Ken Dodd

Ken Dodd
Other names:	Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd
Birth date:	8 November 1927
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Tollmaster
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	Delta and the Bannermen
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Ken Dodd Show, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Doddy's Music Box, Ken Dodd and the Diddymen, The Good Old Days, The Ken Dodd Laughter Show, Blankety Blank, Dennis the Menace, Hamlet, Heroes of Comedy, Alice in Wonderland, The Canterbury Tales, Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute, Arena, The Golden Age of Trams, The Untold Tommy Cooper, The Late Great Eric Sykes, Celebrity Mastermind
IMDb profile

Sir Ken Dodd, OBE (born Kenneth Arthur Dodd on 8 November 1927) is an English comedian. He played the Tollmaster in the Doctor Who serial Delta and the Bannermen.

Dodd was raised in Liverpool and attended Knotty Ash School. At the age of seven, Dodd was dared to ride a bicycle with his eyes shut. In doing so, he crashed and received facial injuries that resulted in his distinctive buck teeth. This feature would later become iconic in his performances.

Dodd's first big performance was at the Nottingham Empire and from then on he gradually rose to fame as he was viewed positively. In 1989, he was taken to court on charges of tax evasion. He reportedly had local school children perform in his acts and left them unpaid.

He was also found to have little money in his bank, instead having £36,000 in cash. When asked by the judge "What does a hundred thousand pounds in a suitcase feel like?", he famously replied "The notes are very light, M'Lord." He was later acquitted. The trial led to his use of the line "Let me introduce myself. I'm Kenneth Arthur Dodd, artists' model and failed accountant", while performing.

External links

• Ken Dodd at the Internet Movie Database