Bob Monkhouse

Birth Name: Robert Alan Monkhouse

Height: 178 cm

One of British TV's most popular performers with a career that spanned over four decades, funny-man Bob Monkhouse started off as a radio broadcaster (1947) and stand-up comic. He earned success early on as a gag writer, partnering with Denis Goodwin.In 1953, the duo won their own TV show called Fast and Loose (1954), which was sketch-comedy based. A nightclub comedian to boot, he also pursued films on occasion appearing in such slapstick dillies as Allez-y sergent! (1958), Dentist in the Chair (1960), Dentist on the Job (1961) and A Weekend with Lulu (1961). But TV would be his prime venue, and he moved quite easily into various parlor game and variety show hosting duties.For Love or Money (1959) was his first, a Brit version of "Candid Camera". Along the way, he found emceeing chores with The London Palladium Show (1966), The Golden Shot (1967) (which made him a household name), Celebrity Squares (1975) (based on The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965)), Family Fortunes (1980), "The $64,000 Question", Opportunity Knocks (1956), The National Lottery (1994), and many others. Monkhouse died in 2003 of prostate cancer. Show less «

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did - in his sleep. Not yelling and screamin...Show more »

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did - in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car. Show less «

When I said I was going to become a comedian, they all laughed. Well, they're not laughing now.

I'm rather relaxed about death. From quite an early age I've regarded it as part of the deal, the un...Show more »

I'm rather relaxed about death. From quite an early age I've regarded it as part of the deal, the unwritten guarantee that comes with your birth certificate. - Birmingham Evening Mail (UK) 25 September 1993 Show less «

Next Thursday at the polls, it won't just be Bob it'll be Britain saying Opportunity Knocks (1956). ...Show more »

Next Thursday at the polls, it won't just be Bob it'll be Britain saying Opportunity Knocks (1956). And if we put Maggie (Margaret Thatcher) back in for the third time we'll all be winners. (During the 1987 general election campaign) Show less «

Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional.

I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer.

Silence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.

As a comic, you need every wrinkle. Having a facelift would be like asking a tap dancer to have his ...Show more »

As a comic, you need every wrinkle. Having a facelift would be like asking a tap dancer to have his feet lopped off. - Birmingham Evening Mail (UK) 25 September 1993 Show less «

I was in Rome recently, and they say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", so I drove like a bloody m...Show more »

I was in Rome recently, and they say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", so I drove like a bloody maniac! Show less «

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