John Comer

Acting

Born March 1, 1924, Stretford, Lancashire, England, UK

John Comer (died 1984) was a British comic actor. He starred in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays. Born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire, Comer gained an engineering apprenticeship at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park. Comer began his career performing a comedy routine around local social clubs and pubs in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1952, with his younger brother Tony, he performed in a children's theatre production for local schools in Stretford.[citation needed] The siblings then formed a double act named the Comer Brothers. In 1957 the brothers began a regular slot at the Manchester Apollo, performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage. In 1958 the Comer Brothers participated in an ITV talent show called Bid for Fame and began working for Butlin's. In 1959 they won first prize in the Butlin's National Talent Contest, winning £1,000 and a film contract with the Boulting Brothers. In 1959 the Boulting Brothers cast John and Tony Comer in the film I'm All Right Jack, in which they starred alongside Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough as trade union shop stewards. Their next film roles were in 1961, when they featured alongside Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey. However shortly afterwards Tony decided to leave showbusiness and returned to full-time work at Metropolitan-Vickers, while John decided to continue pursuing his film career. He appeared in the Boulting Brothers' 1967 film The Family Way as a father-of-the-bride to Hayley Mills's character, whose father John Mills portrayed her father-in-law. He gained a recurring role in 1973 as the primary supporting role of Sid in the new BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He also starred in a long-running advertising campaign for Home Brew Beer. 1977 saw him appear as Bill Malley in the BBC series "Murder Most English". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• Charles II: The Power and The Passion — Angry Man
• 1983Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home — Sid
• 1981Memoirs of a Survivor — Man Delivering Emily
• Nice Work
• 1980The Boy Who Never Was — Newsagent
• All Creatures Great and Small — Mr. Dimmock
• 1977A Little Outing — Dad
• Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle — Sergeant Malley
• Premiere — Dad
• Potter's Picture Palace
• I Didn't Know You Cared — Les Brandon
• 1975Our Terry — Arnold
• Survivors — Les Norton
• The Life of Riley — George Pollitt
• 1974Leeds United! — Billy Crane
• 1974South Riding
• South Riding — Bill Heyer
• All Our Saturdays — Wilf
• Centre Play — Arnold
• 1973Kisses at Fifty — George
• Last of the Summer Wine — Sid
• 1973Song at Twilight — Mr. Calthrop
• 1973The Lovers! — Geoffrey's Dad
• 1973Vinegar Trip — Leslie
• Crown Court — Constable Kershaw, Police Sergeant Kershaw
• 1972Dr. Phibes Rises Again — Ship's Officer
• 1972The Fishing Party — Teaman
• Bless This House — Barman
• 1971Villain — Waiter at House of Commons (uncredited)
• Doomwatch — Jack
• On the House — Jones
• Play for Today — George
• 1970The Hunting of Lionel Crane — Warrant Officer
• 1970There's a Girl in My Soup — John, the porter
• 1970Wuthering Heights
• 1969Battle of Britain — Policeman (uncredited)
• Castle Haven
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre
• 1968Happy DeathDay
• 1968The Best Pair of Legs in the Business — Bert
• 1968The Visitors
• ITV Playhouse — Jacko
• 1966The Family Way — Leslie Piper
• 1965Rotten to the Core — Policeman
• The Man in Room 17 — Sgt. Thomas Lynch
• It's Dark Outside — Constable
• 1963Heavens Above! — Butcher
• The Avengers — Groom
• Coronation Street — Mr. Birtles, Taxi Driver
• 1960Hell Is a City — Plainclothes Police Driver (uncredited)
• 1959I'm All Right Jack — Shop Steward
• Dixon of Dock Green — Greengrocer