During this time he had the opportunity of auditioning for Sir Norman Wisdom whilst he was appearing at Skegness Pier.
The company made From Bomb to Boom (about the Manchester bomb) for ITV1, Cartoon Kings presented by Sir David Jason (about animators Cosgrove and Hall) for ITV1 and Another Fine Mess for BBC Radio 2, presented by Sir Norman Wisdom (celebrating 80 years of Laurel and Hardy).
Other films included Waiting in Rhyme starring John Alderton and Les Dennis and Expresso starring Norman Wisdom.
What's Good For The Goose, also known as Girl Trouble, is a 1969 British comedy film, and was Norman Wisdom's last starring role in a film.
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What's Good for the Goose, starring Norman Wisdom, and The Haunted House of Horror (which was also filmed at the nearby Bank Hall in Bretherton), were both filmed at the hotel, with most of the indoor scenes in What's Good for the Goose making use of the hotel's public areas.
The story is rather similar to the ending of Singin' in the Rain, where a singer fraudulently "borrows" the voice of Norman Wisdom's character.
Hawk appeared on television as straight man to Benny Hill, Arthur Askey, Norman Wisdom and Sid Caesar as well as hosting the ITV programme Criss Cross Quiz and the junior version for children's television from 1957 to 1962.
The hall has also seen many comedians over the years, including Victoria Wood, Ken Dodd, Norman Wisdom, Lenny Henry, Brian Conley, Ross Noble, Frankie Boyle and Russell Howard.
"I started my television career in 1956 with The Dave King Show, then Jimmy Wheeler, Ted Ray, Norman Wisdom, Dickie Henderson, Stanley Black, Bob Hope TV Special. All the shows I did were series so I was appearing to audiences of 20 million. They were live shows and so exciting. I also did commercials, Frys Turkish Delight, was very popular, also Dreft, Dairy Box and Dove Soap."
His prominent roles include Sir Reginald, an obnoxious boy, in the Norman Wisdom vehicle Up in the World and Hugo Wendt in the 1956 horror-comedy The Gamma People.
Her angelic face could be well remembered in The Bulldog Breed film, where she sat in a bar and suddenly enjoying Norman Wisdom who was particularly entertaining her without prior acquaintance.
Directed by Cy Feuer with choreography by Danny Daniels, the cast included George Rose as Henry Hobson, Norman Wisdom as Will Mossop, Louise Troy as Maggie Hobson, and Ed Bakey as George Beenstock.
As a youngster he had a cameo playing a schoolboy in Carry on Teacher (1959), Appreared in two films with Sir Norman Wisdom, Trouble In store (1953) and The Bulldog breed (1960) and later rejoined the famous Carry On series of films for Carry On Behind (1975), Carry On England (1976) and Carry On Emmannuelle (1978).