[1] He was born Arthur Charles Boorman on 19 November 1896 in Sherburn in Elmet near Leeds, but at the age of 15, he moved to Tasmania as a farm worker.

He served as a lieutenant during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross for his actions on the Western Front in August 1918.

[4] His stage career began in 1919 with a part in The Lilac Domino, and he returned to the UK in 1920, slowly building popularity till the 1930s when he was well established in light comedy, and had significant film roles.

[5] In 1933, he toured the Continent "making pictures": for "For Love of You" he was in Venice and Hertfordshire's Elstree Studios; for "Going Gay", he travelled to Barcelona, Vienna and Berlin.

[8] Riscoe continued to headline plays in the 1940s and early 1950s, among them "The Street Singer" and "Humpty Dumpty" in 1945, "Follow the Girls" in 1948, "One Wild Oat" in 1950, and "will Any Gentleman?"