Editing Bob Monkhouse (section)

== Writing and acting success ==
Monkhouse began his adult career as a scriptwriter for radio comedy in partnership with [[Denis Goodwin]], a fellow [[Old Alleynian]] with whom he also compèred ''Smash Hits'' on [[Radio Luxembourg]]. Aside from performing as a double act, Monkhouse and Goodwin wrote for comedians such as [[Arthur Askey]], [[Jimmy Edwards]], [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]] and [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]].<ref name="BBC obit" /><ref name="Times obit">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tools_and_services/specials/article840298.ece |title=Bob Monkhouse – The Times obituary |access-date=31 August 2008 |newspaper=Times Online |date=29 December 2003 | location=London |first=Fiona |last=Hamilton}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>  In addition, they were gag writers for American comedians including [[Bob Hope]], supplying jokes for British tours. Indeed, when Goodwin broke up the partnership in 1962, it was to work for Hope.<ref name="youtube1">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tooDIHN6o2o | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223201758/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tooDIHN6o2o&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=23 December 2012 | url-status=dead|title=The Secret Life Of Bob Monkhouse (BBC) |publisher=YouTube |date=15 February 2012 |access-date=12 June 2012}}</ref>

In 1956, Monkhouse was  the host of ''Do You Trust Your Wife?'', the British version of an American game show. He went on to host more than 30 quiz shows on British television.<ref name="BBC obit" /> His public profile growing, Monkhouse also began appearing in comedy films, including the first of the [[Carry On films|Carry On]] film series, ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'', in 1958. He starred in ''[[Dentist in the Chair]]'' (1960) and ''[[Dentist on the Job]]'' (1961), later regretting not choosing the ''Carry On''s over the dental comedies. Other presenting jobs in the 1960s included ''[[Candid Camera]]'' and ''[[Tonight at the London Palladium|Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]''.

Around 1969 he was a partner, with Malcolm Mitchell, in the Mitchell Monkhouse Agency. In the early 1970s he appeared on BBC Radio in ''Mostly Monkhouse'' with [[Josephine Tewson]] and [[David Jason]]. In 1979 he starred in US sketch comedy television series ''[[Bonkers!]]'' with the [[Hudson Brothers]] and [[Joan Rivers]], a job he disliked.{{cn|date=June 2023}}