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'''Max David Bacon''' (1 March 1904, London, England, UK – 3 December 1969, London, England, UK) was a British actor, comedian and musician (drummer and occasional vocalist in [[Ambrose]]'s band).<ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/102671</ref> Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, [[Yiddish]] accent and in his straight-faced mispronunciation of words.
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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 (bandleader)|Ambrose]]'s band).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/102671|title=Max Bacon|website=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023040315/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/102671|archive-date=23 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=767|title=Max Bacon|website=Aveleyman.com}}</ref> Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, [[Yiddish]] accent and in his straight-faced mispronunciation of words.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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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Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from [[Katowice]], then in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 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. 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. 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.
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>


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.
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.


==TV, theatre and filmography==
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[Soft Lights and Sweet Music]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Kicking the Moon Around]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Soft Lights and Sweet Music]]'' (1936) - Himself
* ''[[King Arthur Was a Gentleman]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Calling All Stars (1937 musical)|Calling All Stars]]'' (1937) - Himself
* ''[[Miss London Ltd.]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Kicking the Moon Around]]'' (1938) - Gus
* ''[[Bees in Paradise]]'' (1944)
* ''[[King Arthur Was a Gentleman]]'' (1942) - Maxie
* ''[[Give Us the Moon]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Miss London Ltd.]]'' (1943) - Romero
* ''[[Cuckoo College]]'' (1949) [TV movie]
* ''[[Bees in Paradise]]'' (1944) - Max Adler
* ''[[The Gambler and the Lady]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Give Us the Moon]]'' (1944) - Jacobus
* ''[[Take a Powder]]'' (1953)
* ''[[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)
* ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' (London theatre production 1955)
* ''[[Together Again (TV series)|Together Again]]'' (1957) [TV series - episode 1]
* ''[[Together Again (TV series)|Together Again]]'' (1957, TV Series)
* ''[[Musical Playhouse]] (1959) [TV series - "A Sparrow in Fleet Street"]
* ''[[Musical Playhouse]]'' (1959, TV Series) - Bookmaker
* ''[[Educating Archie]] (1959) [TV series - "The Man with the Golden Feet"]
* ''[[The Adventures of William Tell|William Tell]]'' (1959, TV Series) - Cobbler
* ''[[No Hiding Place]] (1959) [TV series - "Ring of Fear"]
* ''[[The Crowning Touch]]'' (1959) - Bemberger
* ''[[William Tell]] (1959) [TV series - "The Lost Letter"]
* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1959, TV Series) - Charlie Locke
* ''[[Educating Archie]]'' (1959, TV Series)
* ''[[The Entertainer (film)|The Entertainer]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Rag Trade]] (1961) [TV series - "The Baby"]
* ''[[The Entertainer (film)|The Entertainer]]'' (1960) - Charlie Klein
* ''[[Play It Cool (film)|Play It Cool]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (1961, TV Series) - Mr. Conway
* ''[[Ghost Squad (TV series)|Ghost Squad]] (1963) [TV series - "Hot Money"]
* ''[[Play It Cool (film)|Play It Cool]]'' (1962) - Lotus Proprietor
* ''[[Love Story (UK TV series)|Love Story]] (1963) [TV series - "Some Grist from Mervyn's Mill"]
* ''[[Ghost Squad (TV series)|Ghost Squad]]'' (1963, TV Series) - Sam
* ''[[The Eyes of Annie Jones]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Love Story (UK TV series)|Love Story]]'' (1963, TV Series) - Mr Rosen
* ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1964, TV Series) - Nagle
* ''[[Z-Cars]] (1964) [TV series - "Seconds Away"]
* ''[[The Eyes of Annie Jones]]'' (1964) - Publican Hoskins
* ''[[Gideon's Way]] (1964) [TV series - "The Big Fix "]
* ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964) - Bookmaker
* ''[[Theatre 625]] (1965) [TV series - "Enter Solly Gold"]
* ''[[Gideon's Way]]'' (1964, TV Series) - Bookie Thompson
* ''[[Theatre 625]] (1966) [TV series - "Amerika"]
* ''[[Theatre 625]]'' (1965-1966, TV Series) - Green / Herbert Fink
* ''[[The Sandwich Man (1966 film)|The Sandwich Man]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Sandwich Man (1966 film)|The Sandwich Man]]'' (1966) - Chef
* ''[[Privilege (film)|Privilege]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Privilege (film)|Privilege]]'' (1967) - Julie Jordan
* ''[[The Whisperers]]'' (1967)
* ''[[The Whisperers]]'' (1967) - Mr. Fish
* ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' (1967) [TV series - "The Profile of a Gentleman"]
* ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' (1967, TV Series) - Coldshead
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968) - Orchestra Leader
* ''[[Detective (TV series)|Detective]]'' (1969) [TV series - "And so to Murder"]
* ''[[The Nine Ages of Nakedness]]'' (1969) - Yossel (segment "The Egyptians")
* ''[[The Nine Ages of Nakedness]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Detective (TV series)|Detective]]'' (1969, TV Series) - Aaronson
* ''Along the Way'' (1972) - (final film role)
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==External links==
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*http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index-B.htm
*[http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index-B.htm Bacon at The Dance Band Encyclopedia]

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Max Bacon

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Max Bacon". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Max Bacon". Aveleyman.com.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Musicians index B". Mgthomas.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Rediscovering The East End's Yiddisher Jazz Scene". Londonist.com. 9 November 2018.
  6. ^ Tracy, Sheila (22 April 2011). Talking Swing: The British Big Bands. Random House. ISBN 9781780570044 – via Google Books.
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