John Comer

Biography

John Comer (died 1984) was a British comic actor. He starred in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays. Born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire, Comer gained an engineering apprenticeship at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park. Comer began his career performing a comedy routine around local social clubs and pubs in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1952, with his younger brother Tony, he performed in a children's theatre production for local schools in Stretford.[citation needed] The siblings then formed a double act named the Comer Brothers. In 1957 the brothers began a regular slot at the Manchester Apollo, performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage. In 1958 the Comer Brothers participated in an ITV talent show called Bid for Fame and began working for Butlin's. In 1959 they won first prize in the Butlin's National Talent Contest, winning £1,000 and a film contract with the Boulting Brothers. In 1959 the Boulting Brothers cast John and Tony Comer in the film I'm All Right Jack, in which they starred alongside Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough as trade union shop stewards. Their next film roles were in 1961, when the…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Battle of Britain (1969) — Policeman (uncredited)
2. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) — Ship's Officer
3. The Avengers (1961) — Groom
4. Coronation Street (1960) — Mr. Birtles
5. I'm All Right Jack (1959) — Shop Steward
6. There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) — John, the porter
7. All Creatures Great and Small (1978) — Mr. Dimmock
8. Wuthering Heights (1970)
9. Villain (1971) — Waiter at House of Commons (uncredited)
10. Last of the Summer Wine (1973) — Sid
11. Hell Is a City (1960) — Plainclothes Police Driver (uncredited)
12. The Family Way (1966) — Leslie Piper
13. Heavens Above! (1963) — Butcher
14. Survivors (1975) — Les Norton
15. Charles II: The Power and The Passion (2003) — Angry Man
16. Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) — Man Delivering Emily
17. Rotten to the Core (1965) — Policeman
18. Play for Today (1970) — George
19. The Lovers! (1973) — Geoffrey's Dad
20. I Didn't Know You Cared (1975) — Les Brandon
21. Crown Court (1972)
22. Doomwatch (1970) — Jack
23. The Man in Room 17 (1965) — Sgt. Thomas Lynch
24. Dixon of Dock Green (1955) — Greengrocer
25. Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977) — Sergeant Malley
26. On the House (1970) — Jones
27. ITV Playhouse (1967) — Jacko
28. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
29. The Fishing Party (1972) — Teaman
30. Kisses at Fifty (1973) — George
31. The Life of Riley (1975) — George Pollitt
32. Happy DeathDay (1968)
33. The Hunting of Lionel Crane (1970) — Warrant Officer
34. The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1968) — Bert
35. Leeds United! (1974) — Billy Crane
36. Song at Twilight (1973) — Mr. Calthrop
37. Getting Sam Home (1983) — Sid
38. All Our Saturdays (1973)
39. Nice Work (1980)
40. South Riding (1974) — Bill Heyer