Will Hay
| Will Hay | |
|---|---|
| Ime po rođenju | William Thomson Hay |
| Rođen/a | 6. 12. 1888. Stockton-on-Tees, Grofovija Durham, Engleska |
| Umro/a | 18. 4. 1949. (dob: 60) Chelsea, London, Engleska |
| Uticaji od | W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin |
| Uticao/la na | Jimmy Perry, Ken Dodd, John Cleese, Tony Hancock, David Croft (TV producent) |
| Suprug/a/zi/ge | Gladys Perkins (1907–35) (rastava) |
William Thomson "Will" Hay (6. decembar 1888 – 18. april 1949) bio je engleski komičar, glumac, filmski režiser i amaterski astronom. Kao mladić je radio u inženjerskom birou prije nego što je, potaknut nastupima W. C. Fieldsa, odlučio započeti karijeru kao zabavljač. S vremenom je stekao popularnost zahvaljujući skečevima The fourth form at St. Michaels gdje je tumačio lik direktora škole. Nastupao je u filmovima, na radiju, a u slobodno vrijeme se bavio i astronomijom, izgradivši vlastitu opservatoriju 1909. godine. Godine 1932. je postao član Kraljevskog astronomskog društva; godine 1933. je otkrio bijelu mrlju na planetu Saturnu;[1] Od 1907. do 1935. bio je u braku s Gladys Perkins, sa kojom je imao troje djece.
- Playmates (1922) (nijemi kratki film)
- Know Your Apples (1933) (kratki i izgubljeni film)
- Those Were the Days (1934)
- Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
- Dandy Dick (1935)
- Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
- Windbag the Sailor (1936)
- Where There's a Will (1936)
- Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
- Good Morning, Boys (1937)
- Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
- Old Bones of the River (1938)
- Ask a Policeman (1939)
- Convict 99 (1939)
- The Big Blockade (1940)
- Where's That Fire? (1940)
- The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
- Go to Blazes (1942)
- The Goose Steps Out (1942)
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
- My Learned Friend (1943)
- Will Hay by Graham Rinaldi with foreword by Ken Dodd, Tomahawk Press Arhivirano 2009-03-12 na Wayback Machine-u, 2009
- Will Hay na sajtu IMDb
- Will Hay.Comic Genius Arhivirano 2004-04-03 na Wayback Machine-u
- Astronomical obituary MNRAS '''110''' (1950) 130 – NB: this biography wrongly gives Hay's middle name as Thompson – it was Thomson
- The Next Train's Gone: Will Hay pages including bio and audio Arhivirano 2009-08-13 na Wayback Machine-u
- Radio files
- Will Hay and his telescopes: A comprehensive account of Hay's astronomical observations
