What is Tony Hancock?
[[File:Tony Hancock in Old Square.jpg|thumb|Hancock [[sculpture]] in [[Birmingham]].]] '''Anthony John Hancock''' (12 May 1924 – 24 June 1968) was a [[British people|British]] [[comedian]] and [[actor]]. He worked on [[radio]], on [[television]] and in [[movie]]s. He was best known for appearing in the [[BBC]] [[radio]] comedy ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1954–1961). He worked with comedian [[Sid James]] until 1960. Hancock was [[birth|born]] in [[Hall Green]], [[Birmingham]]. He grew up in [[Bournemouth]], [[Hampshire]] and was [[education|educated]] in [[Swanage]], [[Dorset]] and [[Reading, Berkshire]]. Hancock was a [[major depressive disorder|depressed]] [[alcoholism|alcoholic]]. In 1968, he died by suicide with an [[drug overdose|overdose]] of [[amphetamine]]s and [[vodka]] in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/john+fisher/tony+hancock/6519277/|title=''Tony Hancock: The Definitive Biography''|publisher=Waterstones|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0359437}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hancock, Tony}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:1968 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Birmingham]] [[Category:Actors who committed suicide]] [[Category:British radio actors]] [[Category:British screenwriters]] [[Category:Comedians from Hampshire]] [[Category:Comedians who committed suicide]] [[Category:Drug-related suicides]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:People from Bournemouth]] [[Category:Suicides in Australia]] [[Category:Writers from Birmingham]] [[Category:Writers from Hampshire]] [[Category:Writers who committed suicide]] {{actor-stub}}