Acting credits
12
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Chesney Allen
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 12Series: 0
TMDB ID: 936943
IMDb ID: nm0020366
Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1893
Died: November 13, 1982
Age: 89
Place of birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1932 - 1960
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q5093271
Biography
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 often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act and this led to a successful recording career and roles in film and television. Flanagan and Allen were also members of the Crazy Gang and worked together in that team for many years. Flanagan and Allen stopped performing together with Chesney Allen's retirement on health grounds.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Chesney Allen.
6.0
Life Is a Circus
as Ches
1960 Movie
6.8
Dunkirk
as Himself
1958 Movie
6.0
Here Comes the Sun
as Ches Allen
1945 Movie
7.0
Dreaming
as Ches
1944 Movie
3.5
Theatre Royal
as Gordon Maxwell
1943 Movie
6.2
Listen to Britain
as Self - Flanagan & Allen
1942 Movie
5.5
Gasbags
as Ches
1941 Movie
7.5
The Frozen Limits
as Ches
1939 Movie
7.3
Alf's Button Afloat
as Ches
1938 Movie
6.2
O-Kay for Sound
as Ches
1937 Movie
5.8
A Fire Has Been Arranged
as Ches
1935 Movie
The Bailiffs
as Meredith
1932 Movie