--- name: "Frankie Howerd" canonical: "https://film.one/person/frankie-howerd" fi1m_id: "frankie-howerd" imdb_id: "nm0398110" tmdb_id: 40956 wikidata_id: "Q979233" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 March 1917" died: "19 April 1992" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T07:21:22.309028+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Frankie Howerd ## Identity Frankie Howerd - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frankie-howerd - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** frankie-howerd - **IMDb ID:** nm0398110 - **TMDB ID:** 40956 - **Wikidata ID:** Q979233 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Howerd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40956 Actor. Born 6 March 1917 in York, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 19 April 1992. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 March 1917, York, Yorkshire, England, UK - **Died:** 19 April 1992 - **Also known as:** Francis Alick Howard - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Howerd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40956 ## Biography Frankie Howerd, born Francis Alick Howard, was an English comedian and comic actor. He was born in York on 6 March 1917 and died in London on 19 April 1992. Howerd appeared as the barrow boy in *The Ladykillers* (1955). He is known for his roles in the Carry On series, including Mr Francis Bigger in *Carry On Doctor* (1967) and Professor Inigo Tinkle in *Carry On Up the Jungle* (1970), and as Lurcio in *Up Pompeii* (1971). He was appointed OBE in 1977. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Ladykillers* (1955), Fi1m 86, as The Barrow Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers.md) ## Complete filmography (41) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Interviews* (2015), series, Actor - *The Best of Frankie Howerd* (2004), series, as Frankie Howerd · Creator - *Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box* (2001), as Lurcio (archive footage) (uncredited) - *What's a Carry On?* (1998), as Professor Inigo Tinkle / Mr. Francis Bigger (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Then Churchill Said to Me* (1993), series, Actor - *Further Up Pompeii!* (1991), Actor - *The Craig Ferguson Story* (1990), as The God of Comedy - *H.M.S. Pinafore* (1982), as Sir Joseph Porter - *Trial by Jury* (1982), as The Learned Judge - *Summertime Special* (1981), series, Actor - *The Plank* (1979), as Photographer - *Just So Stories* (1979), series, as Narrator - *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* (1978), as Mean Mr. Mustard - *That's Carry On!* (1977), as Mr. Francis Bigger / Professor Inigo Tinkle (archive footage) - *The Howerd Confessions* (1976), series, as Frankie - *A Touch of the Casanovas* (1975), series, as Francesco - *Further Up Pompeii* (1975), as Lurcio - *An Evening With Francis Howerd* (1973), series, Actor - *The House in Nightmare Park* (1973), as Foster Twelvetrees - *Whoops Baghdad* (1973), series, as Ali Oopla - *Up the Front* (1972), as Private Lurk - *Up the Chastity Belt* (1972), as Lurkalot / Richard the Lionheart - *Up Pompeii* (1971), as Lurcio - *Cucumber Castle* (1970), as Dying King - *Carry On Up the Jungle* (1970), as Professor Inigo Tinkle - *Carry On Christmas* (1969), as Robert Browning / Fairy Godmother - *Up Pompeii!* (1969), series, as Lurcio - *Carry On Doctor* (1967), as Mr. Francis Bigger - *The Canterville Ghost* (1966), as Constable - *The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery* (1966), as Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett - *The Frankie Howerd Show (1964)* (1964), series, Actor - *The Cool Mikado* (1963), as Ko-Ko Flintridge - *The Fast Lady* (1962), as Road Workman in Hole - *Watch It, Sailor!* (1961), as Church Organist - *The Bruce Forsyth Show* (1959), series, Actor - *Further Up the Creek* (1958), as Bos'n - *A Touch of the Sun* (1956), as William Darling - *Jumping for Joy* (1956), as Willie Joy - *An Alligator Named Daisy* (1955), as M.C. at Alligator Rally (uncredited) - *The Ladykillers* (1955), as The Barrow Boy — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers.md) - *The Runaway Bus* (1953), as Percy Lamb ## Gallery - ![Portrait of Frankie Howerd taken at photographer's home, Kinnerton Street London (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/3873775/gallery-ec5ac98e5237.jpg) Portrait of Frankie Howerd taken at photographer's home, Kinnerton Street London (2010) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Frankie_Howerd_Allan_Warren_2.jpg/1280px-Frankie_Howerd_Allan_Warren_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Frankie Howard on the set of Up Pompeii Elstree Studios (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/3873775/gallery-8183eeebb35d.jpg) Frankie Howard on the set of Up Pompeii Elstree Studios (1974) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Frankie_Howard_6_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Frankie_Howard_6_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![portrait of Frankie Howerd in London (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/3873775/gallery-51fc4284b027.jpg) portrait of Frankie Howerd in London (1976) — Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Frankie_Howerd_colour.jpg/1280px-Frankie_Howerd_colour.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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