Leon Cortez Music Hall Comedian Dad's Army Hand Signed Photo

PFAS194A This is an antique 3.5" x 3" hand signed photo for music hall comedian and television actor Leon Cortez who had an extensive career and starred in two of the Dad's Army shows too who has personally hand signed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait with very small places and a little mild surface mostly great condition (vg+ to ex- grading) and this has such character too.

Leon Cortez (27 May 1898 31 December 1970) was a British musician and actor who appeared regularly on stage and in films and television in a career that spanned five decades. He became well known as a Cockney comedian and variety actor and he was regularly heard in his Cockney Coster Band (the act was top of the bill at the Adelphi in Slough in 1936 and appeared in the 1937 film Calling All Stars) and The 'Appy 'Alf 'Our on BBC Radio during the late 1930s and early 40s.[Cortez also became known for his Shakespearean comedy parodies.

In addition to his frequent film and television roles he continued to work on the stage for much of his life as well as being a regular in pantomime.His television appearances included Dixon of Dock Green (196062); One Step Beyond (1961); Dice Player in Echo Four Two (1961); Lapie in Maigret (1961); Citizen James; Honest Arthur in Suspense (1963); First Driver / Court Usher in Bootsie and Snudge (1963); Innkeeper in Richard the Lionheart (1963); Mac / Birdie in The Saint (196468); Mr. Crogan in Beggar My Neighbour (1967); Samuels in Out of the Unknown (1969); Christofis in Christ Recrucified (1969); Noony in A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970) and Will in Play for Today (1970). His roles in the BBC comedy series Dad's Army include Henry the Milkman in Museum Piece (1968) and the Small Man in Man Hunt (1969).