My bittersweet life with frankie howerd by cilla black. However, during howerd s lifetime his popularity and his moods went up and down more often than a wellplaced innuendo. Well, i met frankie howerd, and he showed no interest in seducing me at all. In the 1950s frankie howerd the famous radio and film comedian meets a young waiter dennis heymer wholike himselfis a closet homosexual. I have been a lifelong fan of frankie and his work. David walliams stars as his comedy hero frankie howerd is this humorous and poignant story of the comedians fight with his inner demons. Howerd s end will get its world premiere at old joint stock theatre, birmingham from wednesday april 8 to 12 and then play the following theatres.
Frankie howerds career spans fifty years and takes in many facets radio, stage, television and film. Can there be a more demeaning fate for an old comedian than to be ironically rediscovered by a younger audience. By the early 1960s however things are looking bleak for frankie. Or that he was very rich because he was on the stage. Movie website candid and poignant drama about the comedian frankie howerd and the relationship with his longterm, longsuffering manager, and gay partner, dennis heymer. The house in nightmare park known as crazy house in the u. A life long fan of the original camp comic, walliams performance was largely given the thumbs up by critics. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Mar 23, 2007 but despite this, howerd was dangerously promiscuous, says mr heymer.
Upcoming, new, and past frankie howerd movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. Yet through career disaster, social stigma, illegality, numerous infidelities and howerd s own deepseated. A bbc tv biography about frankie howerd rather you than me was broadcast by bbc four on 9 april 2008. Frankie howerd news, views, gossip, pictures, video. It being gay and promiscuous was dangerous and heartbreaking for me, i must be honest. Well, its very difficult when you re shouting through a letter box. Francis alick howerd, who grew up to become popular british comedian frankie howerd, was born in 1917 and first set foot on stage at age 4. He starred in several movies, including carry on doctor and carry on up the jungle. Frankie howerd frankie howerd s lover urges fans to turn off tv drama rather you than me frankie howerd s lover yesterday urged fans not to watch tonights tv drama about them. The film focused chiefly on one of the lowest ebbs of howerds life when, having enjoyed enormous fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s, stage. Sep, 2009 frankie howards tearful last words he spent his life raising titters from his adoring public but hours before his death what frankie howerd wanted most was to say sorry. Rather you than me, an absorbing new biopic of the late comedian, are huddled behind a monitor in a draughty school hall in west london.
The programme was part of the bbcs curse of comedy season, which was a series of individual dramas about the turbulent private lives of famous british comedians. I even managed to get an autograph after one of his shows. Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. Because your all students, so naturally to you im not what you call an academic and no way at all could you call me an intellectual. Their relationship blossoms into a partnership rather than a purely sexual one and dennis becomes frankies manager. A regular frankie fan film a regular frankie fan 01 january 2000. Frankie howerd rather you than me comic book and movie. Mar 31, 2011 frankie howerd rather you than me the story. Personal items belonging to comedy icon frankie howerd are sold for more than. He starred in television series including up pompeii. It was one of a number of british comedy films which parodied the successful british horror genre, closely associated with the hammer horror films.
Unlike benny hill and dick emery, he was as much a hit with the alternative comedy crowd as with those who preferred mainstream probably because he wasnt as unpc as some of his contemporaries. In the 1950s frankie howerd, the famous radio and film. Rather you than me drama starring david walliams as the comedian frankie howerd, looking at the relationship with his longterm, longsuffering manager and partner, dennis heymer. Rather you than me, the 2008 bbc four tv comedy drama. With david walliams, rafe spall, peter sandys clarke, sally leonard.
Rather you than me streaming dvdrip, regarder frankie howerd. Francis alick howard, known as frankie howerd obe 6 march 1917 19 april 1992 was a british comedian and comedy actor. Bbc news entertainment frankie howerds forbidden love. With david walliams, rafe spall, peter sandysclarke, sally leonard. Howerd was previously the subject of a bbc biopic, rather you than me, in 2008, when he was played by david walliams. Rather you than me is a oneoff television biopic drama about the career of comedian frankie howerd and his relationship with his partner dennis heymer. The two writers cemented howerd s comeback with the series frankie howerd bbc, 196466, a splendid mix of typical howerd chat and comic sketch, in which frankie found himself in situations not too dissimilar to those once experienced by galton and simpsons previous comic foil, tony hancock. Rather you than me 2008 the movie database tmdb candid and poignant drama about the comedian frankie howerd and the relationship with his longterm, longsuffering manager, and gay partner, dennis heymer. The latest frankie howerd news, blogs and videos on metro. Another one off special shown as part of the 2008 bbc curse of comedy season. Oxford union i saw this man, actually he saw me, and he said excuse me, you frankie howard. His mother said to me, she said you stay with him the whole time and dont let him out of your sight.
Rather you than me david walliams finally gets to do his frankie howerd impression and its a very good one in the last of bbc4s series about the unhilarious personal lives of. Apr 09, 2008 in the 1950s frankie howerd, the famous radio and film comedian, meets a young waiter dennis heymer, who, like himself, is a closet homosexual. Frankie howerd,the howerd confessions episode 1 youtube. Frankie howerd ooh err missus frankie howerd, comedy.
All in all, the series showcased howerd at his best. Yes, the film is really about both frankie howerd and dennis heymer and perhaps should have been called howerd and dennis to complement hancock and joan. The script was written by peter harness, after extensive interviews with howerd s partner, dennis heymer. Frankie was one of the few comedians who started out in the 50s, to remain hugely popular throughout the following decades. Even by the standards of its predecessors frankie howerd. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Rather you than me concentrates on the private life of comedian frankie howerd david walliams, a closet homosexual at a time when such practices were against the law in great britain. Frankie howerds sister rages at the gay lover behind. Rather you than me was a jawdroppingly bleak portrait of one of the funniest men. Rather you than me, the private life of frankie howerd was racked with depression and selfloathing of his own sexuality. Mar 03, 2008 instructions for setting a photo gallery image as your desktop wallpaper windows internet explorer and netscape 1 select the dimensions of the picture most appropriate for your screen resolution. A regular frankie fan film a regular frankie fan 01. Given some of his tv work and his ability to camp it up perhaps its time. Rather you than me, will air in spring next year as part of a fourpart season of specials telling the life stories of some of britains favourite.
The script was written by peter harness, after extensive interviews with howerd s last boyfriend, dennis heymer. Despite his overtly camp persona, howerd kept his companionship with heymer under wraps for 35 years, until his death in 1992. His cheekily risque act, full of hesitations and stammers, endeared him to many and he became. Rather you than me 2008 in the 1950s frankie howerd, the famous radio and film comedian, meets a young waiter dennis heymer, who, like himself, is a closet homosexual. Rather you than me is a oneoff television biopic drama about the.
Rather you than me bbc4 was frankie howerd seen through the eyes of his longtime and longsuffering partner. Their relationship blossoms into a partnership, rather than a purely sexual one, and dennis becomes frankies manager. Doesnt that david walliams make a wonderful frankie howerd. Frankie howerd with june whitfield up je taime vinyl. He lived what might be described as a discreet existence with dennis heymer rafe spall, making sure that they never embraced in public.
Dennis heymers version of the actors life is the basis for bbc 4s forthcoming drama starring david walliams, entitled frankie howerd. Candid and poignant drama about the comedian frankie howerd and the relationship with his longterm, longsuffering manager, and gay partner, dennis heymer. How frankie howerd left me feeling belittled the independent. A sunday school teacher as a teen, his father, who died in 1934, had been an army man for most of his life. You can sort of sense howerds anguish on screen, i dont think he liked life much. But this was a wise decision on the part of the filmmakers as it would have been too depressing to dwell on howerds depressive character when denniss love for howerd and its many trials is where the drama lies. David walliams to play frankie howerd in bbc4 biopic media. Frankie howerd is the author of on the way i lost it 4. Watch the curse of comedy season 1, episode 4 frankie howerd. Rather you than me tv film complet vf en ligne hd 720p. Dec 14, 2007 bbc4s 60minute oneoff drama, frankie howerd. A bbc tv biography about frankie howerd, rather you than me, was broadcast by bbc four on 9 april 2008, and repeated on 10 february 20. Frankie howerd is to this day an enduring and celebrated icon of british comedy, and his thrice nays and.
Find the song lyrics for frankie howerd top tracks. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The curse of comedy frankie howerd rather you than me. The mystery of why people swing their arms while walking rather than holding them still and rigid like the famous silly. Frankie howerd obe born francis alick howard, 6 march 1917 18 april 1992, was an english comedian and comic actor whose career, described by barry cryer as a series of comebacks, spanned six decades. Rather you than me the curse of steptoe hughie green, most sincerely region 2 at. Frankie howerd in carry on doctor video dailymotion. Dennis heymer rafe small, first met frankie howard david williams, whilst he was busking tables at a nightclub in checkers. My production company did all of the set design and build for this bbc drama about the life of frankie howerd frankie howerd rather you than me on vimeo join. British actor and revue comedian frankie howerd was generally suppressed in his film appearances starting with runaway bus 1954, and most fans felt he was never quite at his best without a live audience. The rambling perambulations, the catchphrases, the bland brown suit and chestnut hairpiecesuch were the hallmarks of a revolution in standup comedy that came in the unique shape of frankie howerd. Instructions for setting a photo gallery image as your desktop wallpaper windows internet explorer and netscape 1 select the dimensions of the. They both should have been bigger stars and in films with the likes of dirk bogarde and david niven.
The relationship was explored in 2008 in a drama for bbc four, rather you than me, starring david walliams and rafe spall. Rather you than me frankie howerd is to this day an enduring and celebrated icon of british comedy, and his thrice nays and titter ye not have been immortalised in the canon of comedy catchphrases. There is some irony in the little britain star david walliams playing howerd. Rather you than me 2008 tv movie cast 17 david walliams. David walliams to play frankie howerd in bbc4 biopic. Frankie howerd is to this day an enduring and celebrated icon of british comedy, and his thrice nays and titter ye not have been immortalised in the canon.
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