BIBLIOGRAPHY: BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Books that are well worth reading on the lives of comedians.
Bud ABBOTT and Lou COSTELLO
BUD AND LOU – THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO STORY by Bob Thomas (W.H. Allen, London. 1977)
THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO BOOK by Jim Mulholland (Popular Library paperback, New York. 1975)
THE OFFICIAL ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SCRAPBOOK by Stephen Cox and John Lofflin (Contemporary Books paperback, Chicago. 1990)
Dave ALLEN
DAVE ALLEN – GOD’S OWN COMEDIAN by Gus Smith (Hale, London. 1991)
DAVE ALLEN – THE BIOGRAPHY by Carolyn Soutar (Orion, London. 2005)
Fred ALLEN
TREADMILL TO OBLIVION by Fred Allen (Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 1954)
MUCH ADO ABOUT ME by Fred Allen (Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1956)
FRED ALLEN’S LETTERS edited by Joe McCarthy (Doubleday, New York. 1965)
FRED ALLEN – HIS LIFE AND WIT by Robert Taylor (Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 1989)
Woody ALLEN
WOODY ALLEN – JOKING ASIDE by Gerald McKnight (W.H. Allen, London. 1982)
WOODY ALLEN ON LOCATION by Thierry de Navaceller (William Morrow, New York. 1987)
WOODY ALLEN by Eric Lax (Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1991)
WOODY ALLEN – A BIOGRAPHY by John Baxter (Harper/Collins, New York. 1998)
THE UNRULY LIFE OF WOODY ALLEN by Marion Meade (Scribner. 2000
Roscoe "Fatty" ARBUCKLE
THE DAY THE LAUGHTER STOPPED by David A. Yallop (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1976)
FATTY by Andy Edmonds (Macdonald, London. 1991)
ROSCOE “FATTY” ARBUCKLE- A BIOGRAPHY by Stuart Oderman (McFarland 1994)
Arthur ASKEY
THREE MEN AND A GIMMICK – PETER CUSHING, TERRY-THOMAS AND ARTHUR ASKEY by Robert Hirst (The World’s Work Ltd., London. 1957)
BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES by Arthur Askey (Woburn Press, London. 1975)
Rowan ATKINSON
BEAN THERE DONE THAT – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROWAN ATKINSON by Bruce Dessau (Orion Media, London. 1997)
ROWAN ATKINSON by Bruce Dessau (Orion Media, London. 1999)
Lucille BALL
LUCY IN THE AFTERNOON by Jim Brochu (New English Library, London. 1990)
LUCY & DESI – THE LOVE STORY OF TELEVISION’S MOST FAMOUS COUPLE by Warren G. Harris (Simon & Schuster, New York. 1991)
THE LUCY BOOK by Geoffrey Mark Fidelman (Renaissance Books, Los Angeles. 1999)
BALL OF FIRE – THE TUMULTUOUS LIFE AND COMIC ART OF LUCILLE BALL by Stefan Kanfer (Alfred Knopf, New York. 2003)
Ronnie BARKER
IT’S HELLO – FROM HIM! by Ronnie Barker (New English Library, London. 1988)
DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT – EARLY YEARS ON THE STAGE by Ronnie Barker (Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1993)
RONNIE BARKER – THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by Bob McCabe (Andre Deutsch / Chameleon, London. 1998)
THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF RONNIE BARKER by Bob McCabe (BBC Books, London. 2004)
AND IT’S GOODNIGHT FROM HIM – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE TWO RONNIES by Ronnie Corbett (Penguin/Michael Joseph, London. 2006)
REMEMBERING RONNIE BARKER by Richard Webber (Century, London. 2010)
Rosanne BARR
MY LIVES by Rosanne Arnold (Century, London. 1994)
Richard BECKINSALE
THE RICHARD BECKINSALE STORY by David Clayton (History Press, London. 2007)
John BELUSHI
WIRED – THE SHORT LIFE AND FAST TIMES OF JOHN BELUSHI by Bob Woodward (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1984)
Jack BENNY
JACK BENNY by Irving A. Fein (Putnam, New York. 1976)
JACK BENNY by Mary Livingstone Benny and Hilliard Marks & Marcia Borie (Doubleday, New York. 1978)
SUNDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN – THE JACK BENNY STORY by Jack Benny and Joan Benny (Warner, New York. 1990)
WELL! – REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JACK BENNY edited by Michael Leannah (BearManor Media, 200?)
Michael BENTINE
THE LONG BANANA SKIN by Michael Bentine (Wolfe, London. 1975)
THE RELUCTANT JESTER by Michael Bentine (Bantam Books, 1993)
Milton BERLE
MILTON BERLE by Milton Berle (?)
B.S. I LOVE YOU – SIXTY FUNNY YEARS WITH THE FAMOUS AND THE INFAMOUS by Milton Berle (McGraw-Hill, New York. 1988
Joe BESSER
ONCE A STOOGE, ALWAYS A STOOGE by Joe Besser, Jeff Lenburg and Greg Lenburg (Roundtable Publishing, Santa Monica. 1988)
Eddie BRABEN
THE BOOK WHAT I WROTE – ERIC, ERNIE AND ME by Eddie Braben (?. 200?)
Bernard BRADEN
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS by Bernard Braden (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1990)
Wilfrid BRAMBELL
ALL ABOVE BOARD by Wilfrid Brambell (W.H. Allen, London. 1976)
Jo BRAND
LOOK BACK IN HUNGER by Jo Brand (?. 2009)
CAN’T STAND UP FOR SITTING DOWN by Jo Brand (Headline Review 2011)
Fanny BRICE
THE FABULOUS FANNY by Norman Katkov (Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1953)
FANNY BRICE – THE ORIGINAL FUNNY GIRL by Herbert G. Goldman (Oxford University Press, New York. 1992)
Mel BROOKS
MEL BROOKS – THE IRREVERENT FUNNYMAN by Bill Adler and Jeffrey Feinman (Playboy Press paperback, Chicago. 1976)
METHOD IN MADNESS – THE COMIC ART OF MEL BROOKS by Maurice Yacowar (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1981)
MEL BROOKS AND THE SPOOF MOVIE by Nick Smurthwaite and Paul Gelder (Proteus, ?. 1982)
THE FILMS OF MEL BROOKS by Neil Sinyard (Exeter Books, New York. 1987)
Peter BROUGH
EDUCATING ARCHIE by Peter Brough (Stanley Paul, London. 1955)
Janet BROWN
PRIME MIMICLER by Janet Brown (Robson, London. 1986)
Joe E. BROWN
YOUR KIDS AND MINE by Joe E. Brown (1944)
LAUGHTER IS A WONDERFUL THING by Joe E. Brown, with Ralph Hancock (Barnes, New York. 1956)
Lenny BRUCE
LENNY BRUCE – THE COMEDIAN AS A SOCIAL CRITIC AND SECULAR MORALIST by Frank Kofsky (Pathfinder / Monad paperback, New York. 1974)
Dora BRYAN
ACCORDING TO DORA by Dora Bryan, with Kay Hunter (Bodley Head, London. 1987)
Carol BURNETT
ONE MORE TIME by Carol Burnett (?, 1986)
LAUGHING TILL IT HURTS – THE LIFE AND CAREER OF CAROL BURNETT by J. Randy Taraborrelli (William Morrow, New York. 1988)
George BURNS
I LOVE HER, THAT’S WHY! by George Burns, with Cynthia Hobart Lindsay (W.H. Allen, London. 1956)
LIVING IT UP OR, THEY STILL LOVE ME IN ALTOONA! by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1976)
THE THIRD TIME AROUND by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1980)
GRACIE – A LOVE STORY by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1988)
ALL MY BEST FRIENDS by George Burns, with David Fisher (Putnam, New York. 1989)
100 YEARS, 100 STORIES by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1996)
GEORGE BURNS AND THE HUNDRED YEAR DASH by Martin Gottfried (1996)
GEORGE BURNS IN HIS OWN WORDS by Herb Fagen (Carroll & Graf, New York. 1996)
Douglas BYNG
AS YOU WERE by Douglas Byng (Gerald Duckworth & Co. 1970)
BAWDY BUT BRITISH - THE LIFE OF DOUGLAS BYNG by Patrick Newley (Third Age Press2009)
John CANDY
LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE – THE LIFE OF JOHN CANDY by Martin Knelman (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1996)
Tommy CANNON and Bobby BALL
ROCK ON, TOMMY! by Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball, with Chris Gidney (Harper Collins, London. 2000)
Eddie CANTOR
MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS by Eddie Cantor, with David Freedman (Blue Ribbon Books, New York. 1928 / 1932)
TAKE MY LIFE by Eddie Cantor, with Jane Kesner Ardmore (Doubleday, New York. 1957)
AS I REMEMBER THEM by Eddie Cantor (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York. 1963)
EDDIE CANTOR – A LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS by Gregory Kaseluck (McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina. 1995)
BANJO EYES by Herbert G. Goldman (Oxford University Press, New York. 1997)
George CARLIN
LAST WORDS posthumous autobiography by George Carlin, with Tony Hendra (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2009)
Ian CARMICHAEL
WILL THE REAL IAN CARMICHAEL …? by Ian Carmichael (Macmillan, London. 1979)
Jasper CARROTT
JASPER AND ME by John Sharkey (Etsiketsi Books paperback. c.1993)
Charlie CHAPLIN
CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S OWN STORY by Charles Chaplin (Bobbs-Merrill, 1916)
MY WONDERFUL VISIT by Charles Chaplin (Hurst & Blackett, 1922)
A COMEDIAN SEES THE WORLD by Charles Chaplin
CHARLIE CHAPLIN – HIS LIFE AND ART by William D. Bowman (Routledge/John Day, 1931)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN – KING OF TRAGEDY by Girith Von Ulm (1940)
CHAPLIN, LAST OF THE CLOWNS by Parker Tyler (Vanguard Press, 1948)
THE LITTLE FELLOW – THE LIFE & WORK OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN by Peter Cotes and Thelma Niklaus (Paul Elek, 1951)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN by Theodore Huff (Schuman, New York. 1951)
THE GREAT GOD PAN – A BIOGRAPHY OF THE TRAMP PLAYED BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN by Robert Payne (Hermitage House, 1952)
CHAPLIN – THE IMMORTAL TRAMP by R.J. Minney (1954)
MY FATHER, CHARLIE CHAPLIN by Charles Chaplin Jr with N & M Rau (Random House, New York. 1960)
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Charles Chaplin (Simon and Shuster, 1964)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN – EARLY COMEDIES by Isobel Quigley (Dutton / Vista, 1968)
FOCUS ON CHAPLIN by Donald W. McCaffrey (Prentice-Hall, 1971)
CHAPLIN – GENESIS OF A CLOWN by Raoul Sobeland and David Francis (Quartet Books, 1977)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN by John McCabe (Robson, 1978)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN by Raj Sacranie (Hamish Hamilton, London. 1980)
CHAPLIN: HIS LIFE AND ART by David Robinson (Collins, 1985)
CHAPLIN AND AMERICAN CULTURE – THE EVOLUTION OF A STAR IMAGE by Charles J. Maland (Princeton University Press, 1989)
CHAPLIN IN THE SOUND ERA by Eric L. Flom (McFarland, 1997)
CHAPLIN: A LIFE by Stephen Weissman (JR Books, 2009)
CHAPLIN: THE TRAMP’S ODYSSEY by Simon Louvish (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s Press, New York. 2009)
Graham CHAPMAN
A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY – VOLUME VI by Graham Chapman (Eyre Methuen, London. 1980)
THE LIFE OF GRAHAM – THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF GRAHAM CHAPMAN by Bob McCabe (Orion, London. 2005)
Charlie CHESTER
THE WORLD IS FULL OF CHARLIES by Charlie Chester (New England Library, London. 1974)
John CLEESE
CLEESE ENCOUNTERS by Jonathan Margolis (Chapmans, London. 1992)
JOHN CLEESE – AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT by Robert Gore Langton (Chameleon / Andre Deutsch, London. 1999)
Robbie COLTRANE
LOOKING FOR ROBBIE by Neil Norman (Orion, London. 1999)
Billy CONNOLLY
THE BIG YIN – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BILLY CONNOLLY by Jonathan Margolis (Orion/Chapmans, London. 1994)
THE FUNNY SIDE OF BILLY CONNOLLY by Bruce Dessau (Orion Media, London. 1996)
BILLY by Pamela Stephenson (Harper Collins, London. 2001)
BRAVEMOUTH by Pamela Stephenson (Headline, London. 2003)
BILLY CONNOLLY – THE UNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by Nigel Huddleston (Kandour, London. 2004)
Peter COOK
SOMETHING LIKE FIRE – PETER COOK REMEMBERED edited by Lin Cook (Methuen, London. 1996)
PETER COOK by Harry Thompson (Hodder & Stoughton, 1997)
PETE & DUD – AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by Alexander Games (Andre Deutsch / Chameleon, London. 1999)
TRAGICALLY, I WAS AN ONLY TWIN: THE COMPLETE PETER COOK by Peter Cook (Arrow 2003)
PETER COOK – SO FAREWELL THEN by Wendy E. Cook (Harper Collins, London. 2006)
HOW VERY INTERESTING – PETER COOK’S UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT SURROUNDS IT by Paul Hamilton, Peter Gordon, and Dan Kieran (Snowbooks, London. 2006)
LOVING PETER: MY LIFE WITH PETER COOK & DUDLEY MOORE by Judy Huxtable (Piatikus 2009)
Tommy COOPER
FOR THE LOVE OF TOMMY – A PERSONAL PORTRAIT OF TOMMY COOPER by Mary Fieldhouse (Robson, London. 1986)
TOMMY COOPER – JUST LIKE THAT by Jeremy Novick (Chameleon/Andre Deutsch, London. 1998)
TOMMY COOPER – ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING by John Fisher (Harper Collins, London. 2006)
Ronnie CORBETT
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY – HIGH HOPES by Ronnie Corbett (Ebury Press, London. 2006)
AND IT’S GOODNIGHT FROM HIM – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE TWO RONNIES by Ronnie Corbett (Penguin/Michael Joseph, London. 2006)
Bill COSBY
THE COSBY WIT – HIS LIFE AND TIMES by Bill Adler (Carroll and Graf, New York. 1986)
COSBY by Ronald L. Smith (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1986 / W.H.Allen, London. 1987)
Michael CRAWFORD
PARCEL ARRIVED SAFELY: TIED WITH STRING by Michael Crawford (Century, London. 1999)
The CRAZY GANG
THE CRAZY GANG by Maureen Owen (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 1986)
Barry CRYER
YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS BUT … AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SORTS by Barry Cryer (Virgin, London. 1996)
PIGS CAN FLY by Barry Cryer (Orion 2004)
BUTTERFLY BRAIN by Barry Cryer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2009)
THE CHRONICLES OF HERNIA by Barry Cryer (Virgin 2011)
Billy CRYSTAL
STILL FOOLIN’ ‘EM by Billy Crystal (Henry Holt and Company, New York. 2013)
Rodney DANGERFIELD
IT’S NOT EASY BEING ME by Rodney Dangerfield (Harper Collins/Harper Entertainment, New York. 2004)
Bebe DANIELS and BEN LYON
LIFE WITH THE LYONS by Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon (Odhams, London. 1953)
BEBE AND BEN by Jill Allgood (Hale, London. 1975)
Jim DAVIDSON
THE FULL MONTY by Jim Davidson (Little, Brown & Company, London. 1993)
Alan DAVIES
MY FAVOURITE PEOPLE AND ME (1978 – 1988) by Alan Davies (?. 2009)
Joan DAVIS
HOLD THAT JOAN – THE LIFE, LAUGHS AND FILMS OF JOAN DAVIS by Ben Ohmart (BearManor Media, Georgia. 2007)
Les DAWSON
A CLOWN TOO MANY by Les Dawson (Elm Tree Books, London. 1985)
NO TEARS FOR THE CLOWN by Les Dawson (Robson, London. 1992)
LES DAWSON – WHEN YOU’RE SMILING by Mick Middles (Andre Deutsch / Chameleon, London. 1999)
Jack DEE
THANKS FOR NOTHING by Jack Dee (Doubleday, London. 2009)
Ellen DeGENERES
ELLEN – THE REAL STORY OF ELLEN DeGENERES by Kathleen Tr0acy (Carol / Birch Lane. 1999)
Phyllis DILLER
A LAMPSHADE IN A WHOREHOUSE by Phyllis Diller & Richard Like (2005)
Ken DODD
HOW TICKLED I AM by Michael Billington (Elm Tree, London. 1977)
KEN DODD – LAUGHTER AND TEARS by Gus Smith (Hale, London. 19??)
KEN DODD – THE BIOGRAPHY by Stephen Griffin (Michael O’Mara Books, London. 2005)
LOOK AT IT MY WAY by Ken Dodd (?. 2009)
Charlie DRAKE
DRAKE’S PROGRESS by Charlie Drake (Robson, London. 1986)
Fran DRESCHER
ENTER WHINING by Fran Drescher (Harper Collins 1996)
Betty DRIVER
BETTY - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Betty Driver with Daran Little (Granada Media 2000)
Clive DUNN
PERMISSION TO SPEAK by Clive Dunn (Century, London. 1986)
Jimmy DURANTE
SCHNOZZOLA – THE STORY OF JIMMY DURANTE by Gene Fowler (Viking Press, New York. 1951 / Hammond, Hammond & Co., London. 1952)
GOOD NIGHT, MRS. CALABASH – THE SECRET LIFE OF JIMMY DURANTE by William Cahn (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York. 1963)
I REMEMBER JIMMY – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JIMMY DURANTE by Irene Adler (Arlington House, Westport, Connecticut. 1980)
INKA DINKA DOO – THE LIFE OF JIMMY DURANTE by Jhan Robbins (Paragon House, New York. 1991)
JIMMY DURANTE – HIS SHOW BUSINESS CAREER by David Bakish (McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina. 1995)
Jimmy EDWARDS
TAKE IT FROM ME by Jimmy Edwards (Werner Laurie, London. 1953)
SIX OF THE BEST by Jimmy Edwards (Robson, London. 1984)
Arthur ENGLISH
THROUGH THE MILL AND BEYOND by Arthur English, with Linton Mitchell (Mildmay, London. 1986)
Kenny EVERETT
THE CUSTARD STOPS AT HATFIELD by Kenny Everett (Willow / Collins, London. 1982)
IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE – THE CRAZY LIFE OF KENNY EVERETT by David Lister (Bloomsbury, London. 1996)
Marty FELDMAN
MARTY FELDMAN – THE BIOGRAPHY OF A COMEDY LEGEND by Robert Ross (Titan, 2011)
eYE Marty: THE NEWLY DISCOVERED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ABIOGRAPHY OF A COMIC GENIUS by Marty Feldman (Coronet, 2015)
Tim FERGUSON
CARRY A BIG STICK by Tim Ferguson (2013)
Sid FIELD
WHAT A PERFORMANCE by John Fisher (Seeley Service , London. 1975)
W.C. FIELDS
W.C. FIELDS – HIS FOLLIES AND FORTUNES by Robert Lewis Taylor (Doubleday, New York. 1949 / Cassell & Company, London. 1950)
THE FILMS OF W.C. FIELDS by Donald Deschner (Citadel, New York. 1966)
THE ART OF W.C. FIELDS by William K. Everson (Bonanza Books, New York. 1967 / George Allen and Unwin, London. 1968)
W.C. FIELDS AND ME by Carlotta Monti, with Cy Rice (Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. 1973 / Michael Joseph, London. 1973)
W.C. FIELDS BY HIMSELF – HIS INTENDED BIOGRAPHY edited by Ronald J. Fields (Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. 1973)
W.C. FIELDS by Nicholas Yanni (Pyramid paperback, New York. 1974)
W.C. FIELDS – A LIFE ON FILM by Ronald J. Fields (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1984)
W.C. FIELDS – A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY by Wes D. Gehring (Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut. 1984)
W.C. FIELDS – AN ANNOTATED GUIDE By David T. Rocks (McFarland, 1993)
MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF W.C. FIELDS by Simon Louvish (Faber and Faber, London. 1997)
W.C. FIELDS – A BIOGRAPHY By James Curtis (Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 2003)
Bud FLANAGAN and Chesney ALLEN
MY CRAZY LIFE by Bud Flanagan (Frederick Muller, London. 1961)
THE CRAZY GANG by Maureen Owen (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 1986)
Cyril FLETCHER
NICE ONE CYRIL by Cyril Fletcher (Barrie and Jenkins, London. 1978)
George FORMBY
THE ENTERTAINERS – GEORGE FORMBY by John Fisher (Woburn Press, London. 1975)
GEORGE FORMBY by Alan Randall and Ray Seaton (W.H. Allen, London. 1974)
Stan FREBERG
IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I LAUGH by Stan Freberg (Random House / Times Books, New York. 1988)
Dawn FRENCH
DAWN FRENCH – THE BIOGRAPHY by Alison Bowyer (Headline Press, London. 2000)
HELLO FATTY by Dawn French (Century, London. 2008)
David FROST
FROST – ANATOMY OF A SUCCESS by Wallace Reyburn (Macdonald, London. 1968)
DAVID FROST by Willi Frischauer (Michael Joseph, London. 1971)
DAVID FROST – FROM CONGREGATIONS TO AUDIENCES by David Frost (Harper Collins, London. 1993)
Stephen FRY
MOAB IS MY WASHPOT by Stephen Fry (Hutchinson, London. 1997)
Terry GILLIAM
DARK KNIGHTS AND HOLY FOOLS – THE ART AND FILM OF TERRY GILLIAM by Bob McCabe (Orion, London. 1999)
GILLIAM ON GILLIAM edited by Ian Christie (Faber and Faber paperback, New York. 2000)
GILLIAMESQUE: A PRE-POSTHUMOUS MEMOIR by Terry Gillam (Canongate books 2015)
Hermione GINGOLD
HOW TO GROW OLD DISGRACEFULLY by Hermione Gingold, with Anne Clements Eyre (Gollancz, London. 1989)
Jackie GLEASON
THE GOLDEN HAM by Jim Bishop (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1956)
HOW SWEET IT IS – THE JACKIE GLEASON STORY by James Bacon (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1985)
THE GREAT ONE – THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF JACKIE GLEASON by William A. Henry III (Doubleday, New York. 1992)
Kelsey GRAMMER
SO FAR by Kelsey Grammer (Dutton, New York. 1995)
Joyce GRENFELL
JOYCE GRENFELL REQUESTS THE PLEASURE by Joyce Grenfell (MacMillan, London. 1976)
Tony HANCOCK
HANCOCK by Freddie Hancock and David Nathan (William Kimber, London. 1969)
THE ENTERTAINERS – TONY HANCOCK by Phillip Oakes (Woburn/Futura paperback, London. 1975)
TONY HANCOCK ‘ARTISTE’ by Roger Wilmut (Eyre Methuen, London. 1978)
THE ILLUSTRATED HANCOCK by Roger Wilmut (Macdonald / Queen Anne Press, London. 1986)
HANCOCK’S LAST STAND … OR THE SERIES THAT NEVER WAS by Eddie Joffe (Theatre Guild, London. 1998)
WHEN THE WIND CHANGED – THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TONY HANCOCK by Cliff Goodwin (Century, London. 1999)
TONY HANCOCK - THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY by John Fisher (Harper Collins, 2008)
Tommy HANDLEY
TOMMY HANDLEY by Ted Kavanagh (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1949)
THAT MAN – A MEMORY OF TOMMY HANDLEY by Bill Grundy (Elm Tree Books / Hamish Hamilton, London. 1976)
Charles HAWTREY
CHARLES HAWTREY 1914-1988 – THE MAN WHO WAS PRIVATE WIDDLE by Roger Lewis (Faber and Faber, London. 2001)
WHATSHISNAME – THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CHARLES HAWTREY by Wes Butters (Tomahawk Press, 2010)
Will HAY
GOOD MORNING BOYS – WILL HAY – MASTER OF COMEDY by Ray Seaton and Roy Martin (Barrie and Jenkins, London. 1978)
WILL HAY by Graham Rinaldi (Tomahawk Press 2009)
Hattie HAYRIDGE
RANDOM ABSTRACT MEMORY by Hattie Hayridge (Penguin paperback, London. 1997)
Patricia HAYES
A FUNNY OLD LIFE by Teresa Jennings, with Patricia Hayes (Robson, London. 1990)
Dickie HENDERSON
SINCERELY DICKIE – A DICKIE HENDERSON COLLECTION edited by Peter Cotes (Robert Hale, London. 1989)
Lenny HENRY
LENNY HENRY by Jonathan Margolis (Orion, London. 1995)
Bill HICKS
BILL HICKS – AGENT OF EVOLUTION by Kevin Booth (Harper Collins, London. 2004)
Benny HILL
THE BENNY HILL STORY by John Smith (W.H. Allen, London. 1988)
THE ILLUSTRATED BENNY HILL by Gary Morecambe (Elm Tree Books, 1989)
SAUCY BOY – THE LIFE STORY OF BENNY HILL by Leonard Hill (Grafton, London. 1990)
BENNY – THE TRUE STORY BY HIS BEST FRIEND by Dennis Kirkland, with Hilary Bonner (Smith Gryphon, London. 1992)
STAR TURNS – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BENNY HILL AND FRANKIE HOWERD by Barry Took (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 1992)
THE REAL BENNY HILL by Margaret Forwood (Robson, 1992)
BENNY HILL: MERRY MASTER OF MIRTH by Robert Ross (Batsford paperback, London. 1999)
BENNY HILL – KING LEER by Jeremy Novick (Carlton, London. 2000)
FUNNY, PECULIAR – THE TRUE STORY OF BENNY HILL by Mark Lewisohn (Sidgwick & Jackson, London. 2002)
Thora HIRD
NOT IN THE DIARY by Thora Hird (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 2000)
Paul HOGAN
PAUL HOGAN by Sandra Jobson (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1987)
HOGAN – THE STORY OF A SON OF OZ by James Oram (Century Hutchinson paperback, Melbourne. 1987)
Bob HOPE
THEY GOT ME COVERED by Bob Hope (paperback with no publishing credit, Hollywood. 1941)
I NEVER LEFT HOME by Bob Hope (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1944)
HAVE TUX, WILL TRAVEL by Bob Hope, with Pete Martin (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1954) retitled THIS IS ON ME (Shakespeare Head, London. c.1955)
WHERE THERE’S LIFE, THERE’S BOB HOPE (Petersen Publishing, Los Angeles. 1957)
FIVE WOMEN I LOVE – BOB HOPE’S VIETNAM STORY by Bob Hope (Doubleday, New York. 1966)
THE AMAZING CAREERS OF BOB HOPE by Joe Morella, Edward Epstein and Eleanor Clark (W.H. Allen, London. 1974)
THE LAST CHRISTMAS SHOW by Bob Hope, with Pete Martin (Doubleday, New York. 1974 / Robert Hale, London. 1976)
THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD – MY FORTY YEAR LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE MOVIES by Bob Hope and Bob Thomas (Doubleday, New York. 1977)
BOB HOPE – PORTRAIT OF A SUPERSTAR by Charles Thompson (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1981)
BOB HOPE – A LIFE IN COMEDY by William Robert Faith (Putnam, New York. 1982)
DON’T SHOOT, IT’S ONLY ME by Bob Hope, with Melville Shavelson (MacMillan, London. 1990)
BOB HOPE – THE ROAD WELL TRAVELLED by Lawrence J. Quirk (Applause Books 2000)
BOB HOPE – A TRIBUTE by Raymond Strait (Pinnacle Books / Kensington Publishing paperback, 2003)
Kenneth HORNE
SOLO FOR HORNE – THE BIOGRAPHY OF KENNETH HORNE by Norman Hackforth (Angus & Robertson, London. 1976)
ROUND MR. HORNE – THE LIFE OF KENNETH HORNE by Barry Johnston (Aurum Press, London. 2006)
Frankie HOWERD
ON THE WAY I LOST IT by Frankie Howerd (W.H. Allen, London. 1976)
TITTER YE NOT! – THE LIFE OF FRANKIE HOWERD by William Hall (Harper Collins / Grafton paperback, London. 1992)
STAR TURNS – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BENNY HILL AND FRANKIE HOWERD by Barry Took (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 1992)
FRANKIE HOWERD – THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by Mick Middles (Headline, London. 2000)
THE COMPLETE FRANKIE HOWERD by Robert Ross (Reynolds & Hearne, London. 2001)
FRANKIE HOWERD – STAND-UP COMIC by Graham McCann (Fourth Estate, London. 2004)
Roy HUDD
A FART IN A COLANDER – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Roy Hudd (Michael O'Mara Books 2009)
Barry HUMPHRIES
THE REAL BARRY HUMPHRIES by Peter Coleman (Coronet Books, 1991)
DAME EDNA EVERAGE AND THE RISE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION BACKSTAGE WITH BARRY HUMPHRIES by John Lahr (Bloomsbury, London. 1991)
MORE PLEASE by Barry Humphries (Viking, London. 1992)
MY LIFE AND ME by Barry Humphries (Viking, London. 2002)
HANDLING EDNA by Barry Humphries (Hachett, London. 2009)
ONE MAN SHOW: THE STAGES OF BARRY HUMPHRIES by Anne Pender (Harper/Collins, 2010)
Eric IDLE
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE by Eric Idle (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018)
Eddie IZZARD
DRESS TO KILL by Eddie Izzard, David Quantick and Steve Double (Virgin, London. 1998)
Hattie JACQUES
HATTIE – THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF HATTIE JACQUES by Andy Merriman (?, 2008)
Sid JAMES
SID JAMES by Cliff Goodwin (Century, London. 1995)
THE COMPLETE SID JAMES by Robert Ross (Reynolds & Hearne, London. 2000)
SID JAMES – COCKNEY REBEL by Robert Ross (JR Books, London. 2009)
David JASON
THE DAVID JASON STORY by Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank (Blake paperback, London. 1991)
DAVID JASON – THE BIOGRAPHY by Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank (Blake, London. 1997)
DAVID JASON – A LIFE IN PICTURES by Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank (Blake, London. 1999)
Jimmy JEWEL
THREE TIMES LUCKY by Jimmy Jewel (Enigma, London. 1982)
James Robertson JUSTICE
JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE – WHAT’S THE BLEEDING-TIME? by James Hogg, Robert Sellers and Howard Watson (. 2007)
Andy KAUFMAN
LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE – THE LIFE AND MIND OF ANDY KAUFMAN by Bill Zehma (Allen & Unwin, ?. 1999)
Danny KAYE
THE LIFE STORY OF DANNY KAYE by Dick Richards (Convoy Publications, London. 1949)
THE DANNY KAYE SAGA by Kurt Singer (Robert Hale, London. 1956)
THE SECRET LIFE OF DANNY KAYE by Michael Freedland (W.H. Allen, London. 1985)
NOBODY’S FOOL – THE LIVES OF DANNY KAYE by Martin Gottfried (Simon & Schuster, New York. 1994)
Buster KEATON
MY WONDERFUL WORLD OF SLAPSTICK by Buster Keaton, with Charles Samuels (Doubleday, New York. 1960 / George Allen and Unwin, London. 1967)
KEATON by Rudy Blesh (Macmillan, New York. 1966)
BUSTER KEATON by David Robinson (Secker and Warburg, London. 1969)
KEATON – THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T LIE DOWN by Tom Dardis (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. 1979)
THE COMPLETE FILMS OF BUSTER KEATON by Jim Kline (Citadel, New York. 1993)
BUSTER KEATON – CUT TO THE CHASE by Marion Meade (Harper Collins, New York. 1995 / Bloomsbury, London. 1996)
Graham KENNEDY
THE GRAHAM KENNEDY STORY no author credit (Southdown Press, Melbourne. 1958)
KING – THE LIFE AND COMEDY OF GRAHAM KENNEDY by Graeme Blundell (Pan Macmillan, Sydney. 2003)
GRAHAM KENNEDY TREASURES – FRIENDS REMEMBER THE KING by Mike McColl Jones (Miegunjah Press/Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne. 2008)
Stan LAUREL and Oliver HARDY
MR. LAUREL & MR. HARDY by John McCabe (Grosset & Dunlap, New York. 1966)
THE FILMS OF LAUREL AND HARDY by William K. Everson (Citadel, New York. 196?)
THE LAUREL & HARDY BOOK edited by Leonard Maltin (Curtis Books paperback, New York. 1973)
THE COMEDY WORLD OF STAN LAUREL by John McCabe (Robson Books, London. 1975)
LAUREL & HARDY by John McCabe, Al Kilgore and Richard W. Bann (E.P. Dutton, New York. 1975)
STAN – THE LIFE OF STAN LAUREL by Fred Lawrence Guiles (Stein & Day, New York. 1980)
BABE – THE LIFE OF OLIVER HARDY by John McCabe (Citadel Press, New York. 1989)
LAUREL AND HARDY – THE MAGIC BEHIND THE MOVIES by Randy Skretvedt (Moonstone Press, Los Angeles. 1987)
THE LAUREL & HARDY ENCYCLOPEDIA by Glenn Mitchell (Batsford paperback, London. 1995)
STAN AND OLLIE: THE ROOTS OF COMEDY by Simon Louvish (Faber & Faber, London. 2002)
John Le MESURIER
A JOBBING ACTOR by John Le Mesurier (Elm Tree Books / Hamish Hamilton, London. 1984)
Dan LENO
THE FUNNIEST MAN ON EARTH – THE STORY OF DAN LENO by Gyles Brandreth (Hamish Hamilton, London 1977)
Jerry LEWIS (see also Dean Martin)
KING OF COMEDY – THE LIFE AND ART OF JERRY LEWIS by Shawn Levy (St. Martins, New York. 1996)
Robert LLEWELLYN
THE MAN IN THE RUBBER MASK by Robert Llewellyn (Penguin paperback, London. 1994. new edition 1996)
THIN HE WAS AND FILTHY HAIRED: MEMOIRS OF A BAD BOY by Robert Llewellyn (Penguin paperback, London. 1996)
Harold LLOYD
AN AMERICAN COMEDY by Harold Lloyd (Longman’s, Green and Company, New York. 1928. Dover Publications paperback, New York. 1971)
HAROLD LLOYD’S WORLD OF COMEDY by William Cahn (Duell, Sloan and Peace, New York. 1964)
HAROLD LLOYD – THE KING OF DAREDEVIL COMEDY by Adam Reilly (Andre Deutsch, London. 1977)
HAROLD LLOYD by Richard Schickel
THE HAROLD LLOYD ENCYCLOPEDIA by Annette D’Agostina Lloyd (McFarland, 2004)
Hugh LLOYD
THANK GOD FOR A FUNNY FACE by Hugh Lloyd (John Blake, London. 2002)
Jeremy LLOYD
LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY, I SHALL SAY THIS ONLY ONCE by Jeremy Lloyd (B.B.C. Books, London. 1993)
Arthur LOWE
ARTHUR LOWE – DAD’S MEMORY by Stephen Lowe (Virgin paperback, London. 199?)
Matt LUCAS
LITTLE ME - MY LIFE FROM A-Z by Matt Lucas (Canongate 2017)
Paul LYNDE
CENTER SQUARE by Steve Wilson & Joe Florenski (Advocate Books 2005)
Bernard MANNING
BERNARD MANNING by Jonathan Margolis (Orion, London. 199?)
Dean MARTIN and Jerry LEWIS
EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME (ESPECIALLY HIMSELF) by Arthur Marx (Hawthorn Books, New York. 1974)
Steve MARTIN
BORN STANDING UP by Steve Martin (Simon & Schuster, London. 2007)
The MARX Brothers
THE MARX BROTHERS by Kyle Crichton (Doubleday, New York. 1950 / Heinemann, London. 1951)
LIFE WITH GROUCHO by Arthur Marx (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1954 / as GROUCHO by Victor Gollancz, London. 1954)
GROUCHO AND ME by Groucho Marx (Bernard Geis, New York. 1959 / Victor Gollancz, London. 1959)
HARPO SPEAKS! by Harpo Marx, with Rowland Barber (Bernard Geis, New York. 1961 / Victor Gollancz, London. 1961)
THE GROUCHO LETTERS by Groucho Marx (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1967 / Michael Joseph, London. 1967)
THE MARX BROTHERS – THEIR WORLD OF COMEDY by Allen Eyles (Zwemmer, London. 1966 / Barnes, New York. 1967)
THE MARX BROTHERS AT THE MOVIES by Paul D. Zimmerman and Burt Goldblatt (Putnam, New York. 1968)
SON OF GROUCHO by Arthur Marx (David McKay, New York. 1972)
GROUCHO, HARPO, CHICO AND SOMETIMES ZEPPO – A HISTORY OF THE MARX BROTHERS Joe Adamson (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1973 / W.H. Allen, London. 1973)
THE MARX BROTHERS SCRAPBOOK by Groucho Marx and Richard J. Anobile (Darien House, New York. 1973 / W.H. Allen, London. 1974)
THE GROUCHO PHILE by Groucho Marx, with Hector Arce (Bobbs-Merrill, New York. 1976)
THE SECRET WORD IS GROUCHO by Groucho Marx, with Hector Arce (Putnam, New York. 1976)
HELLO, I MUST BE GOING – GROUCHO AND HIS FRIENDS by Charlotte Chandler (Doubleday, New York. 1978 / Robson, London. 1979)
GROUCHO by Hector Arce (Putnam, New York. 1979)
GROWING UP WITH CHICO by Maxine Marx (Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. 1980)
THE MARX BROTHERS ENCYCLOPEDIA by Glenn Mitchell (Batsford, London. 1997)
MONKEY BUSINESS – THE LIVES AND LEGENDS OF THE MARX BROTHERS by Simon Louvish (Faber and Faber paperback, London. 1999, St. Martins Press, New York. 2000)
GROUCHO – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JULIUS HENRY MARX by Stefan Kanfer (Knopf, New York. 2000)
Jackie MASON
JACKIE, OY! – JACKIE MASON FROM BIRTH TO REBIRTH by Jackie Mason, with Ken Gross (Little, Brown, Boston. 1988)
Rik MAYALL
BIGGER THAN HITLER, BETTER THAN CHRIST by Rik Mayall (Harper Collins, London. 2005)
Paul MERTON
MY STRUGGLE by Paul Merton (Boxtree, London. 1995)
ONLY WHEN I LAUGH - MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Paul Merton (Ebury Press, London. 2014)
Max MILLER
MAX MILLER – THE CHEEKY CHAPPIE by John M. East (W.H.Allen, London. 1977)
Spike MILLIGAN
ADOLPH HITLER – MY PART IN HIS DOWNFALL by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1971)
ROMMEL? GUNNER WHO? by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1974)
MONTY – HIS PART IN MY VICTORY by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1976)
THE SPIKE MILLIGAN LETTERS edited by Norma Farnes (M. & J. Hobbs / Michael Joseph, London. 1977)
MUSSOLINI – HIS PART IN MY DOWNFALL by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1978)
MORE SPIKE MILLIGAN LETTERS edited by Norma Farnes M. & J. Hobbs / Michael Joseph, London. 1984)
WHERE HAVE ALL THE BULLETS GONE? by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1985)
GOODBYE SOLDIER DEMOB by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1986)
IT ENDS WITH MAGIC … A MILLIGAN FAMILY STORY by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1990)
PEACE WORK by Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, London. 1991)
MILLIGAN – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SPIKE MILLIGAN by Dominic Behan
SPIKE MILLIGAN by Pauline Scudamore (Granada, London. 1985)
SPIKE MILLIGAN – A CELEBRATION by ? (Virgin, London. 199?)
A FAMILY ALBUM – AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by Spike Milligan (Virgin, London. 1999)
SPIKE MILLIGAN – THE BIOGRAPHY by Humphrey Carpenter (Hodder & Stoughton, London. 2003)
SPIKE MILLIGAN – AN INTIMATE MEMOIR by Norma Farnes (?, London. 2003)
Bob MONKHOUSE
CRYING WITH LAUGHTER by Bob Monkhouse (Century, London. 1993)
OVER THE LIMIT by Bob Monkhouse (Century, London. 1998)
Dudley MOORE
DUDLEY MOORE – AN INFORMAL BIOGRAPHY by Jeff Lenburg (Putnam / Delilah paperback, New York. 1982)
DUDLEY by Paul Donovan (W.H. Allen, London. 1988)
DUDLEY MOORE by Barbra Paskin (Sidgwick & Jackson, London. 1997)
PETE & DUD – AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by Alexander Games (Andre Deutsch / Chameleon, London. 1999)
Eric MORECAMBE and Ernie WISE
ERIC & ERNIE – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MORECAMBE & WISE by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, with Dennis Holman (W.H. Allen, London. 1973)
THERE’S NO ANSWER TO THAT – AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY MORECAMBE & WISE by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, with Michael Freedland (Arthur Barker, London. 1981)
FUNNY MAN – ERIC MORECAMBE by Gary Morecambe (Methuen, London, 1982)
MORECAMBE AND WIFE by Joan Morecambe, with Michael Leitch (Pelham Books, London. 1985)
THE ILLUSTRATED MORECAMBE by Gary Morecambe (Macdonald / Queen Anne Press, London. 1987)
STILL ON MY WAY TO HOLLYWOOD by Ernie Wise (Gerald Duckworth, London. 1990)
MORECAMBE AND WISE – BEHIND THE SUNSHINE by Gary Morecambe and Martin Sterling (Robson, London. 1994)
MORECAMBE & WISE – YOU CAN’T SEE THE JOIN by Jeremy Novick (Andre Deutsch / Chameleon, London. 1997)
MORECAMBE AND WISE by Graham McCann (Fourth Estate, London. 1999)
MEMORIES OF ERIC by Gary Morecambe and Martin Sterling (Andre Deutsch, London. 1999)
ERIC MORECAMBE – LIFE’S NOT HOLLYWOOD, IT’S CRICKLEWOOD by Gary Morecambe (?, 2003)
MORECAMBE AND WISE – UNSEEN by William Cook (Harper Collins, London. 2005)
MORECAMBE AND WISE – UNTOLD by William Cook (Harper Collins, London. 2007)
YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE – THE LIFE AND WORK OF ERIC MORECAMBE by Gary Morecambe (Harper Collins, London. 2009)
Zero MOSTEL
ZERO DANCES – A BIOGRAPHY OF ZERO MOSTEL by Arthur Sainer (Limelight Editions. 1998)
Frank MUIR
A KENTISH LAD by Frank Muir (Bantam Press, London. 1997)
Arthur MULLARD
OH, YUS, IT’S ARTHUR MULLARD by Arthur Mullard (Everest Books paperback, London. 1977)
Eddie MURPHY
EDDIE MURPHY – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A COMIC ON THE EDGE by Frank Sanello (Carol / Birch Lane. 1997)
Denis NORDEN
CLIPS FROM A LIFE by Denis Norden (Fourth Estate, London. 2008)
Brendan O’CARROLL
THE REAL MRS. BROWN by Brendan O’Carroll (2013)
Bill ODDIE
ONE FLEW INTO THE CUCKOO’S EGG – MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Bill Oddie (Hodder & Stoughton, London. 2008)
OUR GANG
OUR GANG – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE LITTLE RASCALS by Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann (Crown Publishers, New York. 1977)
Michael PALIN
MICHAEL PALIN by Jonathan Margolis (Orion Media, London. 1997)
THE LIFE OF PALIN by Jeremy Novick (Headline Press, London. 2001)
MICHAEL PALIN DIARIES 1969-1979 – THE PYTHON YEARS by Michael Palin (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 2006)
MICHAEL PALIN DIARIES 1980-1988 – HALFWAY TO HOLLYWOOD by Michael Palin (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London. 2009)
Nicholas PARSONS
THE STRAIGHT MAN – MY LIFE IN COMEDY by Nicholas Parsons (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. 1994)
Bill PERTWEE
A FUNNY WAY TO MAKE A LIVING by Bill Pertwee (Sunburst Books, London. 1996)
Leslie PHILLIPS
HELLO – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Leslie Phillips (Orion, London. 2006)
Jon PLOWMAN
HOW TO PRODUCE COMEDY BRONZE by Jon Plowman (Blink Publishing. 2018)
Sandy POWELL
CAN YOU HEAR ME, MOTHER? – SANDY POWELL’S LIFETIME OF MUSIC HALL by Sandy Powell, with Harry Stanley (Jupiter Books, London. 1975)
Richard PRYOR
PRYOR CONVICTIONS AND OTHER LIFE SENTENCES (Revolver, ?. 2005)
Frank RANDALL
KING TWIST – A PORTRAIT OF FRANK RANDALL by Jeff Nuttall (Routledge & Keegan Paul, London. 1978)
Ted RAY
RAISING THE LAUGHS by Ted Ray (Werner Laurie, London. 1952)
Al READ
IT’S ALL IN THE BOOK by Al Read, with Robin Cross (W.H. Allen, London. 1985)
Vic REEVES and Bob MORTIMER
REEVES AND MORTIMER by Bruce Dessau (Orion, London. 1998)
Beryl REID
SO MUCH LOVE by Beryl Reid, with Eric Braun (Hutchinson, London. 1984)
Joan RIVERS
ENTER TALKING by Joan Rivers (Delacorte Press, New York. 1986)
STILL TALKING by Joan Rivers (Random House, New York. 1991)
Brian RIX
MY FARCE FROM MY ELBOW by Brian Rix (?. 1974)
FARCE ABOUT FACE by Brian Rix (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1989)
TOUR DE FARCE by Brian Rix
LIFE IN THE FARCE LANE by Brian Rix (Andre Deutsch, London. 1995)
George ROBEY
GEORGE ROBEY – THE DARLING OF THE HALLS by Peter Cotes (Cassell, London. 1972)
Peter ROGERS
MR. CARRY ON – THE LIFE AND WORK OF PETER ROGERS by Morris Bright and Robert Ross (BBC, London. 2000)
Will ROGERS
WILL ROGERS by Jerome Beatty (Saalfield Publishing, New York. 1935)
OUR WILL ROGERS by Jack Lait (Greenberg, New York. 1935)
WILL ROGERS – HIS WIFE’S STORY by Betty Rogers (Bobbs-Merrill, New York. 1941)
OUR WILL ROGERS by Homer Croy (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York. 1953)
WILL ROGERS – THE MAN AND HIS TIMES by Richard M. Ketchum (Simon & Schuster, New York. 1973)
THE WILL ROGERS SCRAPBOOK by Bryan B. Sterling (Bonanza Books, New York. 1976)
WILL ROGERS IN HOLLYWOOD by Bryan B. Sterling and Frances N. Sterling (Crown Publishers, New York. 1984)
Leonard ROSSITER
LEONARD ROSSITER by Robert Tanitch (Robert Royce, London. 1985)
Margaret RUTHERFORD
MARGARET RUTHERFORD – AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Margaret Rutherford, with Gwen Robyns (W.H. Allen, London. 1972)
A BLITHE SPIRIT by Dawn Langley Simmons (Arthur Baker, London. 1983)
MARGARET RUTHERFORD – DREADNOUGHT WITH GOOD MANNERS by Andy Merriman (?. 2009)
Mort SAHL
HEARTLAND by Mort Sahl (Houghton Miffin 1977)
Jennifer SAUNDERS
BONKERS – MY LIFE IN LAUGHS by Jennifer Saunders (2013)
Harry SECOMBE
GOON ABROAD by Harry Secombe (Robson Books, London. 1982)
ARIAS AND RASPBERRIES by Harry Secombe (Robson Books, London. 1989)
STRAWBERRIES AND CHEAM by Harry Secombe (Robson Books, London. 1996)
Peter SELLERS
PETER SELLERS – THE MASK BEHIND THE MASK by Peter Evans (Leslie Frewin, London. 1969)
PETER SELLERS by Alexander Walker (Macmillian, London. 1981)
P.S. I LOVE YOU by Michael Sellers (Collins, London. 1981)
PETER SELLERS by Derek Sylvester (Proteus paperback, London. 1981)
REMEMBERING PETER SELLERS by Graham Stark (Robson Books, London. 1990)
PETER SELLERS – A FILM HISTORY by Michael Starr (McFarland. 1991 / Robert Hale, London. 1992)
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS by Roger Lewis (Century, London. 1994. abridged version published by Applause Books, 1997)
PETER SELLERS – A CELEBRATION by Adrian Rigelsford and Geoff Tibballs (Virgin Books, London. 1997)
MR. STRANGELOVE by Ed Sikov (Sidgwick & Jackson, London. 2002)
Mack SENNETT
FATHER GOOSE by Gene Fowler (?, New York. 1934)
KING OF COMEDY by Mack Sennett, with Cameron Shipp (Peter Davies, London.1955)
KOPS AND CUSTARDS – THE LEGEND OF KEYSTONE FILMS by Kalton C. Lahue and Terry Brewer (University Of Oklahoma Press. 1968)
MACK SENNETT’S KEYSTONE by Kalton C. Lahue (A.S. Barnes, New York. 1971)
Phil SILVERS
THIS LAUGH IS ON ME – THE PHIL SILVERS STORY by Phil Silvers, with Robert Saffron (Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. 1973)
Alastair SIM
DANCE AND SKYLARK – FIFTY YEARS WITH ALASTAIR SIM by Naomi Sim (Bloomsbury, London. 1987)
ALASTAIR SIM – THE STAR OF SCROOGE AND THE BELLES OF ST. TRINIAN’S by Mark Simpson (?. 2008)
Joan SIMS
HIGH SPIRITS by Joan Sims (Partridge, London. 2000)
Red SKELTON
RED SKELTON by Arthur Marx (E.P. Dutton, New York. 1979)
Linda SMITH
DRIVING MISS SMITH – A MEMOIR OF LINDA SMITH by Warren Lakin (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 2007)
The SMOTHERS Brothers
DANGEROUSLY FUNNY: THE UNCENSORED STORY OF “THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR” by David Bianculli (Touchstone Books 2010)
Howard STERN
PRIVATE PARTS by Howard Stern (?, 1993)
HOWARD STERN – KING OF ALL MEDIA by Paul D. Colford (St. Martin’s, New York. 1997)
Eric SYKES
ERIC SYKES’ COMEDY HEROES by Eric Sykes (Virgin, London. 2003)
IF I DON’T WRITE IT, NOBODY ELSE WILL by Eric Sykes (Fourth Estate, London. 2005)
TERRY-THOMAS
THREE MEN AND A GIMMICK – PETER CUSHING, TERRY-THOMAS AND ARTHUR ASKEY by Robert Hirst (The World’s Work Ltd., London. 1957)
FILLING THE GAP by Terry-Thomas (Max Parrish, London. 1959)
TERRY-THOMAS TELLS TALL TALES by Terry-Thomas, with Terry Daum (Robson, London. 1990)
THE COMPLETE TERRY-THOMAS by Robert Ross (Reynolds & Hearne, London. 2002)
BOUNDER! – THE BIOGRAPHY OF TERRY-THOMAS by Graham McCann (Aurum Press, London. 2008)
The THREE STOOGES
MOE HOWARD & THE THREE STOOGES by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, New Jersey. 1977)
THE THREE STOOGES SCRAPBOOK by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer and Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, New Jersey. 1982)
CURLY – AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF THE SUPERSTOOGE by Joan Howard Maurer (Citadel Press, New Jersey. 1985)
THE STOOGES LOST EPISODES by Tom Forrester, with Jeff Forrester (Contemparary Books, Chicago. 1988)
FROM AMALGAMATED MORONS TO AMERICAN ICONS – THE THREE STOOGES AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Michael Fleming (Doubleday, New York. 1999)
Little TICH
LITTLE TICH by Mary Tich & Richard Findlater (Elm Tree Books 1979)
Lily TOMLIN
LILY TOMLIN – WOMAN OF A THOUSAND FACES by Jeff Sorensen (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1989)
Tommy TRINDER
THE TOMMY TRINDER STORY by Tommy Trinder (McKechnie magazine, Melbourne. 195?)
Reg VARNEY
THE LITTLE CLOWN by Reg Varney (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1990)
Max WALL
THE FOOL ON THE HILL by Max Wall, with Peter Ford (Quartet Books, London. 1975)
Jack WARNER
JACK OF ALL TRADES by Jack Warner (W.H.Allen, London. 1975)
Molly WEIR
STEPPING INTO THE SPOTLIGHT by Molly Weir
WALKING INTO THE LYONS’ DEN by Molly Weir (Hutchinson, London. 1977)
Mae WEST
GOODNESS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT by Mae West (Prentice-Hall, New York. 1959 / W.H. Allen, London. 1960, new enlarged edition: Macfadden-Bartell paperback, New York. 1970)
THE FILMS OF MAE WEST by Jon Tuska (Citadel Press, New Jersey. 1973)
COME UP AND SEE ME SOMETIME by David Hanna (Tower Publications paperback, New York. 1976)
MAE WEST by Fergus Cashin (W.H. Allen, London. 1981)
MAE WEST by George Eells and Stanley Musgrove (William Morrow, New York. 1982)
MAE WEST – A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY by Carol M. Ward (Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut. 1989)
MAE WEST – EMPRESS OF SEX by Maurice Leonard (Harper Collins, New York. 1992)
WHEN I’M BAD, I’M BETTER (also published as) THE QUEEN OF CAMP – MAE WEST, SEX AND POPULAR CULTURE by Marybeth Hamilton (Harper Collins, New York. 1995)
BECOMING MAE WEST by Emily Wortis Leider (Da Capo Press, New York. 2000)
MAE WEST – AN ICON IN BLACK AND WHITE by Jill Watts (Oxford University Press, New York. 2001)
MAE WEST – IT AIN’T NO SIN by Simon Louvish (Faber & faber, London. 2006)
June WHITFIELD
… AND JUNE WHITFIELD by June Whitfield (Bantam Press, London. 2000)
AT A GLANCE – AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS LIFE by June Whitfield (?. 2009)
Kenneth WILLIAMS
JUST WILLIAMS by Kenneth Williams (J.M. Dent, London. 1985)
KENNETH WILLIAMS by Michael Freedland (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. 1990)
THE KENNETH WILLIAMS DIARIES edited by Russell Davies (Harper Collins, London. 1993)
THE KENNETH WILLIAMS LETTERS edited by Russell Davies (Harper Collins, London. 1994)
KENNETH WILLIAMS UNSEEN by Wes Butters and Russell Davies (Harper Collins, London,2008)
BORN BRILLIANT – THE LIFE OF KENNETH WILLIAMS by Christopher Stevens (Aurum, London. 2010)
Robin WILLIAMS
THE ROBIN WILLIAMS SCRAPBOOK by Stephen Spignesi (Citadel Press paperback, New Jersey. 1997)
THE LIFE AND HUMOR OF ROBIN WILLIAMS by Jay David (Quill / William Morrow paperback, New York. 1999)
Flip WILSON
ON STAGE FLIP WILSON by Thomas Braun (Creative Education, Minnesota. 1976)
Richard WILSON
ONE FOOT ON THE STAGE by James Roose-Evans (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. 1996)
Barbara WINDSOR
THE LAUGHTER AND TEARS OF A COCKNEY SPARROW by Barbara Windsor, with Joan Flory (Century, London. 1990)
Mike and Bernie WINTERS
SHAKE A PAGODA TREE by Mike and Bernie Winters (W.H. Allen, London. 1976)
THE SUNNY SIDE OF WINTERS by Mike Winters (JR Books. 2010)
Norman WISDOM
DON’T LAUGH AT ME COS I’M A FOOL by Norman Wisdom (?)
Victoria WOOD
THE FUNNY SIDE OF VICTORIA WOOD by Bruce Dessau (Orion Media, London. 1997)
VICTORIA WOOD – THE BIOGRAPHY By Neil Brandwood (Ted Smart/Virgin, London. 2002)
Mike YARWOOD
AND THIS IS ME! by Mike Yarwood (Jupiter, London. 1974)
IMPRESSIONS OF MY LIFE by Mike Yarwood, with Linda Dearsley (Collins / Willow, London. 1986)