Graham Moffatt: Britain's Favourite Fat Boy

[@moogdome2562]

Lets not forget. These cozy old films were made and shown, as a form of escapism for people, from the troubles of the time such as poverty and hard times.Much later the war. at last, people had something to laugh about, and forget their troubles for a while. Nothing today compares to these classics, and never will. Forever in our hearts. Looked back on with a smile and laughter. What a legacy.They have helped me through my darkest times. What other comedy could do that today? thank you.

[@cricketbat09]

He was brilliant. The films with Will Hay and Moore Marriot are still fantastic.

[@martinidry6300]

Those films Graham Moffatt was in were shown in the late 1970s, spawning a huge number of young fans in my school. Simply terrific comedy performed by masters of perfect timing and natural talent. Beer in Devon was a favoured place to visit on our summer holidays in Seaton. I can see why Graham loved it so much.

[@shaka7594]

Same here, grew up in the 70s and they was shown a lot on bbc2, also stayed at Seaton few times in 2004-5, lovely area and visited the small place of beer..Great Memories all round 😊

[@patriciapoole2571]

I had no idea he died so young, what a shame. How nice to see his children, lovely people.

[@eugenebell3166]

Part of the best trio of comedy actors ever, with Will Hay and Moore Marriot. What a delightful combination.

[@AnthonyHandcock]

I've lost count of the number of times I've watched Ask A Policeman and Oh Mr Porter but easily 100 times each. I think I know the script off by heart by now and I waste my time planting lobelias every year in silent tribute to Hay, Marriott and Moore.

wonder if he hurt himself when he slipped over they kept it in

[@TheRobtrident]

i hope you where there when they came up. he he .

[@AnthonyHandcock]

@@TheRobtrident I'm not sure I will be this year. I think a week of constant rain has drowned the poor blighters.

[@davidnorden1972]

What are ye burying?

[@AnthonyHandcock]

@@davidnorden1972 Every night when the moon gives light...

[@bay575]

An American doing deep dives into youtube for Brit comedy, just discovered Will Hay. Terrific stuff so far . 3 great actors and very good writing in these movies. As good as any off the classic 30s stuff on the other side of the Atlantic, more American classic comedy fans should know of this. Watching and looking for more. Had to write this comment becouse I really was taken by the young talented Mr. Moffatt especially. So i found this film. Also want to say it's a very well made tribute. Bless all, keep laughing!

[@kellyshaw7271]

He may have been gone now for many a year but always in our heart. Thanks for all the special memories growing up.

[@brsince78]

A well made affectionate tribute. Thank you.

[@pauljones1350]

What a great story had a pub and still entertaining the public and what a nice family only 45 but forever loved and immortalised on film ,rip my friend

[@alanbutler6903]

You always have that one fool who gives something very interesting a thumbs down. I loved that trio...

[@mediacityavid]

The trio worked so well together. Classic british films

[@shaun5944]

He was just great, so funny and a natural actor, RIP Graham, still making us laugh 👍😂

[@moogdome2562]

What a nice family. so sad he died so young. A true legend. RIP.

[@TheAllyMor]

Hear hear. An interesting tale. Shame to pass away so terribly young.

[@GEricG]

I used to love Graham's characters in the Will Hay films - brilliantly sarcastic and a great foil to Will Hay alongside Moore Marriott.

[@SodosMarkoullis-gn1co]

Great.films

[@sami-zc1nl]

lovely to hear from the family.from all of us fans your father was a very special talent.god bless rip

[@EdWood2006]

Thanks for putting together this video. I always wanted to see Graham behind the bar in his later years and now I have. I wish I had been alive in the 50's and he was the landlord of my local. What great days they would have been.

[@Somerset-In-The-Blood]

The English Combe Inn 🙂

[@LessonLearnt101]

"Albert" brilliant actor . Loved him in the Will Hay movies. I have the complete collection dvd set . I love watching them . Fabulous trio

[@Steven_Rowe]

Oh Mr Porter, what a gem Never get tired of watching it.

[@susandoig4192]

Used to watch will hay films with my much loved dad as a bairn

[@Steven_Rowe]

@@susandoig4192 You must be either a Scot or on the border to use the term bairn

[@johnnybgood7812]

Loved his work. I’m going to a screening of Oh Mr Porter in The Old Booking Hall at Haltwhistle railways station on 23rd March 2020. Though I adore Will Hay I think his finest moments were alongside Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott.

[@davidnorden1972]

Did it go ahead?

[@johnnybgood7812]

@@davidnorden1972 Sadly no, a victim of Covid lockdown.

[@davidnorden1972]

@@johnnybgood7812 I'm sorry to hear that. Did they try rescreening it?

[@johnnybgood7812]

@@davidnorden1972 No, or at least, not that I’m aware of. The screening was part of a film festival which seems to have stopped now unfortunately.

[@pollardmark]

loved him as Albert ;-) The Will Hay films were fantastic.. Absolute Classics :-)

[@paullee5449]

What a fantastic actor Graham was

[@ericlees7518]

Thank you for sharing your family photographs of Graham and making this film

[@TheManWithNoName.]

My parents had the will hay films recorded off tv on vhs so me a my brother grew up watching them... they hold a special place in my heart especially "Oh mr porter" and "ask a policeman" Seeing will hay, with moore marriott and graham Moffatt on screen brings such a sense of familiarity and warm feeling of nostalgia to me that i sometimes i just have one of their films on as background noise even if im not watching it just to feel that happy feeling it always brings.. Me and my brother regulary send texts to each other quoting something from these films and reading it never fails to bring a smile no matter what im doin ... Next trains gone 😊

[@eteprepus]

hi ... d'you remember which film is the one where the three of them were pissed and trying to sing "Widecombe Fair" - (you know... uncle old cobley and all - I can't find it ...?

[@TheManWithNoName.]

@@eteprepusHi no i dont recall that scene ... i am most familiar with oh mr porter, ask a policeman, and wheres that fire and i dont believe its in any of those .... ive seen convict 99 and old bones of the river but not for many years so dont know if its in those films ... i havent seen windbag the sailor at all (i need to get around to that) so maybe its in that one .... i dont think they made any other films with all 3 of them .. not sure though.... sorry i couldnt help

[@shaka7594]

It was convict99

[@shaka7594]

@@TheManWithNoName. You need to watch windbag, its a gem

[@TheManWithNoName.]

@@shaka7594 i shall most certainly get around to it sometime soon

[@moogdome2562]

Still love him today. He and his friends have brought so much pleasure to countless throughout the years.Not sure why Will Hay departed from them. but, they have to be the funniest films ever.My very best wishes to his family. Taken too young. but what a legacy. I just want to mention, the sound could have been a bit louder. Thank you for sharing.

[@neilkendrew8158]

Beautiful feel good films, with that yesterday's innocence we all wish to return to at times.

[@thriddoctor]

Still making us laugh after all those years.

[@densalbeach1]

Wonderful story of a genuinely funny man. What a team they made in some of my favourite films from a long gone era. A great actor and family man.

[@caretaker8960]

Nice tribute. My dad loved his films.

[@projectingintothepast356]

This is a well made tribute. Thank you so much. Love these 3 and always wished they made a hundred films together instead I have to watch Ask a Policeman for about the 60th time.

[@simonlunt353]

This is why I like watching Talking pictures you get to see all these old great films 👏👏👍

[@kevinleavy523]

Fantastic to see Grahams family, life & works, always enjoyed his hilarious contributions to the classic Hay pictures, which are always best remembered with Moffatt & Marriot in the team.

[@martinwooder4174]

My late grandmother told me the first film she remembered seeing in the cinema was Oh Mr Porter!

[@chrisward3605]

Love the will hay films sometimes on talking pictures

[@paullee5449]

I have all the Will hay films on DVD . I have a lot of admiration for will hay but his run of films he made for Gainsborough wouldn't be half as good without GRAHAM and MOORE.

[@martinsmith1538]

Same here. Got them all.

[@markg6860]

Apparently, Hay did not actually enjoy working with Marriott and Moffatt, despite the success of those acting partnerships.

[@johnshort5003]

@@markg6860 He didn't seem to much like working with Charles Hawtrey either.

[@jamescorlett5272]

Hay was a comedy Genius with our without others - check out were There's A Will as a later example - F A F .

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

@@markg6860 I think Hay was a ungenerous comedian unprepared to share the lime light. But, who cares... The films he was involved in brought so much joy, and he wouldn't have been in Ghost of St Michaels if he hadn't left... Which is probably my 2nd favourite Hay film, just behind Ask a Policeman. Hay was a complicated person, like all the best comedians.

[@jeffreybarton1297]

A lovely tribute. I caught the Will Hay bug a few months ago. Been enjoying the movies on KZbin, and Graham is brilliant, as is Moore, and obviously Will 😄

[@BLUEsurf63]

What a lovely tribute...

[@darrenking6026]

What a wonderful video. Thank you so much for making it and posting it. Like everyone else, I've enjoyed watching his films all my life and continue to do so, but seeing this about the "real man", is fantastic... X

[@mintysgt]

wonderful little peace, great work guys,

[@icecoffee1361]

Great insight to a British film legend

[@brianwalmsley447]

What a great actor

[@equaliser2265]

Thank you for this,its appreciated, what a fantastic actor he was, still love the films as do my sons, I was born in 64, and my boys in 2000.

[@IsteadAl]

Well deserved tribute, thank you.

[@laurencehannam1371]

My mother, probably via her elder brothers, knew Graham from their schooldays. Interesting to hear Godolphin Road (Shepherds Bush) mentioned, as at that time her family lived in St Stephens Avenue, which runs parallel.

[@mikekemp9877]

thank you these three are my idols .what made graham so funny in my humble opinion was his magnificent rudeness to will hay.given the class structure of the day their films are quite anarchic.there lies their enduring appeal kids and adults can enjoy them even today. i think hay made a mistake in ending the partnership. back room boys would have been their next project but swapping moore and graham for a couple of girls and giving them a kind of cameo role doesnt help the picture which they are the best in.studios like the bbc didnt realise what they had as often happens.today at prime time saturday night dads army will be on running continuously for 50 years in repeats and still gets a massive audience.croft and perry freely acknowledge that much of the show was copied or inspired by the three idiots.yet the beeb started to wipe shows not realising they had the biggest hit in british sitcom for longevity.happily the last three lost episodes are now being remade.every person i know now who sees oh mr porter for the first time admits its the funniest film theyve ever seen.i know of no other thirties comedy team still watchable today.porter was given a special showing in the 60s thirtieth anniversary i think and the radio times had a team of critcs from highbrow papers proclaim it the funniest british film of all time and i wont argue and tied it with night at the opera as funniest movie of all time in sound.as an irishman i still think it was filmed in ireland though i know different.from the magnificent start on the bus dont know if you realise its a spoof of the opening of dracula to next trains gone to that wheel dont work to everything round here is either too old or wont work ..and your both,it never stops being funny,.that it endures to this day is a tribute to the talent of all three man.well done graham you seem to have had a lovely but sadly short life but live on in our hearts.thankyou for this wonderful post and a chance to say what ive wanted for years about these three treasures.

[@BackToTheBlues]

A lovely tribute. I love his belligerent character in the Will Hay films.

[@dhackj]

Wonderful!

[@johnbailey5616]

What a great man he was and all the great films he was in.

[@farmbrough]

Thanks for doing this, it was good to learn more about the man. I enjoyed seeing his children speaking fondly of him.

[@Simon67723]

Thanks for this video Graham was a class act as they all were at least we have great memories to watch over and over again.👍

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

😍💕💕💕 Lovely trip down memory lane

[@johnmorrow7080]

Great team of actors I loved Will Hay films .

[@thomaspridmore106]

Love those films he made

[@MARKMANIATT]

Wonderful tribute!

[@grahamd4764]

Wow he was a Shepherds Bush boy. Never knew that. I wonder if he was a QPR fan! Godolphin Rd is less than ten minutes from the ground. That aside. I have always loved Graham in the Will Hay films. Such an iconic character.

[@edwardsp1916]

That was brilliant, thank you.

[@soppdrake]

Thanks so much for this! Must have been a top bloke and the kids had a beautiful mum. His irreverent, cheeky attitude towards Will Hay on film is priceless ❤ Makes me smile just thinking about it.

[@patriciapoole2571]

These are fascinating. Does any footage of Hay in his other guises exist, it would be amazing to see.

[@pierstheoneandonly]

Wonderful to happen upon this little docu by the Will Hay Appreciation Society. In Graham and Moore Marriot Hay had his perfect foils.

[@Daz_K]

Brilliant documentary - well done boys

[@grahamckarke9104]

Still watch his films with will hay and Moore Marriott always make me laugh god bless to you all .and thank u for making me laugh so much 👍👍🛤️

[@stevejohnson6458]

Very interesting video, thanks for uploading 😎

[@williamnethercott4364]

Sounds like a lovely man. His films were great.

[@davidstewart8796]

I always wondered who this man was in my favourite Will Hay films, thanks for sharing

[@billygillan821]

What a great video ,and great to hear from his family,and funny thinking in today's population he would be the skinny kid.

[@inserter400]

Enjoyed that, thanx

[@zaroffhound]

Authentic, pleasant, interesting character. Wonder what day it was when they stopped making them.

[@davidwaddington9414]

he packed so much into those 45 years.

[@freespiritnufc5661]

45 and died a very happy life from what I have witnessed lots of movies to watch thanks to this thoughtful bio of Grahams wonderful life✌️🌈

[@ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars]

This is really educational, and good hearted, thank you.

[@alancooper9632]

What a wonderful actor and obviously listening to his family a lovely man.

[@brummiesteve3825]

Lovely

[@Somerset-In-The-Blood]

The English Combe Inn is not far from where I live it is now a private nursing home.Went there when it was a pub years ago.I knew people who drank there with him.

[@matthey545]

Excellent film. Very well done 👍

[@johnrees7909]

Great Films

[@rickthompson437]

Great little documentary

[@gables132]

One of the best of British

[@garybrockwell2031]

He had the best of an industry... RIP fella 🙏🇬🇧🆘

[@whitespider8523]

Albert was always my favourite character in Will Hay films. I don't think these films would have had the same impact without Graham Moffat and Moore Marriot. They became too popular for Will Hay, that's why he dropped them. Similar to Hancock dropping Kenneth Williams and Sid James. Both Hay and Hancock's careers faded after this.

[@grahamd4764]

Such a shame that Hay had a contemptuous streak in him. All because he felt Moffatt was beginning to get more attention than him.

[@FP51DPO]

@@grahamd4764 I think it was more that Moore was getting equal billing, in their last film Where's That Fire on some releases in the USA it said starring Moore Marriott with no mention of Will Hay and then in the reviews Percy the horse came off better than them all...

[@postscript67]

I don't think Hay's career faded quite as much as Hancock's. His last film, "My Learned Friend" is a real classic. Did he not quit films after that because of ill health?

[@jamescorlett5272]

@@grahamd4764 ì think Will Hay made 5 movies with the other two - all we're Top films - I would suggest them films had run their course that's all - Will made films before and after that in their own way were just as funny - but yeah those 5 films I would say were equal to the best of the Brothers Marz can't be a higher compliment -only are own .

[@DazDaz105]

The navigation scene from Windbag The Sailor is still comedy gold 👌

[@CliffordLeather]

Watched the film recently Good old fashioned comedy. The model is amazing 👏

[@kushsakhu]

One of a kind.

[@Playsinvain]

Omg. Stay with it til the end! Best gag ever

[@leedobson]

Very funny lad, great comic timing

[@garethpoole1645]

Can you imagine labelling a youth of today "Britain's Favourite Fat Boy"?. The Woke Brigade would have all his films cancelled and he'd be in a local hospital claiming mental health problems. I can well remember in the 60's on a wet Sunday afternoon, sitting in the 'front room' watching Will, Moore and Graham get up to their' antics and the whole family rolling with laughter. Small screen, black & white, it didn't matter a jot, their routines were not just truly funny but timeless and still raise laughs with my family today. God bless the three of them.

[@terencebarrett2897]

That's why Gareth this mad woke generation is absolutely dangerous and also there media pushers"",our days people of all shapes, sizes, colours, creeds, religion,were and are needed and wanted,it defines who you are,you remember your school days ,some had sticky out ears ,Buck teeth,big noses, etc but the attraction could be personalities,character, honesty,trust,etc now you have endless schoolchildren, with fashionable teeth braces,while the ugly tattoos, debauchery, pornographic TV programs are there free, nah ,when I see videos of India etc the poor people have natural smiles,relaxed, the west have made it unlawful to be different, I love all people fat skinny tall short,

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Good old days. When life was normal and people had a good sense of humour.

[@Elitist20]

He had bowel cancer and dropped dead of a heart attack aged 45, cutting short a brilliant career. Who knows what else he might have achieved if he'd lived? Sorry, but obesity was clearly a factor in his dying so young.

[@vanhool100]

great video, thanks

[@simonp7095]

I loved he's voice

[@rubberdc]

How sad he died so early , what a history he could speak of .

[@keithbird8910]

Top bloke!

[@markguest77]

Loved is films RIP.

[@ronnieparkerscott6223]

Nice tribute to a much loved ster, he makes me laugh even now.

[@tonyluxton3726]

Nice tribute to a very funny man

[@simonevans343]

Thank you

[@andrewduckett584]

Rest I peace graham ..albert

[@doloresmyatt9737]

Nice video, I watched a film on you tube a few years ago in which Graham had a part but was not in any list I checked for him. I can not remember the films title but I left a message in the comments for it if anyone is interested to know its title.

[@peterbird2918]

Wow who was the one sad sack who didn't like this

[@petermetcalfe6722]

Four now. Hard to believe isn't it?

[@Arwar555]

The world is full of morons

[@jamesstewart3317]

Brilliant comedian,time less fun if you don't believe me Ask a policeman.

[@rubberdc]

I wish i knew who the narrator is on this vid cos he has the most interesting voice .

[@BuggleskellyStation]

Alan Moore www.imdb.com/name/nm1624304/

[@johnstewart9745]

Love will hay movies , can’t watch them putting the pole up in the fire station, hurts my sides …WHERES THAT FIRE ..👍👍👍👍

[@LandondeeL]

Graham missed his calling twice: He should have played Joe in "The Pickwick Papers", AND should have gone to Hollywood in the 1950's and replaced Shemp (not Joe Besser) in the 3 Stooges!