query: occupation chesney allen
supports: World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nationsincluding all of the great powerseventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history. Val Parnell (14 February 1892  22 September 1972), born as Valentine Charles Parnell, was a British television managing director and presenter, actor and theatrical impresario.
  A former staple of stage production, his career started in television with the launch of the ITV network in 1955. Chesney Allen ( 5 April 1894 -- 13 November 1982 ) was a popular English entertainer of the Second World War period . He is best remembered for his double act with Bud Flanagan , Flanagan and Allen . Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960. It involved a mixture of popular songs, comedy, speciality acts, and variety entertainment. The term is derived from a type of theatre or venue in which such entertainment took place. British music hall was similar to American vaudeville, featuring rousing songs and comic acts, while in the United Kingdom the term "vaudeville"' referred to more working-class types of entertainment that would have been termed "burlesque" in America. A double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession but drastically different in terms of personality or behavior. Often one of the members of the duothe straight man, feed, dead wood, or stoogeis portrayed as reasonable and serious, while the other onethe funny man, banana man or comicis portrayed as funny, less educated or less intelligent, silly, or unorthodox. If the audience identifies primarily with one character, the other will often be referred to as a comic foil. The term "feed" comes from the way a straight man is wont to set up jokes and "feed" them to his partner. Bud Flanagan, (14 October 1896  20 October 1968) was a popular English music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian, and later a television and film actor, he was best known as a double act with Chesney Allen. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959. Florrie Forde (16 August 1875  18 April 1940), born Flora May Augusta Flannagan, was an Australian popular singer and entertainer. She was one of the most popular stars of the early 20th century music hall. Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act popular during World War II. Its members were Bud Flanagan (18961968) and Chesney Allen (18931982). They were first paired in a Florrie Forde revue, and were booked by Val Parnell to appear at the Holborn Empire in 1929.
candidates: comedian director entertainer entertainment major military officer profession singer television united kingdom vaudeville
answer: comedian