Tommy Cooper Movies

Tommy made a few small British films in the late 1950s and 1960s

And the Same to You (1960) 70 minutes

Tommy played Horace Hawkins.

He was a punchy drunk, dim-witted pugilist. He found himself in the company

of Brian Rix and Sid James amongst others.

The screenplay for this film was based on the play The Chigwell Chicken.

The Cool Mikado (1962) 81 minutes

Tommy played Pooh-Bah, Private Detective.

Tommy starred along with a bevy of other British variety stars of the time

including Frankie Howerd, Mike and Bernie Winters, Lionel Blair and from

the U.S.A. Stubby Kaye.

The script was adapted from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Mikado.

Interestingly, this was one of the earliest feature films made by British

director Michael Winner. The man who would later make the Death Wish

series of films.

Above right - Michael Winner, complete with director's viewfinder around his neck, talks to Frankie Howerd and Tommy.

The Plank (1967) 54 minutes

Scripted by Eric Sykes. Tommy played the larger workman.

Classic short British comedy, almost silent, full of stars. The film tells

how Sykes and Cooper need one plank to complete a floor, but get

into scrapes galore when transporting the lumber from the timber yard to a building site.

Co-starring was Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Deryck Guyler, Jimmy Tarbuck and a host of other British comedy stars.

Tommy's role was originally ear-marked for non other than Peter Sellers. But he had other commitments. Eric said later, 'As much as I admired Peter and I think Peter was a genius, I don't think he would have been, for my money, in the same class as Tom.'

In the early 1980s, Tommy again teamed up with Eric to make this next film.

It's Your Move (1982) 52 Minutes

Scripted again by Eric Sykes

Tommy played a removal man.

The film, mainly silent, also stars Eric Sykes and Jimmy Edwards,

this time with additional support from Richard Briers and other great

British comics.

This film tells the story of a newly married couple who move into

their first houseand bring chaos to the street with the arrival of the

removal men, led by Eric.

Source - Tommy Cooper Just Like That - Jeremy Novick