Frank Carson

Hugh Francis "Frank" Carson KSG (6 November 1926 – 22 February 2012) was a Northern Irish comedian and actor, best known on television in series such as The Comedians and Tiswas. He was a member of the entertainment charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. Carson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he attended St Patrick's Elementary School and worked as an electrician, and later plasterer, in the building trade. Carson's family were of Italian descent, with his grandmother hailing from Sicily. He grew up in what was then the "Little Italy" area of Belfast, and was once a choirboy at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church on Donegall Street. Carson spent three years with the Parachute Regiment mainly in the Middle East in the late 1940s. During his service he assisted with the clear up after the King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem and made 40 parachute descents. Carson became a popular performer on Irish television, before moving to England to work as a stand-up club comedian....