
Biography
Edmund Comber (8 January 1886 β 1 March 1942), known professionally as Bobbie Comber, was a British comedian, singer and actor.He was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He first appeared on stage in 1904 in Bournemouth, and worked as a civil servant in the War Office before forming his own concert party in 1912. He served in the military in the First World War, and then toured the country in musical revues and the comedy Chu Chin Chow. He first appeared on stage in London at the Adelphi Theatre in a production of The Naughty Princess in 1920.Comber's first broadcasts were in excerpts from the show Clowns in Clover, and he made more regular appearances as a comedian on BBC radio from 1929, sometimes with Paul England, Claude Hulbert and Eddie Childs (later replaced by Arthur Clay, and subsequently by H. B. Longhurst) as "Those Four Chaps". He also performed in a double act with Hulbert, and recorded light comedy songs, such as a cleaned-up version of "Barnacle Bill". He appeared in films, including Elstree Calling (1930), Lazybones (1935), and Be Careful, Mr. Smith (1935).
The BBC's entertainment programmes were broadcast from north Wales during the Second World War, and Comber died there, in Bangor, in 1942 aged 56.
Filmography
All 11
Movies 11
Self 1

Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938)

A Romance in Flanders (1937)

Excuse My Glove (1936)

Lazybones (1935)

Be Careful, Mr. Smith (1935)

The Ace of Spades (1935)

The Fortunate Fool (1933)

Sleeping Car (1933)

Brother Alfred (1932)

Hot Heir (1931)

Elstree Calling (1930)
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GenderMale
Birthday1886-01-08
Deathday1942-03-01 (56 years old)
Place of birthBury St Edmunds, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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