Hope and Keen

Hope and Keen
Years active1956–1974
Notable works and roles
  • Comedy Bandbox
  • Hope and Keen's Crazy House
  • Hope and Keen's Crazy Bus
  • The Hope and Keen Scene
Former members
  • Mike Hope
  • Albie Keen
Mike Hope
Born
Michael Gerald Harrison

(1935-06-17)17 June 1935
Birmingham, England
Died12 April 2019(2019-04-12) (aged 83)
East Sussex, England
Spouses
  • Ann Maureen Kennedy (1965–1970)
  • Charlotte Howard (1975–?)
  • Patricia Rosevar (1993–?)
Children3
Albie Keen
Born
Thomas Albert Henry Harrison

(1935-06-04)4 June 1935
Died2 March 2020(2020-03-02) (aged 84)
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)

Mike Hope (born Michael Gerard Harrison; 17 June 1935 12 April 2019) and Albie Keen (born Thomas Albert Henry Harrison; 4 June 1935 2 March 2020) were a British comedy double act. They were first cousins, the sons of British Variety comedians Syd and Max Harrison and first formed their act, as singers, dancers and acrobats, in 1956. They were the hosts of Hope and Keen's Crazy House and other British television and radio shows.