Benny Hill
Alfred Hawthorn Hill
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Born in Southampton to a circus-clown family, Hill left school for assorted jobs before conscription in 1942, training as a mechanic in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and later entertaining troops with the Combined Services Entertainment unit. After the war he entered radio in 1947 and made his television debut two years later, quickly becoming a staple of BBC variety. His eponym…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
