Ken Dodd
Biography
Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was born on 8 November 1927 in a former farmhouse in Knotty Ash, a suburb of Liverpool, to Arthur Dodd and Sarah (née Gray); where his parents lived. He had an older brother, William and a younger sister, June. He went to the Knotty Ash School and sang in the local church choir of St John's Church, Knotty Ash. He was to live in Knotty Ash all his life, dying in the house in which he was born, and often referred to the area—as well as its mythical "jam butty mines" and "bl...
Also Known As
Kenneth Arthur Dodd, Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd, Sir Ken Dodd, Ken Dodd O.B.E., Ken Dodd OBE
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Ken Dodd's Movies
Hamlet
25 Dec 1996
Alice in Wonderland
28 Feb 1999
Marvellous
25 Sept 2014
An Audience with Ken Dodd
03 Dec 1994
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
16 Nov 1987
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
09 Feb 2011
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
11 Nov 2015
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
06 May 2023
Another Audience With Ken Dodd
09 Feb 2002
Ken Dodd: Live Laughter Tour
06 Nov 1997
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
09 Jun 2024
Becoming the Beatles
01 Jan 2012
Eric & Ernie's Home Movies
29 Dec 2017
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
26 Dec 2018
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
23 Mar 2025
Robinson Crusoe
25 Dec 1970
Ken Dodd: The Lost Tapes
30 Dec 2025
Ken Dodd's TV Shows
Doctor Who
23 Nov 1963
Top of the Pops
01 Jan 1964
This Morning
03 Oct 1988
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
02 Apr 1996
Blankety Blank
18 Jan 1979
Pebble Mill
14 Oct 1991
An Audience with...
08 Jan 1978
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
06 Nov 2007
Seaside Special
05 Jul 1975
The Ken Dodd Laughter Show
08 Jan 1979
A Question of Entertainment
24 Apr 1988
Ken Dodd and the Diddymen
05 Jan 1969
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
22 Nov 1974
Ken Dodd's Showbiz
13 Mar 1982
Doddy's Music Box
07 Jan 1967
Paul Daniels' Secrets
15 Nov 1995