Arthur mullard biography

British actor (–)

Arthur Mullard
Cover of Mullard's autobiography
Born	Arthur Ernest Mullord ()19 September Islington, London, England
Died	11 December () (aged&#;85) Islington, London, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years&#;active	–
Spouse	Florence Rose &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;
Children	3
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Rank	Warrant officer
Unit	Royal Artillery
War	Second World War

Arthur Ernest Mullard (néMullord;^[1] 19 September ^[2][3] – 11 December )^[4] was an English actor and singer.

Following military service and a brief boxing career, Mullard found work as a cockney character actor in film and TV comedy, notably in the series Romany Jones.

Early life

Mullard was born to a humble background in Islington, London, and named Arthur Mullord.

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He started work at the age of 14 as a butcher's assistant and joined the army at It was there that he began boxing, becoming champion of his regiment. When he left the army after three years, he had a short stint at boxing professionally. This ended after 20 fights over three years, following a knock-out from which he lost his memory. In , he was a general labourer living with his parents at 35 Douglas Street, Islington.^[5] He rejoined the army in the Second World War, becoming a warrant officer (sergeant major) in the Royal Artillery.^[6]

Career

Acting

Following the end of the war in , Mullard sought work as a stuntman at Pinewood and Ealing film studios, from which he drifted into uncredited bit-parts in British films including Oliver Twist (), The Lavender Hill Mob () and The Ladykillers ().

Mullard's face and cockney accent lent themselves to a certain character and he graduated to more visible roles in comedy films and on television. It was on television that Mullard made a name for himself, first as a straight man for Tony Hancock, Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill, then in The Arthur Askey Show.

It was the London Weekend Television series Romany Jones, first aired in , which gave Mullard his highest profile, playing Wally Briggs, a crafty caravan-dweller.

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Popular in its time, the show did not find critical favour and has subsequently been named by one source, the Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy, as one of the poorer British sitcoms made.^[7]

So popular was Mullard's character that a sequel, Yus, My Dear, was broadcast in , in which Wally and his wife Lily (Queenie Watts) had moved out of their caravan into a council house.

The series gained modest ratings.^[8]

Mullard (or "Arfur" as he was widely known) was regularly a guest in other programmes and television commercials. He and Watts also reprised their roles of Wally and Lily appearing in the film Holiday on the Buses (), the last feature-length version of the popular On the Buses comedy series of the time.

Mullard also appeared in Ladies Who Do (), Morgan! (), The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang () and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (). In , invited by producer Victor Lewis-Smith, Mullard hosted an edition of Midweek on BBC Radio 4 to replace regular host Libby Purves during her temporary absence.^[9]

Music

In , Mullard recorded "I Love You, You Love Me" and "Was It Something I Said?" on the Masquerade label (MA).

This was followed the same year by an album, Arthur Mullard of London (MQ ). This included his cover of the Beatles' "Yesterday", jokes, and philosophy.

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More singles followed in the s, including 's "Not Now Arthur" / "If I Only Had My Time Again" (BASFBA ), and in "I Only Have Eyes for You" / "One 'Fing 'N' Annuver" (RCA ) with "Yus My Dear" / "Arthur" (RCA ZA) being released in

He entered the UK Singles Chart in with his cover of "You're the One That I Want" (Pye 7N ) (from the filmGrease), a duet with fellow comedy actor Hylda Baker, who was in her seventies.^[10] The single, which peaked at number 22 in the UK, was taken from the album Band on the Trot (Pye PKL ).

The single was his last professional success during Mullard's life; there followed an uncredited narration on the Glenn Close-led live-action Dalmatians, released in , after his death.

Personal life and abuse allegations

Mullard continued to live in a council house in Islington after his success and spent much of his free time socialising in local pubs.

He wrote an autobiography, Oh, Yus, It's Arthur Mullard, which was published in Mullard died in his sleep on 11 December , aged He married Florence Rose in , and the couple had three children: Brian, Barbara and Johnny. Florence died in , aged ^[11][12][13]

In May , five months after his death, the Sunday Mirror reported that a This Is Your Life episode about Mullard had been planned, but it was cancelled by host Eamonn Andrews.

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This came after the show's producers contacted Mullard's eldest son, Brian, who had left home after "a massive row" with his father, and heard his allegations of Mullard's history of domestic violence and of sexual abuse of his daughter Barbara, beginning when she was 13 in the early s. Despite his alleged child sexual abuse against Barbara, which she recounted in an interview with the Sunday Mirror, she had nursed him in his dotage.

He left her and one of her brothers £5, each, and £, to a children's home.^[12] It was reported at the time that Mullard's son Johnny had become a successful comedian in Sydney, Australia; he defended his father as generous and supportive and stated that in his view, the allegations resulted from a "bust up" between Mullard and his daughter over Mullard's money, resulting in his decision to leave it to charity.^[14]

Mullard's wife Florence had committed suicide in by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets, after suffering from poor physical and mental health for several years.^[6] Her death was claimed by Barbara to be partly the result of the extreme physical and mental violence Mullard perpetrated against her.

According to Barbara, Florence left a suicide note which said, "I don't want to live any more because of what you're doing with Barbara.

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Please look after my Johnny." Barbara claimed that Mullard tore up the note after showing it to her, making them the only two to have seen it.^[12]

Partial filmography

Bibliography

• Mullard, Arthur Oh, Yus, It's Arthur Mullard , autobiography, published by Everest, London, ; ISBN&#;[3]

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