Caption: Tommy Cooper, Hughie Green, Frankie Howerd, Millicent Martin, Yutte Stensgaard, Eric Sykes and Barbara Windsor
Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Born: March 6, 1917
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)
Known for: The Ladykillers (1955), Carry on Doctor (1967), Carry on Up the Jungle (1970), The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Source: IMDB
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. A Sunday school teacher as a teen, his father, who died in 1934, had been an Army man for most of his life. Not long after Frankie was invited to audition for RADA. His audition was poor and from then on he ...