10 Facts About Frank Randle

Frank Randle left school aged 13 and worked in menial jobs until two years later when he joined an acrobatic troupe.

Frank Randle took the name Arthur McEvoy after his mother married Richard McEvoy.

In 1928, Frank Randle began to tour as a comedian, principally in Lancashire and Northern England.

Frank Randle appeared on stage carrying a red warning lamp, similar to the type found around road works, declaring "Look what some dam'd fool left in't road".

Frank Randle developed his own show, Randle's Scandals, which in the 1950s featured Roy Castle.

Frank Randle responded to his critics in robust fashion, frequently throwing his false teeth into the audience and once bombarding Blackpool from an aeroplane with toilet rolls.

Frank Randle took equity in John E Blakeley's Manchester-based Mancunian Film Studios, appearing in eight of its productions.

Frank Randle died in Blackpool of gastroenteritis in 1957 and is buried in Carleton Cemetery, Blackpool.

Frank Randle had married May Annie Victoria Douglas, known as Queenie, in 1928 in Greenwich, London.

Frank Randle was most recently featured in an episode of BBC 4's Rude Britannia shown in June 2010.