- Data di nascita
- Data di morte
- Nome alla nascitaArthur Towle
- Soprannome
- Old Mother Riley
- Arthur Lucan è nato il 16 settembre 1885. Luogo di nascita: Inghilterra, Regno Unito. È conosciuto come attore e sceneggiatore. È celebre per aver partecipato a Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941), Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943) e Kathleen Mavourneen (1937). È stata sposato con Kitty McShane. Morì il 17 maggio 1954. Luogo di morte: Inghilterra, Regno Unito.
- ConiugeKitty McShane(1913 - 17 maggio 1954) (morte del marito, 1 bambino)
- 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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