Will Hay

Will Hay
Ime po rođenju	William Thomson Hay
Rođen/a	(1888-12-06)6. 12. 1888. Stockton-on-Tees, Grofovija Durham, Engleska
Umro/a	18. 4. 1949. (dob: 60) Chelsea, London, Engleska
Uticaji od	W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin
Uticao/la na	Jimmy Perry, Ken Dodd, John Cleese, Tony Hancock, David Croft (TV producent)
Suprug/a/zi/ge	Gladys Perkins (1907–35) (rastava)

William Thomson "Will" Hay (6. decembar 1888 – 18. april 1949) bio je engleski komičar, glumac, filmski režiser i amaterski astronom. Kao mladić je radio u inženjerskom birou prije nego što je, potaknut nastupima W. C. Fieldsa, odlučio započeti karijeru kao zabavljač. S vremenom je stekao popularnost zahvaljujući skečevima The fourth form at St. Michaels gdje je tumačio lik direktora škole. Nastupao je u filmovima, na radiju, a u slobodno vrijeme se bavio i astronomijom, izgradivši vlastitu opservatoriju 1909. godine. Godine 1932. je postao član Kraljevskog astronomskog društva; godine 1933. je otkrio bijelu mrlju na planetu Saturnu;^[1] Od 1907. do 1935. bio je u braku s Gladys Perkins, sa kojom je imao troje djece.

Filmografija

• Playmates (1922) (nijemi kratki film)
• Know Your Apples (1933) (kratki i izgubljeni film)
• Those Were the Days (1934)
• Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
• Dandy Dick (1935)
• Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
• Windbag the Sailor (1936)
• Where There's a Will (1936)
• Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
• Good Morning, Boys (1937)
• Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
• Old Bones of the River (1938)
• Ask a Policeman (1939)
• Convict 99 (1939)
• The Big Blockade (1940)
• Where's That Fire? (1940)
• The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
• Go to Blazes (1942)
• The Goose Steps Out (1942)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
• My Learned Friend (1943)

Izvori

1. MNRAS 94 (1933) 85

Literatura

• Will Hay by Graham Rinaldi with foreword by Ken Dodd, Tomahawk Press Arhivirano 2009-03-12 na Wayback Machine-u, 2009

Vanjske veze

• Will Hay na sajtu IMDb
• Will Hay.Comic Genius Arhivirano 2004-04-03 na Wayback Machine-u
• Astronomical obituary MNRAS '''110''' (1950) 130 – NB: this biography wrongly gives Hay's middle name as Thompson – it was Thomson
• The Next Train's Gone: Will Hay pages including bio and audio Arhivirano 2009-08-13 na Wayback Machine-u
• Radio files
• Will Hay and his telescopes: A comprehensive account of Hay's astronomical observations