George Formby

George Formby (May 26, 1904 - March 6, 1961) was a British singer and comedian who became a major star of both cinema and music hall.

Formby was born in Wigan, Lancashire, as George Hoy Booth, the eldest of seven children

George Formby (May 26, 1904 - March 6, 1961) was a British singer and comedian who became a major star of both cinema and music hall.

Formby was born in Wigan, Lancashire, as George Hoy Booth, the eldest of seven children (four girls and three boys). His father, James Booth, was a famous music hall comedian who used the stage name George Formby. He was apprenticed as a jockey when he was seven and rode his first professional race at ten when he weighed less than four stone.