Birthday
1893/04/05
Day of death
1982/11/13 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Also know as
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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 ...Read more
(1941) Gasbags
as Ches
(1942) Listen to Britain
as Self - Flanagan & Allen
(1939) The Frozen Limits
as Ches
(1935) A Fire Has Been Arranged
as Ches
(1938) Alf's Button Afloat
as Ches
(1932) The Bailiffs
as Meredith
(1937) O-Kay for Sound
as Ches
(1945) Here Comes the Sun
as Ches Allen
(1934) Wild Boy
as Auctioneer and Bookmaker
(1960) Life Is a Circus
as Ches
(1944) Dreaming
as Ches
(1933) They're Off
as ---
(1943) Theatre Royal
as Gordon Maxwell
(1937) Underneath the Arches
as Ches
(1958) Dunkirk
as Himself
(1942) We’ll Smile Again
as Gordon Maxwell