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Hal Monty
Born
Albert Sutan
(1907-12-21 ) 21 December 1907
Died 17 November 1967(1967-11-17) (aged 59 )
Other names Albert Sutton Eddie May Occupation(s ) Comedian, actor, screenwriter Years active 1920s–1967
Hal Monty (born Albert Sutan ; 21 December 1907 – 17 November 1967) was a British comedian and actor.
Life and career
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Sutan was born in Glasgow , the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, and grew up in London.[1] In the late 1920s, he performed as one half of a dance act, Grade and Sutton, with Boris Winogradsky, who later took the name Bernard Delfont .[2]
He worked as both Albert Sutton and Eddie May, before taking the stage name Hal Monty.[3] He developed a career in variety shows as a dancer and comedian, with the billing "Laugh and Be Happy". He also worked as a booking agent .[4] By the time of the Second World War he was established as a slapstick comedian, and performed balloon modelling .[2] He was popular as an armed forces entertainer, and toured with his own revue , Hal Monty's Blackbirds. He appeared on BBC Radio shows including Variety Bandbox and The Happidrome , sometimes credited as "the khaki -clad comedian" or "The General Forces Favourite".[5] [6] He toured with ENSA in 1945.[7]
In 1949 he starred in two British comedy films as a military recruit, Bless 'Em All (alongside Max Bygraves in his screen debut), and its sequel Skimpy in the Navy , which he co-wrote.[3] [8] He toured Sweden in 1949 with his Blackbirds revue;[9] performed in pantomimes in Britain; and appeared in the television show Variety Parade in 1953. He continued to tour through the 1950s and later, appearing in Singapore in 1966.[10]
He died in Saigon , Vietnam , in 1967, at the age of 59.[11]
References
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^ 1911 England Census, Mile End
^ a b Roy Hudd and Philip Hindin, Roy Hudd's Cavalcade of Variety Acts , Robson Books, 1998, ISBN 1-86105-206-5 , p.124
^ a b Adrian Wright, Melody In The Dark: British Musical Films 1946-1972 , 2023, ISBN 978-1-78327-749-0, pp.49-50
^ "New Comics Click On London Cirks", Billboard , 24 July 1943, p.17
^ Hal Monty, BBC Genome . Retrieved 26 October 2023
^ "Bless 'Em All", Voices of Variety . Retrieved 26 October 2023
^ Al Jacobs, "Jewish Lives", San Diego Jewish World , 16 November 2016 . Retrieved 26 October 2023
^ Hal Monty, BFI . Retrieved 26 October 2023
^ Alf Björnberg, Thomas Bossius, Made In Sweden: Studies In Popular Music , 2017, p.17
^ "Hal Monty (59 ) is hale and hearty", Eastern Sun , 12 November 1966, p.13
^ Hal Monty, IMDb . Retrieved 26 October 2023
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hal_Monty&oldid=1225316459 "
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