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Sam Costa(1910-1981)

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Sam Costa appeared in less than a dozen films and Tv programs but was well known to the British as a dance band singer and a radio personality. He followed his first series, It's That Man Again, with another called Much Binding In The Marsh, where listeners would hear him repeatedly ask, "Was there something?"

In the 1950s and 1960s he became a radio presenter and disc jockey on the BBC and Radio Luxembourg; also making several appearances on the popular ITV show, 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'.
BornJune 17, 1910
DiedSeptember 22, 1981(71)
BornJune 17, 1910
DiedSeptember 22, 1981(71)
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Known for

The Pickwick Papers (1952)
The Pickwick Papers
6.9
  • Job Trotter
  • 1952
One Wild Oat (1951)
One Wild Oat
5.0
  • Mr. Pepys
  • 1951
Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
Penny and the Pownall Case
5.5
  • Reception Clerk
  • 1948
Trouble in the Air (1948)
Trouble in the Air
5.8
  • 2nd Spiv
  • 1948

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Actor



  • Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
    Hancock's Half Hour
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Juror (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Pantomania: Babes in the Wood
    TV Movie
    • Baron Eville
    • 1957
  • John Pike in One Wish Too Many (1956)
    One Wish Too Many
    7.1
    • Mr. Pomfrett
    • 1956
  • The Charlie Farnsbarns Show
    TV Series
    • 1956
  • The Pickwick Papers (1952)
    The Pickwick Papers
    6.9
    • Job Trotter
    • 1952
  • One Wild Oat (1951)
    One Wild Oat
    5.0
    • Mr. Pepys
    • 1951
  • A Piece of Cake (1948)
    A Piece of Cake
    5.1
    • Les Millins the bandleader
    • 1948
  • Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
    Penny and the Pownall Case
    5.5
    • Reception Clerk
    • 1948
  • Trouble in the Air (1948)
    Trouble in the Air
    5.8
    • 2nd Spiv
    • 1948
  • At Home
    TV Movie
    • Odd Jobs Man
    • 1948
  • Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Kay Hughes in The Big Show (1936)
    The Big Show
    5.7
    • Mary's Truck Driver (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • She Knew What She Wanted
    • (uncredited)
    • 1936

Stunts



  • Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Kay Hughes in The Big Show (1936)
    The Big Show
    5.7
    • stunts (uncredited)
    • 1936

Soundtrack



  • Pennies from Heaven (1978)
    Pennies from Heaven
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "Indian Love Call" (uncredited)
    • 1978

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  • Born
    • June 17, 1910
    • Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 22, 1981
    • Northwood, London, England, UK(cancer)
  • Other works
    Radio comedy with Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne "Much Binding in the Marsh"
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    Comedian, disc-jockey and singer

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