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Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from [[Katowice]], then in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.<ref name=jewishlives> |
Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from [[Katowice]], then in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.<ref name=jewishlives>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/max-bacon |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 December 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213120732/https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/max-bacon |url-status=dead }}</ref> In London, his father worked as a basket-weaver. |
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Before becoming a [[character actor]], Bacon was a drummer in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name=jewishlives/> He was taught by the vocalist and drummer Harry Bentley. After a couple of years at the Florida Club with Ronnie Munro's band he began a long association with [[Ambrose (bandleader)|Ambrose]]'s Orchestra, with whom he recorded as drummer and occasionally as Yiddish vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index-B.htm|title=Musicians index B|website=Mgthomas.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonist.com/london/music/new-musical-compilation-takes-you-inside-the-east-end-yiddisher-jazz-scene|title=Rediscovering The East End's Yiddisher Jazz Scene|date=November 9, 2018|website=Londonist.com}}</ref> In the late 1930s he had become well known enough to tour the halls in his own right and as part of a touring unit known as the Ambrose Octet with [[Evelyn Dall]], among others.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6XRhRrrSzQC&dq=ambrose+octet+max+bacon&pg=PT10|title=Talking Swing: The British Big Bands|first=Sheila|last=Tracy|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781780570044|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
Before becoming a [[character actor]], Bacon was a drummer in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name=jewishlives/> He was taught by the vocalist and drummer Harry Bentley. After a couple of years at the Florida Club with Ronnie Munro's band he began a long association with [[Ambrose (bandleader)|Ambrose]]'s Orchestra, with whom he recorded as drummer and occasionally as Yiddish vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index-B.htm|title=Musicians index B|website=Mgthomas.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonist.com/london/music/new-musical-compilation-takes-you-inside-the-east-end-yiddisher-jazz-scene|title=Rediscovering The East End's Yiddisher Jazz Scene|date=November 9, 2018|website=Londonist.com}}</ref> In the late 1930s he had become well known enough to tour the halls in his own right and as part of a touring unit known as the Ambrose Octet with [[Evelyn Dall]], among others.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6XRhRrrSzQC&dq=ambrose+octet+max+bacon&pg=PT10|title=Talking Swing: The British Big Bands|first=Sheila|last=Tracy|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781780570044|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Soft Lights and Sweet Music]]'' (1936) - Himself |
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* ''[[King Arthur Was a Gentleman]]'' (1942) - Maxie |
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Max David Bacon (1 March 1904, London, England – 3 December 1969, London, England) was a British actor, comedian and musician (drummer and occasional vocalist in Ambrose's band).[1][2] Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, Yiddish accent and in his straight-faced mispronunciation of words.
Biography
[edit]Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from Katowice, then in Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[3] In London, his father worked as a basket-weaver.
Before becoming a character actor, Bacon was a drummer in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s.[3] He was taught by the vocalist and drummer Harry Bentley. After a couple of years at the Florida Club with Ronnie Munro's band he began a long association with Ambrose's Orchestra, with whom he recorded as drummer and occasionally as Yiddish vocalist.[4][5] In the late 1930s he had become well known enough to tour the halls in his own right and as part of a touring unit known as the Ambrose Octet with Evelyn Dall, among others.[6]
He lived in his later years at The White House, a hotel near Great Portland Street, London, now known as the Melia White House, in Albany Street. He never married.
Partial filmography
[edit]- Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1936) - Himself
- Calling All Stars (1937) - Himself
- Kicking the Moon Around (1938) - Gus
- King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) - Maxie
- Miss London Ltd. (1943) - Romero
- Bees in Paradise (1944) - Max Adler
- Give Us the Moon (1944) - Jacobus
- Cuckoo College (1949, TV Movie) - English Master
- The Gambler and the Lady (1952) - Maxie
- Take a Powder (1953) - Maxie
- The Diary of Anne Frank (London theatre production 1955)
- Together Again (1957, TV Series)
- Musical Playhouse (1959, TV Series) - Bookmaker
- William Tell (1959, TV Series) - Cobbler
- The Crowning Touch (1959) - Bemberger
- No Hiding Place (1959, TV Series) - Charlie Locke
- Educating Archie (1959, TV Series)
- The Entertainer (1960) - Charlie Klein
- The Rag Trade (1961, TV Series) - Mr. Conway
- Play It Cool (1962) - Lotus Proprietor
- Ghost Squad (1963, TV Series) - Sam
- Love Story (1963, TV Series) - Mr Rosen
- Z-Cars (1964, TV Series) - Nagle
- The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964) - Publican Hoskins
- Crooks in Cloisters (1964) - Bookmaker
- Gideon's Way (1964, TV Series) - Bookie Thompson
- Theatre 625 (1965-1966, TV Series) - Green / Herbert Fink
- The Sandwich Man (1966) - Chef
- Privilege (1967) - Julie Jordan
- The Whisperers (1967) - Mr. Fish
- The Wednesday Play (1967, TV Series) - Coldshead
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) - Orchestra Leader
- The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969) - Yossel (segment "The Egyptians")
- Detective (1969, TV Series) - Aaronson
- Along the Way (1972) - (final film role)
References
[edit]- ^ "Max Bacon". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Max Bacon". Aveleyman.com.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Musicians index B". Mgthomas.co.uk.
- ^ "Rediscovering The East End's Yiddisher Jazz Scene". Londonist.com. 9 November 2018.
- ^ Tracy, Sheila (22 April 2011). Talking Swing: The British Big Bands. Random House. ISBN 9781780570044 – via Google Books.
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