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Francis Alick Howard, , better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. March 1917 – 19. April 1992
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Famous Frankie Howerd Quotes

“Oooh noo, please, it's wicked to mock the afflicted! Well it might be one of your own! Don't laugh at her, she might want paying - I told her this was an audition! She's known to me as Madam Vera Roper, but she's known to everyone else as The English Open!”

Frankie Howerd

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A744914
Howerd introducing Mrs Vera Roper, his pianist, who was deaf.

“Very clever, all those boys are, very clever boys. I think they should turn professional. They tell me now they've learned to put on make-up. Soon they're going to use it on the stage!”

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A744914

“I was on a cycle rally and we were passing Chequers – I thought, I'll nip in. I'm sorry – I told him. I was very forthright, stupid to be anything else. I said, "Harold, be careful", I said, "Harold, don't rush into this, I beg you." I don't think he got the message. Well, it's very difficult when you're shouting through a letter box!”

Frankie Howerd

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A744914

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