Tommy Trinder was hardly a 1950s comedian - the 1940s was his heyday. Here's a short clip of him http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-73982680102821659.

I remember seeing both Tommy and Arthur at one of the Moss Empires in the late 1950s and they were two of the funniest comedians I've ever heard. Both were also regulars on the Light Programme's 'Does the Team Think?' and Arthur made one classic film, 'The Love Match'.