Max Bacon

Max David Bacon (1 March 1904, London, England – 3 December 1969, London, England) was a British actor, comedian and musician (drummer and occasional vocalist in Ambrose's band). Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, Yiddish accent and in his straight-faced mispronunciation of words.

Biography Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from Katowice, then in Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In London, his father worked as a basket-weaver.

Before becoming a character actor, Bacon was a drummer in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s. In the late 1930s he had become well known enough to tour the halls in his own right and as part of a touring unit known as the Ambrose Octet with Evelyn Dall, among others.

He lived in his later years at The White House, a hotel near Great Portland Street, London, now known as the Melia White House, in Albany Street. He never married.

Partial filmography

Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1936) - Himself Calling All Stars (1937) - Himself Kicking the Moon Around (1938) - Gus King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) - Maxie Miss London Ltd. (1943) - Romero Bees in Paradise (1944) - Max Adler Give Us the Moon (1944) - Jacobus Cuckoo College (1949, TV Movie) - English Master The Gambler and the Lady (1952) - Maxie Take a Powder (1953) - Maxie The Diary of Anne Frank (London theatre production 1955) Together Again (1957, TV Series) Musical Playhouse (1959, TV Series) - Bookmaker William Tell (1959, TV Series) - Cobbler The Crowning Touch (1959) - Bemberger No Hiding Place (1959, TV Series) - Charlie Locke Educating Archie (1959, TV Series) The Entertainer (1960) - Charlie Klein The Rag Trade (1961, TV Series) - Mr. Conway Play It Cool (1962) - Lotus Proprietor Ghost Squad (1963, TV Series) - Sam Love Story (1963, TV Series) - Mr Rosen Z-Cars (1964, TV Series) - Nagle The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964) - Publican Hoskins Crooks in Cloisters (1964) - Bookmaker Gideon's Way (1964, TV Series) - Bookie Thompson Theatre 625 (1965-1966, TV Series) - Green / Herbert Fink The Sandwich Man (1966) - Chef Privilege (1967) - Julie Jordan The Whisperers (1967) - Mr. Fish The Wednesday Play (1967, TV Series) - Coldshead Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) - Orchestra Leader The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969) - Yossel (segment "The Egyptians") Detective (1969, TV Series) - Aaronson Along the Way (1972) - (final film role)