Biographie
Arthur Lucan
- Date de naissance
- Date de décès
- Nom de naissanceArthur Towle
- Surnom
- Old Mother Riley
- Arthur Lucan est né le 16 septembre 1885 à Lincolnshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Il était acteur et scénariste. Il est connu pour Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941), Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943) et Kathleen Mavourneen (1937). Il était marié à Kitty McShane. Il est mort le 17 mai 1954 à Angleterre, Royaume-Uni.
- ConjointKitty McShane(1913 - 17 mai 1954) (son décès, 1 enfant)
- In films, always worked in 'drag' as Old Mother Riley
- In 1954 Lucan was touring in a production of "Old Mother Riley Goes to Paris." On May 17, while waiting to go on stage at the Tivoli Theatre in Hull, Lucan collapsed and died. He was buried in Hull's Eastern Cemetery.
- In 1941 (as Old Mother Riley), he was named the second most popular British film star.
- Gravestone Inscription: Arthur Lucan, better known and beloved by all children as Old Mother Riley. Don't cry as you pass by, just say a prayer.
- The relationship between Lucan and his wife-partner, Kitty McShane, became increasingly volatile. For the final films in the "Old Mother Riley" series, the director could not have both of them on the set at the same time. Their shots would be done separately and edited together. For the final film in the series, "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire" (1952), McShane was replaced.
- In 1934 Lucan and his wife, Kitty McShane, introduced "Bridget's Night Out", which became a classic act in English music halls.
- I've got one foot in the grave, one foot in a bedsock, and I'm kicking the bucket with the other!
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