Hancock’s sidekick Bill Kerr dies at 92
BILL KERR, one of Tony Hancock’s radio sidekicks in the 1950s, has died aged 92.
Born in Cape Town in 1922, he was raised in Australia and became a radio and vaudeville star before moving to Britain in 1947 to further his career.
Besides Hancock’s Half Hour, in which he played the slow-witted Bill alongside Sid James and Kenneth Williams, he performed with such comedy greats as Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
He also appeared in The Dam Busters, Doctor Who and 1960s TV drama Compact. Returning to Australia in 1979, he had a key role in the 1981 First World War epic Gallipoli.
His son Wilton said he died while watching TV at his home in western Australia.