Benny Hill

thumb|right|Waxwork of Hill in character as Fred Scuttle on The Benny Hill Show Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor, singer and writer, best remembered for The Benny Hill Show, a television which began on BBC in 1955, and continued on ITV for 20 years beginning in 1969. The ITV version mixed slapstick, burlesque and double entendres in a format that included live comedy and filmed inserts, with Hill at the focus of almost every segment. Quotes That's what show business is—sincere insincerity. From an interview by Maureen Cleave, as cited in "Gold-top Benny", Evening Standard (26 June 1977), p. 15 External links Category:1924 births Category:1992 deaths Category:Comedians from England Category:Singers from England Category:People from Southampton