Bud Flanagan(1896-1968)
- Actor
- Writer
- Music Department
During the 1st World War, he was in the army and was picked on a lot by the Sergeant-Major. On being demobbed, he told his tormentor that he would have his revenge on him, by using his name for his (Bud's) stage name. In 1906, he was a call boy at the Cambridge Theatre in London's East End. In 1923, being out of work, he became a London taxi driver. Early in 1924, he got the offer of a job in Glasgow. Having no money to get there, he walked, taking three weeks. In 1926, he wrote Underneath the Arches in a dressing room at a Derby theatre.In 1936, he won £2,000 on a 66-1 winner at The Oaks.
