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{{short description|British comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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| name =
| image = Albert_Modley.jpg
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| birth_name = Albert Frederick Modley
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1901|3|3}}
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1979|2|23|1901|3|3}}
| death_place = [[Morecambe]], Lancashire
| restingplace =
| othername =
| occupation = Comedian, entertainer
| yearsactive =1920s–1970s
| spouse =
| website =
| awards =
}}
'''Albert Frederick Modley''' (3 March 1901 – 23 February 1979) was an English [[Variety show|variety]] [[entertainer]] and [[comedian]].

==Biography==
He was born in [[Liverpool]], but moved to [[Ilkley]] in [[Yorkshire]] with his family as a child. His father, known as 'Professor Modley', ran a [[gym|gymnasium]], and gave exhibitions presenting strongmen such as [[Eugen Sandow]].<ref name=busby>{{cite book |last=Busby |first=Roy |year=1976 |title=British Music Hall: An Illustrated Who's Who from 1850 to the Present Day |location=London |publisher=Paul Elek |page= 124|isbn=0 236 40053 3}}</ref><ref name=baker>{{cite book |last=Baker |first=Richard Anthony |year=2011 |title=Old Time Variety: an illustrated history |location=Barnsley |publisher=Pen & Sword |page= 103-105|isbn=978-1-78340-066-9}}</ref>

Albert Modley won [[amateur boxing]] and [[Diving (sport)|diving]] competitions as a youth, but did not follow his father's profession as a physical trainer.<ref name=cain>[http://www.albertmodley.co.uk/biography.htm Debbie Cain, "Biography: Albert Modley", ''AlbertModley.co.uk'']. Retrieved 3 February 2023</ref> Instead, he began work as a delivery boy and then as a [[railway porter]], entertaining in local [[pub]]s in his spare time. He made his stage debut at [[Morecambe]], and his London debut in 1931. He started working in a [[double act]] with [[Harry Korris]], until 1934.<ref name=busby/>

Wearing an oversized peaked cap, and described as "one of the finest [[Yorkshire dialect]] comedians",<ref name=busby/> he appeared in a wide variety of [[revue]]s, [[pantomime]]s, and summer shows. He sometimes performed as a [[one man band]], with drums, [[xylophone]], [[harmonica]] and trumpet.<ref name=baker/> From 1940 he toured with his own show, "On with the Modley".<ref name=busby/> From 1949, he became successful on [[BBC radio]] as the resident comedian and host on ''[[Variety Bandbox]]''. In 1974, he acted in a television adaptation of [[Alan Bennett]]'s ''Across the Bay''.<ref name=baker/>

He died in Morecambe in 1979, at the age of 77.<ref name=baker/>

==Works==
* [[Babes in the Wood]] (1932/33, [[pantomime]] at the [[Bradford Alhambra|Alhambra]] in [[Bradford]])
* [[Dick Whittington]] (1933/34, pantomime at the Princes Theatre in [[Bradford]])
* [[Mother Goose]] (1936/37, pantomime at the Alhambra in [[Bradford]])
* [[Mother Goose]] (1939/40, pantomime at the Alhambra in [[Bradford]])
* Cinderella (1941/42, pantomime at the Empire Theatre, [[Sheffield]].)
* [[Bob's Your Uncle (film)|Bob's Your Uncle]] (1942, [[film]])
*Mother Goose (1946/47, pantomime at the Empire Theatre, Sheffield.)
* [[Humpty Dumpty]] (1949/50, pantomime at the Alhambra in [[Bradford]])
* [[Up for the Cup (1950 film)|Up for the Cup]] (1950, [[film]])
* [[Take Me to Paris]] (1951, [[film]])
*Humpty Dumpty (1951/52, pantomime at the Empire Theatre, Sheffield.)
* Cinderella (1953/54, pantomime at the Empire Theatre, Sheffield.)
* The Good Old Days (BBC TV series 1959 and 1968)
* The [[Leslie Crowther]] Show (1971, TV series)
* "[[Play for Today]]" Sunset Across the Bay (1975, TV drama)
* [[All Day on the Sands]] (1979, [[film]])

==Trivia==
*Modley is well known for his catch phrase "Eeeeeeehh! Isn't it grand when you're daft?!" He made appearances on BBC TV's long running Old Time Music Hall series, The Good Old Days, often poking friendly fun at his home town Morecambe, famous for its huge sandy beaches, with lines such as '' They're going mad in Morecambe, they've found sand !'' - and - '' Sometimes when the tide goes out, it doesn't bother coming back !'' He also performed a well loved tram driver/ conductor routine, conversing with comical imaginary passengers.
*The final issue of the [[United Kingdom|UK's]] Comic Cuts magazine featured a cartoon of Modley on its cover. This was the magazine's last and 3,006th edition, a world record until it was beaten by [[The Dandy]]'s 3,007th edition in July 1999.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0595307|name=Albert Modley}}

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