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'''Benny Hill''' (real name Alfred Hawthorne Hill, 1924-1992) was a prolific English comic, actor, and singer best known for his television programme ''[[
His on-screen persona was as a skirt-chasing [[Dirty Old Man]], and there was much [[Fan Service]]. Some of his humour today walks into the sexist, which has [[Values Dissonance|affected his reputation]], although the women involved with his shows have denied that they were sexist. That said, when non-Britons are speaking of British comedy genius, Hill is often [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|mentioned in the same breath]] as, say, ''[[
In the mid-noughties there was a TV show entitled ''Is Benny Hill Still Funny?'' in which a cross-section of the British public, most of whom were too young to have seen his original broadcasts, were shown a selection of his sketches and asked the eponymous question. The consensus was "Yes".
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Most of his comedy is visual, which typically leads to good video sales worldwide. No translation needed for the most part, especially for the pretty girls in colourful dresses.
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=== Television ===
* ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''
=== Film ===
* ''[[Who Done It?]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Light Up the Sky!]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Italian Job (1969 film)|The Italian Job]]'' (1969)
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* [[Burlesque]]/[[Vaudeville]]: His comedy incorporates elements from the British versions.
* [[The Cameo]]: He appeared in the 1986 video for "Anything She Does" by [[Genesis]].
* [[Chase Scene]]: [[Once Per Episode]], if not more often.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: One of his most prominent screen personas.
* [[Double Entendre]]: A common feature of his comedy.
* [[Fan Service]]: In industrial job lots.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: As noted in the main text, the British can't understand why he is regarded as a comic genius by foreigners.
* [[Memetic Hand Gesture]]: The signature open-palmed British Army salute of Hill's character Fred Scuttle.
* [[Slapstick]]
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