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232: 73:; his mother was an alcoholic and part-time prostitute, and during much of his youth he was maltreated. To earn money he would sing for pennies on street corners, before he joined a singing duo in his teens. He began to develop his own act during the 1890s and built up a following in Lancashire. He also developed a series of stage characters, including that of "John Willie", which is described by the cultural historian Jeffrey Richards as "the archetypal gormless Lancashire lad ... hen-pecked, accident-prone, but muddling through." Formby also had a successful recording career and made the transition from music hall to 678: 1681: 354:. He was one of the few performers who had no difficulties recording clearly with the primitive equipment, and he performed in a relaxed fashion for an invisible audience. He would sing his song and then talk to the listener using a variant of his normal stage patter. Some of those songs, such as "Playing the Game out West" and "Since I Parted my Hair in the Middle" have been identified by Dave Russell, the social historian, as "clever depictions of a provincial innocent let lose [ 624:
derived from Methodist hymns, and with catchy choruses", and he would chat to the orchestra conductor and front rows, punctuating his stage patter—delivered in a deadpan style—with his cough. He used his health—particularly the coughing—as part of his act, and would say that he was "Coughin' well tonight!" He also created the phrase "It's not the cough that carries you off – it's the coffin they carries you off in!" One of Formby's nicknames, "The
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rights. He was billed as J.H. Booth until 1897, when he changed his stage name to George Formby. Although rumoured to have picked his new surname after seeing it as a destination on a railway carriage, the main sources agree this story is likely to be apocryphal. The origin of the Formby name is more likely to have been a suggestion from Dennis Clarke, the manager of the
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behind the conductor sat the royal party, and it looked to some that Formby was speaking disrespectfully to them. The king understood to whom Formby was talking, however, and afterwards presented him with a tiepin. In October Formby appeared in his second Royal Command Performance of the year, in a charity show organised by the French actress
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Six weeks after Formby's death, his son George first appeared on stage in a copy of his father's act; he initially appeared under the name George Hoy—using his mother's maiden name—but soon took his father's stage name. Formby Jr later went on to become the top British male star in box office takings
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Palladium took court action against him for failing to fulfil a theatrical engagement as contracted, whereupon his lawyer said that Formby was dying of the lung disease and was working for the short time he had left for the benefit of his large family. Formby lost the case: his plea of ill-health was
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Formby was always worried that his son George would watch him on stage, as he did not wish the boy to become a comic, saying "one fool in the family is enough". Nevertheless, although he had sent George away to train as a jockey, in 1915 he allowed his son to appear on screen, taking the lead part of
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states that Formby was "possessed of staggering consumptive virility", as the comedian also had several children with other partners. Eliza became an important figure in Formby's professional life, making his costumes and standing in the wings during his performances to help him. Eliza also continued
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Formby began to develop his own stage act during the 1890s, and built a large fan base in Lancashire. He devised several characters with their own costumes, and composed a series of comic songs. By 1896 his assignment book records that he was buying and collecting comic songs and securing the singing
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Details—including dates—for Formby's activities are scant: his biographers, Sue Smart and Richard Bothway Howard, write that "little is known about the period between 1884 and 1892"; many of the stories Formby related later in life are contradicted by extant records. One of Formby's claims was that
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in the 1920–21 pantomime season. Formby was advised by doctors to emigrate to South Africa for the benefit of his health, but he preferred to stay in Britain, with his wife and children, and continued to work. During his performances his wife would wait in the wings with ice for him to suck to stop
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builder. He supplemented his wages by singing in pubs, alehouses and free-and-easies, the last being places where informal arrangements were made for patrons to provide their own entertainment. Around this time he joined up with another boy to form an act, "the Glenray Brothers" (also "the Glen Ray
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Formby was the first comic to use a delayed entrance as a joke to make the audience laugh before he arrived: his orchestra played his entrance music, and then he failed to appear on stage. His act included songs, described by Smart and Bothway Howard as "characteristically simple, some with tunes
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reported that Formby's "broad humour succeeded with unexpected ease, and their Majesties praised him very highly after the performance." Formby was embarrassed by his performance. His usual act partly consisted of a running patter with the orchestra conductor, which he again did on this occasion;
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describes Willie as "the archetypal gormless Lancashire lad in baggy trousers, tight jacket, and bowler hat, slow-talking, hen-pecked, accident-prone, but muddling through." His costume included ill-fitting clothes, large boots worn on the wrong feet, and a variety of hats; he would often carry a
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When he performed in London, Formby would change his act, introducing himself as "Good evening, I'm Formby fra' Wigan ... I've not been in England long"; he slightly modified his stage persona, and he played "the naïve boy trying to fit in with the sophisticated south". Smart and Boothroyd
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shows that she was still living with her parents. The marriage does not appear to have been successful, but according to Formby's biographers, Sue Smart and Richard Bothway Howard, there is no evidence of a divorce between the couple and no information relating to when the couple separated.
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For much of January and February 1908 Formby appeared in various London music halls for which he received £20 a week. The following year, and staying in the capital, he played three halls a night in exchange for £45 a week. One such venue was the Tivoli with Lloyd and
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and Ray Seaton, two of Formby Jr's biographers. In his examination of British screen stars, Geoffrey Macnab agrees, and identifies that although Formby's jokes were about himself, "there was grit in the routines, a resolute denial of self-pity".
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commented, "There cannot be many people who have not heard at some time in their lives either the words or the refrain of 'John Willie – Come On', 'One of the Boys', 'I was Standing on the Corner of the Street', or 'Playing the Game in the
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In October 1922 a large marble memorial was unveiled at the site of Formby's grave, in the presence of Formby Jr, Eliza and a large crowd. The memorial later became the resting place for both the younger Formby and Eliza. In June 2012 a
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a week. In 1898, while performing at the Wigan Empire as part of the tour, Formby met Eliza Hoy, the daughter of the Empire's cashier. The couple married in August the following year at Wigan Registry Office, although this marriage was
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His art seemed absolutely guileless and childish, in the vein of the Hatter's madness, but there was method in it—that wonderful form of humour which the Londoner appreciates, but cannot imitate. It was racial of the Lancastrian soil.
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Chaplin, who derived some of his stage persona from Formby's, sailed in 1908 with Karno's troupe to the United States, where he developed the character of the Tramp, the image of which became universally familiar by 1915.
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consider that "the contrast between his northern accent and metropolitan bravado was humorous, and the more urbane and sophisticated his audience the more George exaggerated his provincial gormlessness".
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when he collapsed after a show. He returned to his home near Warrington, where he died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 8 February, at the age of 45. He was buried in a family plot in the Catholic section of
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and was unable to work for a month. He was taken ill during the runs of pantomimes in both 1918 and 1919, was forced to rest for three months in 1919, and collapsed on stage during a performance in
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One of the earliest characters Formby developed was "John Willie". Baz Kershaw, the professor of theatre, described the character as Formby's "onstage alter ego", while the cultural historian
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Sources disagree on Eliza's age. Bret states she was 21; Smart and Bothway Howard put her at 19. The Formby memorial, including her grave, states that she "Died July 1981, Aged 102 Years".
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Much of Formby's humour was based in his north western roots, particularly Wigan, which he told people was where he was born, rather than Ashton. He would refer to taking his holidays at
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Formby left formal education at the age of eight or nine, and did not learn to read until well into his teenage years. To earn money for the household, he sang on street corners for
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thought that "some of it seemed to have strayed in by mistake out of a second-rate provincial pantomime". Formby returned within a week and the reviews were more positive, with
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His health had always been poor, but a stage accident in 1916 weakened Formby's lungs, and he suffered increasingly for the next few years, reducing his ability to perform.
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examined the performer's style of humour, and considered it "often crude, and always simple, but it was always true humour, and, what is more, it was invariably clean."
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as the headline acts. When not performing in London, Formby continued to tour the provincial music halls. In 1910 he again appeared at the Tivoli, and was reviewed in
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The damage to Formby's lungs from the accident was exacerbated by tuberculosis, and he began to miss an increasing number of his appearances. In 1917 the
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Formby was not alone in developing a chest complaint: the mortality rate from bronchitis was 20% higher in the north west than the rest of the country.
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Formby Jr played a stable boy who outwits a gang of villains and wins a £10,000 prize when he comes first in a horse race. The film is now considered
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Wilkes, Roger (19 May 2001). "Beryldene: The death of George Formby's wife freed him from a loveless marriage, but new-found bliss was brief".
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In 1902 Formby performed for the first time in London, when he was booked by Ted Granville, the proprietor of the Royal Albert Music Hall in
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stereotypes, and he was popular around Britain. His nickname, "The Wigan Nightingale", was coined because of the way he would use his
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before recovering. Although he was the lead in the show, the premiere took place without him; it was criticised by reviewers, and
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later used Formby's humorous concept of "Wigan Pier" in the title of his 1937 study of depression and unemployment in the area,
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Formby's weekly salary of £35 in 1906 is approximately £3,000 in 2014; the £325 weekly salary in 1920 is approximately £15,000.
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considered him a great comedian, made all the greater by his continuing to perform through his illness, while the drama critic
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because of his union two years previously with Salter. In the months after their marriage, Eliza persuaded Formby to join the
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is now one of the liveliest revues in London, and the most spectacular". By August the production had transferred to the
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called him "Lancashire's accredited representative on the London variety stage ... clown-satirist of genius".
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In 1897 Formby met Martha Maria Salter, a 20-year-old music hall performer, and they married in her home town of
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Formby's career received a further boost in July 1913 when he was one of seven acts to appear before
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working as a seamstress and would sell chips during lunchtimes to supplement the family's income.
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music hall, where he was immediately successful, and became "an idol of the town", according to
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It's Turned Out Nice Again!: The Authorized Biography of the Two George Formbys, Father and Son
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as one of the comedic drivers, "but it was not contrived and was never mawkish", according to
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Brothers"), which was profitable enough to have a manager; the act continued until Formby's
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Although he was keen to undertake further film work a later project never transpired.
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in Newcastle at a salary of £35 a week. He was able to command £325 a week by 1920.
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in 1921 at the age of 45. Formby's act, and one of his costumes and canes, inspired
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Nightingale" was coined because of the way he used his bronchial cough in his act.
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Images of England Through Popular Music: Class, Youth and Rock 'n' Roll, 1955–1976
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at the age of 33. Formby secured a job at a cotton mill and spent two years as a
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After the Formbys had lost three daughters to early deaths, their first son,
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he ran away from home when he was seven and worked in a steel foundry near
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in Birkenhead, while George was chosen in honour of the music hall star
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Williams, Jennifer (4 June 2012). "By George! A Plaque to Formby Snr".
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Formby, George (25 November 1911). "My Life When Singing for Coppers".
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compromised by his accepting an engagement elsewhere at the same time.
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in 1999; and Sue Smart and Richard Bothway Howard who, in 2011, wrote
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between 1937 and 1943, and the highest-paid entertainer in Britain.
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In 1897 or 1898 Formby was signed to appear at the Lyceum Theatre,
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stating that it was "one of the successes of the season ...
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In early 1921 Formby was appearing at the Newcastle Empire in
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was unveiled at Hodgson Street, Ashton, Formby's birthplace.
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The "John Willie" character, like much of Formby's act, used
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performers of the early 20th century. His comedy played upon
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The £3 weekly salary in 1902 is approximately £284 in 2014.
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A guinea for a song equated to approximately £100 in 2014.
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Formby was injured in June 1916 during rehearsals for the
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Those main sources are the biographies of Formby's son,
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was present in the stage wings ready for emergencies.
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in August. Little is known about Salter, although the
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Formby left over 190 recordings, and after his death
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cane. In 1908 he lent one of his costumes to a young
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refused to release him from a long-standing booking.
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Index

George Formby (Senior)
George Formby
Head and shoulders, black and white picture of Formby looking towards the camera
music hall
Lancashire
bronchial
North West England
revue
Tuberculosis
influenza
pandemic of 1918
pulmonary tuberculosis
Charlie Chaplin
the Tramp
George Formby
Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancashire
birth certificate
malnourishment
asthma
bronchitis
coppers
pulmonary tuberculosis
loom
boy soprano
Head and shoulders image of a woman in her 30s
née
bigamously
Argyle Theatre
George Robey

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