Tommy Cooper: Tommy Cooper. Actor: The Cool Mikado. After leaving the army Tommy Cooper took up show business in 1947 and so started his long career of comedy derived around visual humour, magic tricks that didn't work and his trademark red fez, a prop that started from his days in the army. The BBC described him as an "Unattractive young man with an extremely unfortunate appearance" in an audition for new talent. While...
Known For: The Cool Mikado (Pooh-Bah, Private Detective), The Plank (Larger Workman), And the Same to You (Horace Hawkins), Wild Harvest (Soundtrack("Wild Harvest"))