEP] Second World War: service with ENSA
Formby's ENSA commitments were heavy, touring factories, theatres and concert halls around Britain. He also gave free concerts for charities and worthy causes, and raised £10,000 for the Fleetwood Fund on behalf of the families of missing trawlermen. He and Beryl also set up their own charities, such as the OK Club for Kids, whose aim was to provide cigarettes for Yorkshire soldiers, and the Jump Fund, to provide home-knitted balaclavas, scarves and socks to servicemen. Formby also joined the Home Guard as a dispatch rider, where he took his duties seriously, and fitted them around his other work whenever he could.