Chesney Allen
Date of birth: 1893-04-05
Place of birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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Biography
From Wikipedia Chesney Allen, born William Ernest Chesney Allen (5 April 1893 – 13 November 1982) was a popular English entertainer of the Second World War period. He is best remembered for his double act with Bud Flanagan, Flanagan and Allen He began his career in straight acting, making his debut in stock at the Wimbledon Theatre, London, in 1912. Serving in Flanders in the First World War, he made friends with Bud Flanagan, and worked with him from 1924. As music hall comedians, they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act and this led to a successful recording career and roles in film and television. Flanagan and Allen were also members of the Crazy Gang and worked together in that team for many years. Flanagan and Allen stopped performing together with Chesney Allen's retirement on health grounds.
Movie Credits
Gasbags
1941-02-01
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold
Listen to Britain
1942-02-01
A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visit
The Frozen Limits
1939-11-01
The Crazy Gang join the 1898 gold rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and they're a bit late.
A Fire Has Been Arranged
1935-06-01
A pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country befo
Alf's Button Afloat
1938-06-30
Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and th
The Bailiffs
1932-09-30
Two incompetent Bailiffs repossess the wrong house.
O-Kay for Sound
1937-02-09
Hyman Goldberger, the president of film studio Super-Colossal Pictures, is in trouble--his major bac
Here Comes the Sun
1945-01-12
When a wealthy newspaper proprietor passes away, his crooked business partner moves to secure the de
Wild Boy
1934-01-01
This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a riva
Life Is a Circus
1960-02-16
Encompassing three hugely popular double acts, The Crazy Gang were one of Britain's best-loved, most
Dreaming
1944-11-28
When a pretty Wren faints in a crowded train, Private Bud Flanagan and Captain Ches Allen are quick
They're Off
1933-02-02
'The well-known crosstalk music hall comedians [Flanagan and Allen] presented in an amusing trifle w
Theatre Royal
1943-07-26
The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threat
Underneath the Arches
1937-01-03
Two hard up Brits stowaway aboard a ship to South America where they are washed up on the shore of a
Dunkirk
1958-03-20
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer i
We’ll Smile Again
1942-12-07
Nazi spies infiltrate a British film studio with the intention of sending coded messages in the film