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Roy Kinnear

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{{short description|English character actor (1934–1988)}}
{{distinguish|text=his son [[Rory Kinnear]], or his father [[Roy Kinnear (rugby)]]}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Roy Kinnear
| image = Roy Kinnear.jpg
| caption = Publicity photo of Kinnear possibly taken in the 1980s
| birth_name = Roy Mitchell Kinnear
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|01|08}}
| birth_place = [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1988|09|20|1934|01|08}}
| death_place = [[Madrid]], Spain
| resting_place = [[East Sheen Cemetery]], [[London]], England
| education = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}
| years_active = 1955–1988
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Carmel Cryan]]|1970}}
| children = 3, including [[Rory Kinnear]]
| website =
}}
'''Roy Mitchell Kinnear''' (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was an English [[character actor]] and comedian. He was known for his acting roles in movies such as Henry Salt in the 1971 film ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'', Algernon in [[The Beatles]]' ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' (1965), Clapper in ''[[How I Won the War]]'' (1967) and Planchet in ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1973). He reprised the role of Planchet in the 1974 and 1989 sequels, and died following an accident during filming of the latter.

He also played Private Monty Bartlett in ''[[The Hill (1965 film)|The Hill]]'' (1965), and cruise director Curtain in ''[[Juggernaut (1974 film)|Juggernaut]]'' (1974). On television, Kinnear was in ''[[Dick Emery|The Dick Emery Show]]'' (1979–1981), ''[[Man About the House]]'' (1974–1975), ''[[George and Mildred]]'' (1976–1979), and ''[[Cowboys (TV series)|Cowboys]]'' (1980–1981).

==Early life==
Kinnear was born on 8 January 1934<ref name="bfi"/> in [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]],{{cn|date=May 2023}} the son of Annie (née Durie, previously Smith) and [[Roy Kinnear (rugby)|Roy Kinnear]].{{cn|date=May 2023}} He had a sister, Marjory. His parents were [[Scottish people|Scottish]], originally from [[Edinburgh]]. His father was an international in both rugby union and rugby league, having played for {{nrut|Scotland}} and [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]]. He scored 81 tries in 184 games for [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]; he collapsed and died while playing [[rugby union]] with the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] in 1942, at the age of 38. [[Scotland Rugby League]] have named their Student Player of the Year Award after him.

Kinnear was educated at [[George Heriot's School]] in Edinburgh.<ref name="bfi"/> Aged 17, he enrolled in the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA).<ref name="bfi"/>

==Career==
Kinnear's acting career began in 1955, playing Albert in ''The Young in Heart'', at the [[repertory theatre]], [[Newquay]].{{cn|date=May 2023}} In 1959 he joined [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]],{{cn|date=June 2023}} performing in both the 1960 play and 1963 film of ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]''.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

Kinnear's television debut was on the [[STV (TV channel)|STV]] children's series ''Mr. Fixit'' in 1959,<ref name="bfi"/> before gaining national attention as a participant in the television show ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''.<ref name="bfi">{{Cite web|url= http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/519208/index.html |title=BFI Screenonline: Kinnear, Roy (1934–1988) Biography |website= screenonline.org.uk|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

Kinnear later appeared in many films and television shows, including ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'',<ref name="bfi"/> ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'', ''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'', ''[[Man About the House]]'', ''[[George and Mildred]]'',<ref name="bfi"/> ''The [[Dick Emery]] Show'' (as Gaylord's long-suffering father) and four episodes of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.<ref name="bfi"/> He starred in ''Cowboys'', a sitcom about builders. His best-known films are those he made with director and close friend [[Richard Lester]]:<ref name="bfi"/> ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'', ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum]]'', ''[[How I Won the War]]'', ''[[The Bed Sitting Room (film)|The Bed Sitting Room]]'', ''[[Juggernaut (1974 film)|Juggernaut]]''<ref name="bfi"/> and the ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|Musketeer]]'' series of the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="bfi"/>

He appeared with [[Christopher Lee]] in the Hammer horror film ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]'' (1970).<ref name="drac">{{Cite web|url= https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b7b88f0|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160526203425/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b7b88f0|url-status= dead|archive-date= 26 May 2016|title=Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)|website=BFI}}</ref> Also in 1970 he played Mr. Perkins, Melody's father in [[Waris Hussein]]'s ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]'', a puppy love story.<ref name="melody">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/melody-v32117/cast-crew|title=Melody (1971) – Andrew Birkin, Waris Hussein | Cast and Crew | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref> He played the father of spoiled rich girl [[List of characters in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory#Veruca Salt|Veruca Salt]] in the film ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1971), an adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s children's novel ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''.<ref name="willy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-v54697/cast-crew|title=Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) |work=allmovie.com|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

He guest-starred in ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies']]''<ref name="bfi"/> episode "[[Rome Antics]]" (1975) as the Roman Emperor, and in the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Ripping Yarns]]'' episode [[List of Ripping Yarns episodes|"Escape From Stalag Luft 112B"]] (1977) as the fearsome German Sergeant Vogel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4de51b984ae64a069f02a066d17a7ba4|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=7 April 1975 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074s5g|title=BBC Two – Ripping Yarns, Series 1, Escape from Stalag Luft 112B|website=BBC}}</ref>

He narrated and provided voices for the stop-motion children's television show ''Bertha''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0883e7398f984005aa25ad38dade2e2d|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=14 October 1986 }}</ref> He appeared in two music videos for [[Mike and the Mechanics]] ("[[All I Need Is a Miracle]]" and "[[Taken In]]")<ref name="bfi"/> as the band's manager; in the former, he was reunited with his ''Help!'' co-star [[Victor Spinetti]].<ref name="bfi"/>

He narrated ''[[Towser]]'' and ''[[Bertha (TV series)|Bertha]]'', voiced Pipkin in the 1978 film ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' and voiced Texas Pete's henchman Bulk in ''[[SuperTed]]'' (also with Victor Spinetti, who voiced the evil Texas Pete). Kinnear appeared regularly on the stage. In later life he appeared in productions such as ''The Travails of Sancho Panza'' (playing the title role), and in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'', in 1985.

His final completed roles were in ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1988) a made-for-television film directed by and starring [[Charlton Heston]], [[John Gielgud]] and [[Vanessa Redgrave]], as a patient in the [[BBC One]] hospital drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', and a voice role as Mump in ''[[The Princess and the Goblin (film)|The Princess and the Goblin]]'', which was released in 1991, three years after his sudden death in September 1988. Following his death, the ''Casualty'' episode was postponed. It finally aired in August 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=10,1291,0,0,1,0 |title=Holby.tv | Casualty | Series 3 |access-date=8 January 2009 |archive-date=10 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210112746/http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=10,1291,0,0,1,0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Oct 1988 Radio 4 first broadcast ''The T Machine'', an episode of the comedy series ''The Fall of the Mausoleum Club'' in which he played the lead character, Mr Tilly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fall of the Mausoleum Club Episode 5 The T Machine |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k3yd}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Kinnear was married to actress [[Carmel Cryan]].<ref name="guard"/> They had three children, including actor [[Rory Kinnear|Rory]] and casting director Kirsty.<ref name="guard"/> Their elder daughter, Karina, was a [[quadriplegic]] and had profound [[intellectual disability|learning difficulties]];<ref name="tele">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3670797/Rory-Kinnear-becoming-an-actor-was-a-way-of-getting-to-know-my-father-better.html|title=Rory Kinnear: becoming an actor was a way of getting to know my father better |date=29 January 2008 |publisher=telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> she died in May 2020 from [[Coronavirus disease 2019|coronavirus]], <ref name="guard">{{cite news|last=Kinnear|first=Rory|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/12/rory-kinnearsister-protect-vulnerable-coronavirus-rory-kinnear|title=My sister died of coronavirus. She needed care, but her life was not disposable|work=The Guardian|date=12 May 2020|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> and was buried very close to her father.

[[File:Roy Kinnear's grave.jpg|thumb|Roy Kinnear's grave in East Sheen Cemetery, London]] On 19 September 1988, Kinnear fell from a horse during the making of ''[[The Return of the Musketeers]]'' in [[Toledo, Spain]], sustaining a [[Pelvic fracture|broken pelvis]] and internal bleeding. He died the next day in Ruber International Hospital in [[Madrid]], from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], brought on by his injuries. He was 54.<ref name="dead">{{cite news | title=Roy Kinnear Is Dead At 54 After Falling From Horse in Film | work=The New York Times | date=23 September 1988 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/23/obituaries/roy-kinnear-is-dead-at-54-after-falling-from-horse-in-film.html | access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>

Kinnear was buried in [[East Sheen Cemetery]], London. Following his death, Kinnear's family sued the production company and [[Richard Lester]], the film's director. In 1991, they received a £650,000 settlement.<ref name="herald">{{Cite web|url= https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald-1130/20200826/281895890623562 |title=Actor Kinnear says lessons have not been learned about filmset dangers since his father's death 32 years ago |website=The Herald |date=26 August 2020}}</ref>

==Legacy==
In May 1994, the ''Roy Kinnear Trust'', which was inspired by his daughter, Karina (1972–2020), was founded to help improve the life of young adults with physical and mental disabilities.

==Shows==
*''The Roy Kinnear Show''
* ''[[The Clairvoyant (TV series)|The Clairvoyant]]''

==Filmography==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* ''[[The World Owes Me a Living]]'' (1944) (uncredited)
* ''[[Oh... Rosalinda!!]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Millionairess]]'' (1960) as Man Carrying Crate (uncredited)
* ''[[Tiara Tahiti]]'' (1962) as Capt. Enderby
* ''[[The Boys (1962 British film)|The Boys]]'' (1962) as Bus conductor (uncredited)
* ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963) as Fred
* ''[[The Small World of Sammy Lee]]'' (1963) as Lucky Dave
* ''[[Heavens Above!]]'' (1963) as Fred Smith
* ''[[The Informers (1963 film)|The Informers]]'' (1963) as Shorty
* ''[[French Dressing (1964 film)|French Dressing]]'' (1964) as Henry Liggott
* ''[[A Place to Go]]'' (1964) as Bunting
* ''[[A World of His Own (TV series)|A World of His Own]]'' (1964–65) as Stanley Blake
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' 1963 S03E25: Esprit De Corps, as Private Jessop; 1964 S04E09: The Hour That Never Was, as Benedict Napoleon Hickey (vagrant); also 1969, S06E33: Bizarre, as Bagpipes Happychap (of Happy Meadows Funeral Parlour)
* ''[[The Hill (1965 film)|The Hill]]'' (1965) as Monty Bartlett
* ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' (1965) as Algernon
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (1966) as Gladiator Instructor
* ''[[The Deadly Affair]]'' (1967) as Adam Scarr
* ''[[How I Won the War]]'' (1967) as Clapper
* ''[[The Mini-Affair]]'' (1968) as Fire Extinguisher Salesman
* ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters (1969 film)|Lock Up Your Daughters]]'' (1969) as Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
* ''[[The Bed Sitting Room (film)|The Bed Sitting Room]]'' (1969) as Plastic mac man
* ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]'' (1970) as Weller
* ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film)|On A Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'' (1970) as Prince Regent
* ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]'' (1970) as 2nd Gentleman of Charity
* ''[[Egghead's Robot]]'' (1970) as Park Keeper
* ''[[The Firechasers]]'' (1971) as Roscoe
* ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]'' (1971) as Mr. Perkins
* ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1971) as Henry Salt
* ''[[Madame Sin]]'' (1972) as Holidaymaker
* ''[[The Pied Piper (1972 film)|The Pied Piper]]'' (1972) as Burgermaster Poppendick
* ''[[The Alf Garnett Saga]]'' (1972) as Wally
* ''[[Raising the Roof]]'' (1972) as Dad Burke
* ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' (1972) as Cheshire Cat
* ''[[That's Your Funeral]]'' (1972) as Purvis
* ''[[The Cobblers of Umbridge]]'' (1973) as Dan and Doris Cobbler
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1973) as Planchet
* ''[[Juggernaut (1974 film)|Juggernaut]]'' (1974) as Social Director Curtain
* ''[[The Four Musketeers (1974 film)|The Four Musketeers]]'' (1974) as Planchet
* ''[[Barry McKenzie Holds His Own]]'' (1974) as Bishop of Paris
* ''[[Royal Flash (film)|Royal Flash]]'' (1975) (scenes deleted)
* ''[[The Amorous Milkman]]'' (1975) as Sergeant
* ''[[Eskimo Nell (film)|Eskimo Nell]]'' (1975) as Benny U. Murdoch
* ''[[Three for All]]'' (1975) as Hounslow Joe
* ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]'' (1975) as Superintendent Grubbs
* ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]'' (1975) as Moriarty's Assistant
* ''[[Not Now, Comrade]]'' (1976) as Hoskins
* ''[[Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo]]'' (1977) as Quincey
* ''[[The Last Remake of Beau Geste]]'' (1977) as Boldini
* ''[[Ripping Yarns]]'' (1977) as Vogel
* ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1978) as Selden the Axe Murderer
* ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (1978) as Pipkin (voice)
* ''[[The Omega Connection|The London Connection]]'' (1979) as Bidley
* ''[[Quincy's Quest]]'' (1979) as Top
* ''[[High Rise Donkey]]'' (1980) as Mr. Garnett
* ''[[Hawk the Slayer]]'' (1980) as Innkeeper
* ''[[Cowboys (TV series)|Cowboys]]'' (1980–81) as Joe Jones
* ''[[Rhubarb Rhubarb]]'' (1980) as Home Owner
* ''[[If You Go Down in the Woods Today]]'' (1981) as Fishfingers
* ''[[Blake's 7]]'' – "Gold" (1981) as Keiller
* ''[[The Incredible Mr Tanner]]'' (1981, TV series) as Sidney Pratt
* ''[[Hammett (film)|Hammett]]'' (1982) as English Eddie Hagedorn
* ''[[Anyone for Denis? (video)|Anyone for Denis?]]'' (1982) as Boris
* ''[[The Boys in Blue]]'' (1982) as Mr. Lloyd
* ''[[Return of the Ewok]]'' (1982) as the Talent Agent
* ''[[SuperTed]]'' (1983–86) as Bulk
* ''[[Anna Pavlova (film)|Anna Pavlova]]'' (1983) as Gardener
* ''[[Towser]]'' (1984) as Narrator
* ''[[Squaring the Circle]]'' (1984) as Kania
* ''[[The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1984) as [[Friar Tuck]]
* ''[[Bertha (TV series)|Bertha]]'' (1985) as Narrator / Ted / Roy
* ''[[Super Gran]]'' (1985) as Chistleton football manager
* ''[[Pirates (1986 film)|Pirates]]'' (1986) as Dutch
* ''[[Hardwicke House]]'' (1987) as R G Wickham / Mr. Wickham
* ''[[Casanova (1987 film)|Casanova]]'' (1987) as Balbi
* ''[[Unusual Ground Floor Conversion]]'' (1987) as Previous Tenant
* ''[[Mr. H Is Late]]'' (1987) as Piper
* ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]'' – Episode 17: "There Was an Old Woman" – Funeral home director (1988)
* ''[[Storybook - The Elves and the Shoemaker]]'' (1988) (uncredited)
* ''[[Just Ask for Diamond]]'' (1988) as Jack Splendide
* ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1988) as The Common Man
* ''[[The Return of the Musketeers]]'' (1989) as Planchet
* ''[[The Princess and the Goblin (film)|The Princess and the Goblin]]'' (1991) as Mump (voice) (final film role)
{{div col end}}

==Theatre (partial)==
*''Make Me an Offer''
*''[[Sparrows Can't Sing|Sparrers Can't Sing]]''
*''[[The Clandestine Marriage]]''
*''The Travails of Sancho Panza''
*''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
*''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]''
*''[[Cinderella]]''

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0455702}}
*{{Screenonline name|519208}}

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Eric Pohlmann

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| death_place = [[Bad Reichenhall]], [[Upper Bavaria]], [[West Germany]]
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| years_active = 1948–1979
| spouse = Liselotte Goettinger (1939–1968; her death; 2 children); [[Lili Pohlmann|Lili Stern-Pohlmann]]
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'''Eric Pohlmann''' ({{langx|de|Erich Pohlmann}}; born '''Erich Pollak'''; 18 July 1913 – 25 July 1979) was an Austrian theatre, film and television [[character actor]] who worked mostly in the United Kingdom. He is known for voicing [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], the primary antagonist of the ''[[James Bond]]'' series, in the films ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' and ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''.

==Early life==
Pohlmann was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]], and received classical actor training under the renowned director [[Max Reinhardt (theatre director)|Max Reinhardt]]. He appeared at the [[Raimund Theater]], and supplemented his income by working as an entertainer in a bar.

In 1939, he followed his fiancée and later wife, actress Lieselotte Goettinger, into exile in [[London]]. Until mid-1941, both were kept in an internment camp. After their release, Eric took part in propaganda broadcasts against the Nazis on the [[BBC World Service]]. In order to earn a living, the Pohlmanns temporarily took positions in the household of the [[Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford|Duke of Bedford]], Lieselotte as a cook and Eric, as he then became known, as butler.

== Career ==
After the war, he began a career on the London stage. Among other roles he played "Peachum" in [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]]'s ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''. From the end of the 1940s, Pohlmann was often present in film and television productions, taking supporting roles in various adventure and crime films, and appearing occasionally in comedies. His large frame and massive features typecast him in roles as master criminals and spies, or conversely as police officers or detectives, as well as other figures of authority. He was frequently cast in "foreign" roles, portraying Turks, Italians, Arabs, Greeks or Asians; he also played [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]] in Disney's ''[[Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue]]'' and [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] twice.

One of his earliest film appearances was in [[Carol Reed]]'s classic ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949). He also played supporting roles in such British films as ''[[They Who Dare]]'' (1954), ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'' (1950), ''[[Reach for the Sky]]'' (1956), and ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (1960). He also appeared in US productions, notably ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1952), ''[[Mogambo]]'' (1953), ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust For Life]]'' (1956) and ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'' (1963). Twice he appeared in films directed by [[Richard Thorpe]] and starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] – ''[[The Adventures of Quentin Durward]]'' (1955) and ''[[The House of the Seven Hawks]]'' (1959).

He displayed his comedic talents in films like ''[[Gentlemen Marry Brunettes]]'' (1955) with [[Jane Russell]], as a lecherous Arab sheikh in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954), as "The Fat Man" in ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964) and in ''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'' (1975).

Pohlmann (uncredited) also provided the voice of the unseen head of [[SPECTRE]], [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], in the [[James Bond]] films ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' (1963) and ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965).

In the 1960s and 1970s, Pohlmann relaunched his German-speaking career in German and Austrian film and television productions. He had guest roles in the popular crime series ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]'' and ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]'', and also appeared in television plays for [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] and [[Bayerischer Rundfunk]], often under the direction of {{Interlanguage link multi|Franz Josef Wild|de}}. In addition to ''The Defence Counsel'' (1961) with [[Barbara Rütting]] and [[Carl Heinz Schroth]], he appeared in ''{{ill|Little Lord Fauntleroy (1962 film)|de|3=Der kleine Lord (1962)|lt=Little Lord Fauntleroy}}'' (1962) with [[Albrecht Schoenhals]] and [[Michael Ande]], as well as ''The Dreyfus Affair'' (1968) with [[Karl Michael Vogler]] and [[Bernhard Wicki]]. In 1962, Pohlmann also appeared in ''[[The Puzzle of the Red Orchid]]'' starring [[Marisa Mell]], [[Christopher Lee]] and [[Klaus Kinski]], a German [[Films based on Edgar Wallace works|film adaptation]] of an [[Edgar Wallace]] novel.

His many roles in Austrian TV's acclaimed production of Friedrich Torberg's 'Tante Jolesch' established Pohlmann as a major star in his home country.

Pohlmann's greatest success in German TV drama came in 1970 with an adaptation of [[Wilkie Collins]]' novel ''[[The Woman in White (novel)|The Woman in White]]'', one of the most successful television productions of the year which gained over 9 million viewers. Under the direction of William Semmelroth, Pohlmann appeared in the role of the [[villain]]ous Count Fosco, alongside [[Heidelinde Weis]], [[Christoph Bantzer]], [[Pinkas Braun]] and [[Helmut Käutner]]. The mini-series has a cult following to this day.

Pohlmann was a regular on British television, taking the role of "Inspector Goron" in the 1954-1955 TV series ''[[Colonel March of Scotland Yard]]'' with [[Boris Karloff]], and appearing as a guest star in such series as ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[The Champions]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Danger Man]]'', ''[[Department S (TV series)|Department S]]'', ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]'' and ''[[Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple]]''.

In 1978, he worked with the actor-director [[Maximilian Schell]] in an Austro/German film production of [[Ödön von Horváth]]'s play ''[[Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald]]'' (''Tales from the Vienna Woods''). The film was shown at the 1979 [[London Film Festival]]. In that year, during final rehearsals for his second appearance at the [[Salzburg Festival]], Pohlmann suffered a heart attack, and died the same day in a hotel in [[Bad Reichenhall]]. He was 66. He was survived by his children and his second wife, Lili Stern-Pohlman, a Polish-born [[Holocaust]] survivor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Survivor who was sheltered by a Righteous Among the Nations dies aged 91|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/survivor-who-was-sheltered-by-a-righteous-among-the-nations-dies-aged-91-1.520445|date=15 September 2021|accessdate=26 September 2021}}</ref>

In 2006, the [[Turner Classic Movies]] "[[31 Days of Oscar]]" festival was based on the theme of "360 Degrees of Oscar" (based on the game of "[[Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon]]") in which TCM chooses an actor who has played a significant role in Oscar history, and builds its entire schedule around him. They chose Eric Pohlmann.

He also appeared on stage in, amongst other productions, Henry Cecil's ''Settled Out of Court'' and Jean Anouilh's 'Point of Departure'.

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of acting performances in film, theatre, and television
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| align="center"| 1949
| ''[[Portrait from Life]]''
| Search group leader
|
|-
| align="center"| 1949
| ''[[Marry Me! (1949 film)|Marry Me!]]''
| Mr. Cinelli
| Uncredited
|-
| align="center"| 1949
| data-sort-value="Third Man, The" | ''[[The Third Man]]''
| Waiter at Smolka's
| Uncredited
|-
| align="center"| 1949
| ''[[Children of Chance (1949 film)|Children of Chance]]''
| Sergeant
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|-
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| ''[[Cairo Road (film)|Cairo Road]]''
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| ''[[State Secret (1950 film)|State Secret]]''
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| ''[[Blackout (1950 film)|Blackout]]''
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| data-sort-value="Clouded Yellow, The" |''[[The Clouded Yellow]]''
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| ''[[Highly Dangerous]]''
| Joe – the bartender
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| ''[[Traveller's Joy]]''
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| data-sort-value="Long Dark Hall, The" | ''[[The Long Dark Hall]]''
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| ''[[Hell Is Sold Out]]''
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| ''[[His Excellency (1952 film)|His Excellency]]''
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| data-sort-value="Woman's Angle, The" | ''[[The Woman's Angle]]''
| Steffano
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| ''[[Emergency Call (1952 film)|Emergency Call]]''
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| ''[[Penny Princess]]''
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| ''[[Venetian Bird]]''
| Gostini
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| ''[[Monsoon (1952 film)|Monsoon]]''
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| data-sort-value="Man Who Watched Trains Go By, The" | ''[[The Man Who Watched Trains Go By]]''
| Goin
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| ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]''
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| data-sort-value="Gambler and the Lady, The" | ''[[The Gambler and the Lady]]''
| Arturo Colonna
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| ''[[Mogambo]]''
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| ''[[Blood Orange (1953 film)|Blood Orange]]''
| Mr. Mercedes
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| ''[[Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue]]''
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| ''[[36 Hours (1953 film)|36 Hours]]''
| Slossen, the smuggler
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| ''[[They Who Dare]]''
| Captain Papadapoulos
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| ''[[Knave of Hearts (film)|Knave of Hearts]]''
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| ''[[Flame and the Flesh]]''
| Marina Proprietor
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| ''[[Forbidden Cargo (1954 film)|Forbidden Cargo]]''
| Steven Lasovich
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| The Sultan of Makyad
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| data-sort-value="Glass Cage, The" | ''[[The Glass Cage (1955 film)|The Glass Cage]]''
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| data-sort-value="Prize of Gold, A" |''[[A Prize of Gold]]''
| Fischer
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| ''[[Break in the Circle]]''
| Emile
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| data-sort-value="Constant Husband, The" |''[[The Constant Husband]]''
| Papa Sopranelli
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| ''[[Gentlemen Marry Brunettes]]''
| M. Ballard
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| ''[[The Adventures of Quentin Durward]]''
| Gluckmeister
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| data-sort-value="Gelignite Gang, The" |''[[The Gelignite Gang]]''
| Mr. Popoulos ("Populace")
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| ''[[Reach for the Sky]]''
| Adjutant of Prison Camp
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| ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]''
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| ''[[High Terrace]]''
| Otto Kellner
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| ''[[House of Secrets (1956 film)|House of Secrets]]''
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| ''[[Zarak]]''
| Tobacco seller
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| ''[[Anastasia (1956 film)|Anastasia]]''
| Von Drivnitz
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| data-sort-value="Counterfeit Plan, The" |''[[The Counterfeit Plan]]''
| Frank Wandelman
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| ''[[Interpol (film)|Interpol]]''
| Etienne Fayala
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| ''[[Let's Be Happy]]''
| Customs Official
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| ''[[Fire Down Below (1957 film)|Fire Down Below]]''
| Hotel Owner
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| ''[[Across the Bridge (film)|Across the Bridge]]''
| Police Sergeant
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| ''[[Not Wanted on Voyage]]''
| Pedro
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| ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]''
| Liberamanian Consul
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| Sawyer
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| ''[[I Accuse!]]''
| Bertillon
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| Bastini – Prime Minister
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| ''[[Nor the Moon by Night]]''
| Anton Boryslawski
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| Tristao
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| ''[[Further Up the Creek]]''
| President
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| ''[[Mark of the Phoenix]]''
| Duser
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| ''[[Three Crooked Men]]''
| Masters
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| ''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]''
| [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]
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| ''[[Alive and Kicking (1959 film)|Alive and Kicking]]''
| Captain
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| data-sort-value="House of the Seven Hawks, The" |''[[The House of the Seven Hawks]]''
| Captain Rohner
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| ''[[Upstairs and Downstairs]]''
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| ''[[Expresso Bongo]]''
| Leon
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| ''[[Life Is a Circus]]''
| Rickenbeck
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| ''[[Sands of the Desert]]''
| Scrobin
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| ''[[Surprise Package (film)|Surprise Package]]''
| Chief of Police Stefan Miralis
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| ''[[Man Who Couldn't Walk]]''
| The Consul General
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| ''[[No Kidding (film)|No Kidding]]''
| King
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| ''[[Passport to China]]''
| Ivono Kong
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| ''[[Snowball (1960 film)|Snowball]]''
| Editor
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| data-sort-value="Singer Not the Song, The" |''[[The Singer Not the Song]]''
| Presidente
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| ''[[Carry On Regardless]]''
| Sinister Man
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| data-sort-value="Kitchen, The" |''[[The Kitchen (1961 film)|The Kitchen]]''
| Mr. Marango
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| data-sort-value="Puzzle of the Red Orchid, The" |''[[The Puzzle of the Red Orchid]]''
| Kerkie Minelli
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| ''[[Village of Daughters]]''
| Marcio (A Father)
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| ''[[Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (film)|Mrs. Gibbons' Boys]]''
| Morelli
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| data-sort-value="Devil's Agent, The" |''[[The Devil's Agent]]''
| Bloch
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| ''[[Cairo (1963 film)|Cairo]]''
| Nicodemos
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| ''[[Follow the Boys (1963 film)|Follow the Boys]]''
| Italian Farmer
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| ''[[55 Days at Peking]]''
| Baron von Meck
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| ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''
| [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]
| Voice, Uncredited
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| ''[[Doctor Syn#The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963)|Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow]]''
| [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]
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| data-sort-value="Sicilians, The" |''[[The Sicilians]]''
| Inspector Bressin
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|''[[Shadow of Fear (1964 film)|Shadow of Fear]]''
|Henry Spiroulos
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| align="center"| 1964
| ''[[Hot Enough for June]]''
| Galushka
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| align="center"| 1964
| ''[[Carry On Spying]]''
| The Fat Man
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| align="center"| 1964
| ''[[Night Train to Paris]]''
| Krogh
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| align="center"| 1965
| ''[[Joey Boy (film)|Joey Boy]]''
| Antonio (Italian farmer)
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| ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]''
| Italian Mayor
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| ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''
| [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]
| Voice, Uncredited
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| align="center"| 1966
| ''[[Where the Spies Are]]''
| Farouk
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| align="center"| 1967
| ''[[Hot Pavements of Cologne]]''
| Benno Trooger
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| align="center"| 1968
| data-sort-value="Mini-Affair, The" | ''[[The Mini-Affair]]''
| World Banker
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| align="center"| 1968
| ''{{Interlanguage link multi|With Oak Leaves and Fig Leaf|de|Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt}}''
| Old General
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| ''[[Inspector Clouseau (film)|Inspector Clouseau]]''
| Bergesch
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| align="center"| 1970
| ''[[Foreign Exchange (1970 film)|Foreign Exchange]]''
| Borensko
| TV film
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| data-sort-value="Woman in White" | ''{{Interlanguage link multi|The Woman in White (1971 miniseries)|de|3=Die Frau in Weiß (1971)|lt=The Woman in White}}''
| Count Fosco
| TV miniseries
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| data-sort-value="Horsemen, The" | ''[[The Horsemen (1971 film)|The Horsemen]]''
| Merchant in Kandahar
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| ''[[Tiffany Jones (film)|Tiffany Jones]]''
| Jabal
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| data-sort-value="Return of the Pink Panther, The" | ''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]''
| Fat Man
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| ''[[The Mimosa Wants to Blossom Too]]''
| Iwan Pederenko
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| ''Tea for Three''
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| ''[[Ashanti (1979 film)|Ashanti]]''
| Zeda El-Kabir
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| ''[[Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979 film)|Tales from the Vienna Woods]]''
| Mister
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| ''Maria – Nur die Nacht war ihr Zeuge''
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Willie Rushton

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{{Short description|English cartoonist and comedian (1937–1996)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Willie Rushton.jpg
| caption = Rushton in 1976
| name = Willie Rushton
| birth_name = William George Rushton
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|08|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[London]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|12|11|1937|08|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kensington]], London, England
| yearsactive = 1961–1996
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Cartoonist]]|[[comedian]]|[[actor]]|[[satirist]]|[[writer]]}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Arlene Dorgan|1968}}
}}
'''William George Rushton''' (18 August 1937 – 11 December 1996)<ref name="obituary">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-william-rushton-1314313.html|title=OBITUARY : William Rushton|date=13 December 1996|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> was an English cartoonist, comedian actor and satirist who co-founded the satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]''.

==Early life==
Rushton was born 18 August 1937 at 3 Wilbraham Place, [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[London]], the only child of publisher John Atherton Rushton (1908–1958) and his Welsh wife Veronica (née James, 1910–1977). He was educated at [[Shrewsbury School]], where he was not particularly successful academically but met his future ''Private Eye'' colleagues [[Richard Ingrams]], [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]] and [[Christopher Booker]].<ref name=Sherrin>{{cite ODNB |first=Ned |last=Sherrin |author-link=Ned Sherrin |title=Rushton, William George [Willie] (1937–1996) |orig-year=2004 |year=2011 |id=63998 }}</ref> He also contributed to the satirical magazine ''The Wallopian'' (a play on the school magazine name ''The Salopian''), mocking school spirit, traditions and the masters.<ref name=Sherrin/> Later, he said he recalled little of his schooldays, except that "it was [[Blandings Castle|Blandings]] country. The sort of place where you go to die, not to be educated."<ref>"Obituaries: William Rushton", ''The Daily Telegraph'' page 21, 12 December 1996</ref>

After school, Rushton had to undertake two years of [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|national service]] in the [[British Army|army]], where he failed officer selection.<ref name=Sherrin/> He later commented, "The Army is, God bless it, one of the funniest institutions on earth and also a sort of microcosm of the world. It's split almost perfectly into our class system. Through serving in the ranks I discovered the basic wit of my fellow man – whom basically, to tell the truth, I'd never met before."<ref name=Massingberd>Hugh Massingberd (2012) ''Daydream Believer'' Pan Books {{ISBN|1447210220}}</ref> On leaving the army, he worked in a solicitor's office for a short period.<ref name=Sherrin/>

==''Private Eye'' and the satire boom==
Rushton remained in contact with his friends from Shrewsbury School, who had added [[John Wells (satirist)|John Wells]] to their number and were now running their own humour magazines at Oxford University, ''Parsons Pleasure'' and ''Mesopotamia'', to which Rushton made many contributions during his frequent visits to meet them. A cartoon of a giraffe in a bar saying "The high balls are on me" was not met with approval by everyone in the university administrative quarters. Rushton suggested that ''Mesopotamia'' could continue after they left university. During his time as a clerk he had been sending his cartoons out to ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' but none had been accepted. After being knocked over by a bus, he gave up his job as a clerk, determined not to waste another day.<ref name=Sherrin />

After almost but not quite being accepted by ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' (a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]-supporting newspaper edited by [[Michael Foot]], Paul's uncle), Rushton found a place at the ''Liberal News'', which was also employing [[Christopher Booker]] as a journalist. From June 1960 until March 1961, he contributed a weekly strip, "Brimstone Belcher", following the exploits of the titular journalist (a fore-runner of ''[[Private Eye]]''{{'}}s Lunchtime O'Booze), from bizarre skulduggery in the British colonies (where the soldiers holding back the politicised rabble bear a strong resemblance to privates Rushton and Ingrams), travelogues through the US, and the hazards of by-electioneering as the independent candidate for the constituency of Gumboot North. After the strip folded, Rushton still contributed a weekly political cartoon to the ''Liberal News'' until mid-1962.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The Salopians finally found a financier for their magazine and the first issue of ''[[Private Eye]]'' was published on 25 October 1961. Rushton created the magazine in his bedroom in [[Scarsdale Villas]] using [[Letraset]] and [[Rubber cement|cow-gumming]] illustrations onto cards which were taken away to be photo-lithographed. He also contributed all the illustrations and the mast-head figure of Little Gnitty (who still appears on the cover, a blended caricature of John Wells and the ''[[Daily Express]]'' standard-head). One critic{{who|date=November 2024}} described the original lay-out of the magazine as owing much to "Neo-Brechtian Nihilism", although Rushton thought it resembled a betting shop floor. One feature in the early issues was the "Aesop Revisited", a full-page comic strip which let him work in a wealth of puns and background jokes.

With ''[[Private Eye]]'' riding the satire boom, [[Peter Cook]] soon took an interest and contributed two serials recounting the bizarre adventures of Sir Basil Nardly-Stoads and the Rhandi Phurr, both of which were illustrated by Rushton, as was "[[Mrs Wilson's Diary]]". In the early days the team also worked on two books, ''Private Eye on London'' and ''Private Eye's Romantic England'' that made heavy use of Rushton's cartooning talents. One of the first ''[[Private Eye]]''-published books was Rushton's first collection of cartoons, ''Willie Rushton's Dirty Weekend Book'', which was subsequently banned in Ireland on the grounds of its explicitness.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Reuniting with his Salopian friends had also reawakened Rushton's taste for acting. After they had finished university, he had accompanied his friends in a well-received revue at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]]. ([[Richard Burton]] even appeared one night in their parody of ''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]''.) In 1961, Richard Ingrams directed a production of [[Spike Milligan]]'s surreal post-nuclear apocalypse farce ''[[The Bed-Sitting Room (play)|The Bed-Sitting Room]]'', in which Rushton was hailed by [[Kenneth Tynan]] as "brilliant". But it was a cabaret at the Room at the Top, a chicken-in-a-basket nightclub at the top of a department store in Ilford, that really launched his career. Rushton recalled meeting the [[Kray twins]] in the audience one night and that fellow performer [[Barbara Windsor]] "wouldn't come out for a drink that night".<ref>{{cite book |page=49 |first=Patrick |last=Marnham |author-link=Patrick Marnham |title= The Private Eye Story|publisher= Fontana/Collins |year=1982}}</ref> The revue also starred John Wells.

Rushton's impersonation of Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]] caught the attention of [[Ned Sherrin]], a young BBC producer searching for talent to appear in a forthcoming TV satire series. ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'' (aka "TW3") ran from November 1962 until December 1963. It drew audiences of up to 13 million, making stars of its cast, particularly [[David Frost]]. Rushton became known for his impersonation of the Prime Minister, a daring novelty in those respectful days. "It's the only impersonation that people have ever actually recognised – so I'm very grateful to the old bugger ... But then I had voted for him, so he owed me something."{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} Rushton also appeared on the original flexi-discs of skits, squibs and invective that ''[[Private Eye]]'' gave away, having success with two self-penned songs: "Neasden" and the "Bum Song". He also wrote songs for ''TW3'', many of which were revisited on later solo albums like ''Now in Bottles'' and ''The Complete Works''.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In the autumn of 1963, a health scare led Macmillan to resign and [[Sir Alec Douglas-Home]] became prime minister. It was necessary that Douglas-Home resign his peerage to find a safe Parliamentary seat. The ''[[Private Eye]]'' team were so disgusted by the Conservative Party's machinations that they decided to stand their own protest candidate in the [[1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election|Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election]]. Since he was the most well-known member of the team, Rushton was the obvious choice to stand. Rushton gained much attention from journalists, since he stood under the slogan "Death to the Tories".<ref>{{cite news |first=Leala |last=Padmanabhan |date=16 January 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30829089 |title=Al Murray and other celebrities who have decided to run for parliament |work= BBC News |access-date= 18 January 2015}}</ref> He polled only 45 votes, having advised his supporters at the last minute to vote Liberal, the Conservatives' only credible challenger.<ref>{{cite news |title=Evening Times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9iQ-AAAAIBAJ&q=election&pg=PA6 |publisher=Evening Times |language=en}}</ref> Douglas-Home won.<ref>{{cite web |title=1963 By Elections |url=http://www.by-elections.co.uk/63.html |date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141806/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/63.html |archive-date=25 February 2012 }}</ref>

Rushton described his political beliefs as being "left of Limbo" stating that he had always voted for Labour because he felt their attitude to life was "more generous than anyone else's" but would happily take potshots at anyone who said something silly.<ref>"Remembering Willie Rushton BBC Audio CD AISN B0041OAOOS</ref>

==Films, television and radio==
When ''TW3'' was cancelled in anticipation of the 1964 election, Rushton and some of the cast, as well as some of the members of the Cambridge University revue ''[[Cambridge Footlights Revue|Cambridge Circus]]'' (including future [[The Goodies|Goodies]] [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] and [[Bill Oddie]]), went on tour in America as ''David Frost Presents TW3''. Rushton and [[Barry Fantoni]] (another ''Private Eye'' contributor) entered a painting titled ''Nude Reclining'', a satirical portrait of three establishment types, for the 1963 [[Royal Academy Summer Exhibition]] under the name of Stuart Harris, which excited much controversy. He also began a career as a character actor for films in 1963. In late 1964 Rushton was involved as one of the hosts in the early episodes of another satirical programme, ''[[Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life|Not So Much a Programme]]'', but drifted away as it became the vehicle that launched David Frost as a chat show host. In 1964 he appeared as [[Richard Burbage]] in Sherrin and [[Caryl Brahms]]' musical of ''No Bed for Bacon'', while his early stature as a personality was confirmed by a cartoon advert he devised for the Brewers' Society proclaiming the charms of the local pub.<ref>''[[Daily Mirror]]'' page 14, 9 May 1964, and page 8, 25 July 1964, and ''[[Daily Express]]'' page 10, 11 July 1964</ref> Rushton performed his own host duties for ''[[Stars and Garters|New Stars and Garters]]'', a variety entertainment show in 1965, where he first met Arlene Dorgan. He also appeared as a guest in programmes including ''[[Not Only... But Also]]'' with Peter Cook and [[Dudley Moore]].

During the late 1960s, Rushton spent much of his time in [[Australia]], following Dorgan back to her homeland. He married her in 1968. He also had several series of his own on Australian television, ''Don’t Adjust Your Set – The Programme is at Fault'' and ''From Rushton with Love''. He said of Australia, "They've got their priorities right, they're dedicated to lying in the sun, knocking back ice-cold beer". During this period he found time to model for ''She'' magazine and also appear in a 1967 stage production of ''Treasure Island'' as Squire Trelawney, alongside [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Barry Humphries]], at the [[Mermaid Theatre]] in London. It was on one of his return visits to the UK in 1968 that he also brought back the late [[Tony Hancock]]'s ashes to the UK in an [[Air France]] bag – "My session with the Customs was a Hancock's Half Hour in itself."<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Hancock's Ashes
| url = https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2014/hancocks-ashes/
}}</ref>

He appeared in cameo roles in films, including ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965), ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust]]'' (1969), ''[[The Best House in London]]'' (1969) and ''[[The Adventures of Barry McKenzie]]'' (1972). He played [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]]'s gay husband in [[Sharon Tate]]'s last film before her murder, ''[[The Thirteen Chairs]]'' (1969), and Tobias Cromwell in ''[[Flight of the Doves]]'' (1971), as well as appearing in sex comedies such as ''[[Keep It Up Downstairs]]'' (1976), ''[[Adventures of a Private Eye]]'' (1977) and ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' (1978). His final film appearance was as Big Teddy in ''[[Consuming Passions]]'' released in 1988. As a TV actor in the 1970s he appeared in episodes of popular programmes as different as ''[[The Persuaders!]]'', ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'' (episode: "The Guests" – Major Trumpington in a kilt) and ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' as the narrator Plautus. He was Dr Watson to John Cleese's Sherlock Holmes in [[N. F. Simpson]]'s surreal comedy ''Elementary, My Dear Watson''. In 1975 and 1976 he appeared in well-received pantomimes of ''Gulliver’s Travels''; in 1981 in [[Eric Idle]]'s ''Pass the Butler''; and in 1988 as [[Peter Tinniswood]]'s irascible Brigadier in ''Tales from a Long Room''. Rushton also wrote two musicals:
* ''Liz of Lambeth'' in 1976.
* ''Tallulah Who?'' in 1991, with [[Suzi Quatro]] and Shirlie Roden.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = The Queen's Theatre listing of Quatro's performance in ''Tallulah Who?''
| work = queens-theatre.co.uk
| publisher = The Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
| location = Hornchurch, UK
| year = 2003
| url = http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/tallulahwho1991.htm
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{{cite web
| title = ''Tallulah Who?''
| work = guidetomusicaltheatre.com
| publisher = The Guide to Musical Theatre
| location = Accrington, UK
| year = 2012
| url = http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_t/TallulahWho.html
| access-date = 25 January 2012}}
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In this period, he also found time to contribute seven humorous, spoken word pieces for the double LP, ''[http://www.free-reed.co.uk/frrr04|The Tale of Ale]''.

His last major solo TV project was ''Rushton's Illustrated'' (1980; partially wiped by [[Associated TeleVision|ATV]] which often did not keep programmes considered of no international sales value).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvbrain.info/tv-archive?showname=Rushton%27s+Illustrated&type=lostshow|title=Kaleidoscope's Lost Television search engine: ''Rushton's Illustrated''|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> By now he was an established guest on quiz shows and celebrity panel games: ''[[Celebrity Squares]]'', ''[[Blankety Blank]]'', ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]'' and ''[[Through the Keyhole]]''. When asked why he appeared on these "ludicrous programmes", his answer was simple: "Because I meet everybody there".<ref>"The genial polymath of popular culture", interview by [[Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd]] with Rushton, ''The Daily Telegraph'' page 17, 13 February 1991</ref>

For 22 years until his death, he was a panellist in the long-running [[BBC Radio 4]] panel comedy game show ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', which he joined as a regular team member in the third series in 1974. In its later years, the show's wealth of silliness, smut and punning was drawing audiences of up to a thousand people for its recordings. In 1990 he teamed up with his co-panellist [[Barry Cryer]] in their own show ''Two old Farts in the Night'', performing to full audiences at the Edinburgh festival, the [[Royal Albert Hall]] and the [[Royal Festival Hall|Festival Hall]], touring the country irregularly until Rushton's death.

He played a recurring character as a policeman in Southern Television's 1970–73 children's show ''[[Little Big Time]]'' with [[Freddie Garrity]]; his policeman's helmet bore a blue flashing light. His manner and voice meant Rushton was in constant demand for adverts, voice-overs and presenting jobs. In the mid-1970s, his reading of ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' for the BBC's ''[[Jackanory]]'' was particularly popular. He also provided all the voices for the [[claymation]] animated series ''[[The Trap Door]]'' in the late 1980s. He was a popular choice for narrating audio books, especially those for children. In particular he recorded 18 of the books by the [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. Awdry]] for ''[[The Railway Stories]]'' series.<ref name="SIF">{{cite web|title=Wille Rushton|url=https://www.sodor-island.com/willierushton |website=Sodor Island Fansite |accessdate=May 25, 2018}}</ref> He also recorded adaptations of [[Asterix]] books and ''Alice in Wonderland'', and provided the voice of the King in the early animated [[Muzzy in Gondoland|Muzzy]] films. In the early 1980s he wrote and illustrated a series of children's books about "The Incredible Cottage", and provided illustrations for many children's books.

Rushton had not been involved in ''Private Eye'' since the latter part of the 1960s, other than a brief stint illustrating "[[Mrs Wilson's Diary]]" when the Labour Party came back into power in the mid-1970s. He returned to ''Private Eye'' in 1978 to take over the task of illustrating "Auberon Waugh's Diary", which continued until 1986. The cartoons perfectly complemented [[Auberon Waugh]]'s scabrous and surreal flights of invective, and when Waugh moved his column to ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' as the "Way of the World" in 1990, Rushton followed, drawing at Waugh's instruction such surreal concepts as [[Richard Ingrams]] pretending to be a seven-year-old choirgirl,<ref>"He must start again", ''The Daily Telegraph'' page 23, 4 March 1995</ref> the head of a dead cow coming out of a computer connected to the then-new (in common usage) [[internet]]<ref>"Insult to dead cows", ''The Daily Telegraph'', 8 April 1996, also reprinted in ''Way of the World: The Forgotten Years'', Century 1997 and Arrow Books 1998</ref> and a nude statue of [[Benjamin Britten]] with a [[bird bath]] discreetly covering its private parts.<ref>"Honouring Benjamin", ''The Daily Telegraph'', 5 August 1996, also reprinted in ''Way of the World: The Forgotten Years'' as above</ref>

[[The Victoria and Albert Museum]], recognising his accomplishments, commissioned 24 large colour illustrations which were collected as ''Willie Rushton's Great Moments of History''. (Rushton had previous experience with the V&A when he had pulled a prank on the institution by labelling an electric plug socket in one of the galleries: "Plug hole designed by Hans Plug (b. 1908)", which remained for a full year – to the great annoyance of a cleaner who had to use a hefty extension lead for 12 months so as not to damage the exhibit.) This large-scale excursion into the use of colour was good practice for the monthly colour covers he created for the ''[[Literary Review]]'' when Waugh became its editor in 1986. Rushton drew these covers along with the fortnightly caricatures for ''Private Eye''{{'}}s literary review page until he died.

Rushton had always been conscious of his weight, listing his recreations in ''Who's Who'' as "gaining weight, losing weight and parking", and in 1973 he had been the host of a [[Weight loss|slimming]] programme, ''Don't Just Sit There''. His first major health scare had been the onset of [[diabetes]] (the cause of his father's death in 1958). Having to give up beer, Rushton became, according to Ingrams, "quite grumpy as a result, but his grumpiness had an admirable and jaunty quality to it."<ref>"Obituaries: William Rushton", ''The Daily Telegraph'' page 21, 12 December 1996, as above</ref> A sudden loss of three [[Stone (unit)|stone]] had prevented him from playing in Prince Rainier's XI at [[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]]. Rushton was always passionate about cricket. His father had sent him for coaching at Lord's before he went to Shrewsbury. His cricket and general knowledge were called upon in his role as a regular team captain on BBC Radio 4's quiz show ''[[Trivia Test Match]]'' with [[Tim Rice]] and [[Brian Johnston]], which ran from 1986 to 1993. Rushton was always an enthusiastic cricketer, playing in the [[Lord's Taverners]], a charity celebrity cricket team.

In 1989 he performed in ''[[The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball]]''. His act consisted of singing "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" and acting out the lyrics, which left him standing in a top hat, white tie, and tails – but no trousers. In his later years his cartoons were part of an exhibition at the [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]].<ref>Lauren Collins, "Tired and Emotional", ''New Yorker'' (21 Nov. 2011); online at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/21/tired-and-emotional - see also Eric Hands' mid-1970s photograph-portrait of Rushton: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw197612/Willie-Rushton</ref>

==Death and memorials==
Rushton died of a heart attack at [[Cromwell Hospital]], [[Kensington]] on 11 December 1996, aged 59.<ref name="obituary"/> Ten years earlier, he had made a jocular prediction that he would die that year. In the first episode of Series 13 of ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'', which aired on 26 July 1986, Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton asked the panellists to "gaze into their crystal balls" and make predictions for 1996. Rushton said, "I'm sorry you introduced this round, because I just spotted a memorial service for myself in Westminster Abbey in January".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bennewsam.co.uk/documents/ISIHAC/ISIHAC%20-%201986-07-26%20-%20s13e01%20-%20Communications%20Ball.mp3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 December 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124734/http://www.bennewsam.co.uk/documents/ISIHAC/ISIHAC%20-%201986-07-26%20-%20s13e01%20-%20Communications%20Ball.mp3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Among his last words was the advice, "Tell Bazza he's too old to do pantomime", meant for his long-time friend [[Barry Cryer]].<ref>{{cite web
|title = Uncle Baz just can't help it: Barry Cryer amiably refers to his own banter as a 'stream of unconsciousness' and admits that even his friends tell him to shut up
|work = The Herald & Sunday Herald
|location = Edinburgh, UK
|date = 17 November 2003
|url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12527110.Uncle_Baz_just_can_apos_t_help_it_Barry_Cryer__amiably_refers_to_his_own_banter_as_a__apos_stream_of__unconsciousness_apos__and_admits_that_even_his_friends_tell_him_to_shut_up/
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|archive-date = 29 November 2017
|access-date = 29 November 2017
|url-status = dead
|df = dmy-all
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[[Image:Willie Rushton's blue plaque in Mornington Crescent station.jpg|thumb|Willie Rushton's [[blue plaque]]]]
Rushton is honoured by a Comic Heritage [[blue plaque]] at [[Mornington Crescent tube station]], a reference to the game [[Mornington Crescent (game)|Mornington Crescent]] on ''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue''.

[[BBC Radio 4 Extra|BBC Radio 7]] showcased his contribution to ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'', in the week of the 10th anniversary of his death, by rebroadcasting five episodes of the show, one on each weekday night (11–15 December 2006). The broadcasts chosen included the last shows he recorded for the programme.

According to the autobiography of [[Nicholas Parsons]], Rushton's ashes were buried by the boundary at [[The Oval]] cricket ground.<ref>Parsons, Nicholas, ''With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy'', Random House, 2010</ref>{{page needed|date=November 2024}}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
|1964|| ''[[It's All Over Town]]'' || Fat Friend
|-
|1964|| ''[[Nothing but the Best (film)|Nothing but the Best]]'' || Gerry
|-
|1965|| ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' || Tremayne Gascoyne
|-
|1968|| ''[[The Mini-Affair]]'' || Chancellor of the Exchequer
|-
|1968|| ''[[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]]'' || Dylan's assistant
|-
|1969|| ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust]]'' || John O'Groats Official
|-
|1969|| ''[[The Best House in London]]'' || Sylvester Wall
|-
|1969|| ''[[The Thirteen Chairs]]'' || Lionel Bennet
|-
|1971|| ''[[Flight of the Doves]]'' || Tobias Cromwell
|-
|1972|| ''[[The Adventures of Barry McKenzie]]'' || Passenger on Plane
|-
|1976|| ''[[Keep It Up Downstairs]]'' || Snotty Shuttleworth
|-
|1977|| ''[[Adventures of a Private Eye]]'' || Wilfred
|-
|1978|| ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' || Dodger
|-
|1986, 1990|| ''[[The Trap Door]]'' || Voices
|-
|1996|| ''[[The Treacle People]]'' || Santa
|}

==Bibliography==

===Novels===
*''The Day of the Grocer'' William Rushton (Andre Deutsch, 1971)
*''W. G. Grace's Last Case'' William Rushton (Methuen, 1984)
*''Spy Thatcher; The Collected Ravings of a Senior MI5 Officer'' William Rushton (Pavilion, 1987)

===Solo works===
*''William Rushton's Dirty Book'' William Rushton (Private Eye Productions, 1964)
*''The 'I Didn’t Know The Way To Kings Cross When I First Came Here But Look at Me Now' Book By William Rushton, Author, Artist And Beer-Drinker Extraordinary'' William Rushton (New English Library, 1966)
*''Sassenach's Scotland'' William Rushton (Seagram, 1975)
*''[[Super Pig (book)|Superpig: A Gentleman's Guide To Everyday Survival]]'' William Rushton (Macdonald And Janes, 1976)
*''The Reluctant Euro – Rushton Versus Europe'' William Rushton (Queen Anne Press/Macdonald Futura 1980)
*''The Filth Amendment'' William Rushton (Queen Anne Press, 1981)
*''Think of England. An Identikit Preview of the New Heir to the Throne'' William Rushton (Penguin Books, 1982)
*''The Naughty French Wine Book'' William Rushton (G & J Greenall, 1983?)
*''Great Moments of History'' William Rushton (V & A, 1985)
*''The Alternative Gardener A Compost of Quips for the Green-Fingered'' William Rushton (Grafton Books, 1986)
*''Every Cat in the Book'' William Rushton (Pavilion Books, 1993)
*''The Nine Lives of the Number Ten Cat'' William Rushton (Pavilion, 1995)
*''Willie Rushton's Pack of Royals, 18 Caricature Playing Cards'' William Rushton (1995)

===Private Eye books===
*''Private Eye on London By Private Eye'' Rushton with Christopher Booker and Richard Ingrams (Weidenfeld And Nicolson 1962)
*''Private Eye's Romantic England And Other Unlikely Stories: A Miscellany – The Last Days of Macmilian'' Rushton with Christopher Booker and Richard Ingrams (Weidenfeld And Nicolson 1963)
*''Mrs. Wilson's Diary'' Richard Ingrams and John Wells (Rushton illustrations only) (Private Eye, 1965)
*''Mrs Wilson's 2nd Diary'' Richard Ingrams and John Wells (Rushton illustrations only) (Private Eye, 1966)
*''True Stories'' Christopher Logue (Rushton illustrations only) (Four Square, 1965)
*''The Penguin Private Eye'' Rushton with Christopher Booker and Richard Ingrams (Penguin, 1965)
*''Mrs Wilson’s Diaries'' (omnibus of first two books with a few additional drawings) Richard Ingrams and John Wells (Sphere, 1966)
*''Mrs. Wilson's Diary'' Richard Ingrams and John Wells (Rushton illustrations only) (Andre Deutsch, 1975)
*''Rushton in the Eye'' (a posthumous "Private Eye Special" magazine sampling Rushton's work)

===With Auberon Waugh===
*''The Diaries of Auberon Waugh A Turbulent Decade'' (Rushton illustrations only) (Private Eye/Andre Deutsch, 1985)
*''Waugh on Wine'' (Rushton illustrations only) (Fourth Estate, 1986)
*''Way of the World'' (Rushton illustrations only) (Century, 1994)
*''Way of the World: The Forgotten Years 1995–1996'' (Rushton illustrations only) (Century, 1997)

===With Dorgan Rushton===
*''Brush Up Your Pidgin'' (Willow Books, 1983)
*''Collages'' (Pelham Books, 1984)
*''The Ffrench Letters By Godwyn Ainsley Ffrench – A Young Englishman's Letters From Abroad Giving His Very Personal And Somewhat Peculiar View of Paris in the Year 1900'' (Printfine, 1984.)
*''Queen's English: High Taw Tawk Prawpah-leah'' (Pelham Books, 1985)

===On sport===
*''How To Play Football'' William Rushton (Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1968)
*''Pigsticking – A Joy For Life'' William Rushton (Macdonald, 1978)
*''Marylebone Versus The World'' William Rushton (Pavilion Books, 1987)
*''The Thoughts of Trueman Now'' Fred Trueman, Eric Morecambe, and Fred Rumsey (Rushton illustrations only) (Macdonald & Janes, 1978)
*''The Lord's Taverners Sticky Wicket Book'' with Tim Rice (eds.) (Queen Anne Press/Macdonald & Jane's: 1979)
*''The Compleat Cricketer'' Jonathan Rice (Rushton illustrations only) (Blandford Press, 1985)
*''Cricket Balls'' Rory Bremner (Rushton illustrations only) (Robson Books, 1994)

===Children's books===
*''Ebbledum E. Elephant'' Iris Degg (Rushton illustrations only) (George G. Harrap, 1961.)
*''Sunny Bell and The Shrimp Street Gang'' Iris Degg (Rushton illustrations only) (George G. Harrap, 1962)
*''The Geranium of Flüt'' William Rushton (Andre Deutsch, 1975)
*''Jubilee Jackanory'' (Rushton story with illustrations) (BBC, 1977)
*''The Discontented Dervishes And Other Persian Tales From Sa'di Arthur Scholey'' (Rushton illustrations only) (Andre Deutsch, 1977)
*''Elephant on the Line!'' Talbot Jon (Rushton illustrations only) (Kaye And Ward, 1979)
*''Wild Wood'' Jan Needle (Rushton illustrations only) (Andre Deutsch, 1981)
*''The Stupid Tiger And Other Tales'' Raychaudhuri, Upendrakishore (Translated By William Radice) (Rushton illustrations only) (Andre Deutsch, 1981)
*''Ancient George Gets His Wish'' William Rushton (Golden Acorn Pub, 1981)
*''The Story of the Incredible Cottage'' William Rushton (Golden Acorn Pub, 1981)
*''The Incredible Cottage Goes to the Moon'' William Rushton (Golden Acorn, 1981)
*''Waldo Meets The Witch'' William Rushton (Golden Acorn Pub, 1981)
*''The Incredible Cottage Annual'' William Rushton (Grandreams Ltd, 1982)
*''A Cat And Mouse Story. An Old Tale'' Michael Rosen (Rushton illustrations only) (Andre Deutsch, 1982)
*''Losers Weepers'' Jan Needle (Rushton illustrations only) (Magnet Books, 1983)
*''How To Keep Dinosaurs'' Robert Mash (Rushton illustrations only) (Penguin Books, 1983)
*''The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' Terence Blacker (Rushton illustrations only) (Hodder Stoughton, 1989)

===Books illustrated by Rushton===
*''The Stag Cook Book: Being a Low Guide to the High Art of Nosh'' Peter Evans (Four Square, 1967)
*''This England – Selection of Pieces from the New Statesman'' Michael Bateman (ed). (Penguin, 1969)
*''Comic Cuts: A Bedside Sampler of Censorship in Action'' [[Richard Findlater]] (ed) (Andre Deutsch, 1970)
*''Practical Decorating for Practically Everyone'' (essay and illustrations by Rushton) (Polycell, 1976, 1977?)
*''Duckworth'' Vedah Hamon Moody (World's Work. 1977)
*''Unarmed Gardening'' Frank Ward (Macdonald & Janes, 1979)
*''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'' with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, and Humphrey Lyttelton (Robson Books, London, 1980)
*''The First Impossible Quiz Book'' [[Ian Messiter]] (Star, 1980)
*''Bureaucrats. How To Annoy Them!'' [[Patrick Moore|R.T. Fishall]] (Sidgwick & Jackson. 1981)
*''Health for Hooligans'' [[Sandy Fawkes]] (John Pascoe, 1982)
*''I Could Have Kicked Myself'' David Frost and Michael Deakin (Andre Deutsch, 1982)
*''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' Frost David And Michael Deakin (Andre Deutsch Hutchinson, 1983)
*''Molesworth Rites Again'' Simon Brett (London: Hutchinson, 1983)
*''1956 And All That :A Memorable History of England Since The War To End All Wars (Two'') Ned Sherrin and Neil Shand (Michael Joseph, 1984)
*''Animal Quotations'' G. F. Lamb (ed) (Longman, 1985)
*''Adam And Eve'' Willie Rushton; And The Artists of the Portal Gallery (Bell & Hyman, 1985.)
*''If You'll Believe That...'' David Frost (ed) (Methuen, 1986)
*''Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink : A Quotebook of Love And Sex'' Nigel Rees (Javelin Books, 1986)
*''Scenes From Hysterical Life: Diary of a Mad Housewife'' Dorothy Baker Tarrant (Sidgewick And Jackson, 1986)
*''World’s Shortest Books'' David Frost (Collins/Fontana, 1987)
*''Please Give Generously'' Anthony Swainson (David & Charles, 1987)
*''A Family at Law'' Douglas Stewart and Gavin Campbell (Fourmat, 1988)
*''Dear Pup Letters to a Young Dog'' Diana Pullein-Thompson (Barrie & Jenkins, 1988)
*''Bad Behaviour Guy Philipps'' (ed.) (Elm Tree, 1988)
*''You Might As Well Be Dead'' Richard Ingrams (Quartet, 1988)
*''But I Digress: The Collected Monologues of Ramblin' Ronnie Corbett'' David Renwick (New English Library, 1989.)
*''Agreeable World of Wallace Arnold'' Craig Brown (Fourth Estate, 1990)
*''Soft Targets From The Weekend Guardian: Poems'' Simon Rae (Bloodaxe Books, 1991)
*''Thatcher's Inferno'' Simon Rae (Smith/Doorstop, 1992)
*''A Burning Candle, The Literary Review Anthology of Poetry'' Edited By Dariane Pictet, Introduced By Auberon Waugh (Peterborough, Uk: Poetry No, 1993)
*''Happy Families: An Old Game With New Faces'' (Mandarin, 1993)
*''The Mad Officials'' Christopher Booker and Dr. Richard North (Constable, 1994)
*''When the Lights Went Out'' Wanda Anderson (ed) (Friends of St. Helena Hospice, Colchester, 1995)
*''Gullible's Travails'' Brian Rix (ed) ([[André Deutsch]], 1996)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary--william-rushton-1314313.html |newspaper=The Independent |date= 13 December 1996 |title= Obituary: William Rushton}}
* {{cite ODNB|id=63998|title=Rushton, William George|orig-year=2004|year=2011|last=Sherrin|first=Ned}}
* ''Pigs Can Fly''. [[Barry Cryer]], 2003. (Several references to some items in this article.)

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0750775|name=Willie Rushton}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/article/willie.shtml BBC biography]
* [http://ukjarry.livejournal.com/ Gallery of Willie Rushton cartoons]
* [http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/willierushton/biography Rushton biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603170714/http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/willierushton/biography |date=3 June 2011 }} at British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent (cartoons.ac.uk)
* {{LCAuth|n82133021|William Rushton|14|ue}}

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Guy Middleton

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{{Short description|English actor (1907–1973)}}
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| name = Guy Middleton
| image = guymiddleton.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Guy Middleton Powell
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|12|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hove]], [[Sussex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|07|30|1907|12|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Moreton-in-Marsh]], [[Gloucestershire]], England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1928–1970
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'''Guy Middleton Powell''' (14 December 1907 – 30 July 1973), better known as '''Guy Middleton''', was an English [[character actor|film character actor]].

==Biography==
Guy Middleton was born in [[Hove]], [[Sussex]], and originally worked in the [[London Stock Exchange]], before turning to acting in the 1930s. In his earlier films he often portrayed amiable idiots, cads, scoundrels and rakish bon vivants, but many of his later roles were military officers in the British Army, RAF or Royal Navy. He died in 1973, following a heart attack, aged 65.

==Selected filmography==
===Film===
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* ''[[Jimmy Boy]]'' (1935) .... The Count
* ''[[Two Hearts in Harmony]]'' (1935) .... Mario
* ''[[Trust the Navy]]'' (1935) .... Lieutenant Richmond
* ''[[Under Proof]]'' (1936) .... Bruce
* ''[[Fame (1936 film)|Fame]]'' (1936) .... Lester Cordwell
* ''[[A Woman Alone (1936 film)|A Woman Alone]]'' (1936) .... Alioshka
* ''[[The Gay Adventure]]'' (1936) .... Aram
* ''[[Take a Chance (1937 film)|Take a Chance]]'' (1937) .... Richard Carfax
* ''[[Keep Fit]]'' (1937) .... Hector Kent
* ''[[Break the News (film)|Break the News]]'' (1938) .... Englishman
* ''[[The Mysterious Mr. Davis]]'' (1939) .... Milton
* ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye Mr Chips]]'' (1939) .... McCulloch (uncredited)
* ''[[French Without Tears (film)|French Without Tears]]'' (1940) .... Brian Curtis
* ''[[For Freedom (1940 film)|For Freedom]]'' (1940) .... Pierre
* ''[[Dangerous Moonlight]]'' (1941, also known as ''Suicide Squadron'') .... Shorty
* ''[[Talk About Jacqueline]]'' (1942) .... Captain Tony Brook
* ''[[The Demi-Paradise]]'' (1943) .... Dick Christian
* ''[[The Halfway House]]'' (1944) .... Fortescue
* ''[[English Without Tears]]'' (1944) .... Captain Standish
* ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]'' (1944) .... Tipsy Swell
* ''[[29 Acacia Avenue]]'' (1945) .... Gerald Jones
* ''[[The Rake's Progress (film)|The Rake's Progress]]'' (1945, also known as ''Notorious Gentleman'') .... Fogroy
* ''[[The Captive Heart]]'' (1946) .... Capt. Jim Grayson
* ''[[Night Boat to Dublin]]'' (1946) .... Capt. Tony Hunter
* ''[[A Man About the House]]'' (1947) .... Sir Benjamin "Ben" Dench
* ''[[The White Unicorn]]'' (1947) .... Fobey
* ''[[Snowbound (1948 film)|Snowbound]]'' (1948) .... Gilbert Mayne
* ''[[One Night with You (1948 film)|One Night with You]]'' (1948) .... Matty
* ''[[Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)|Once Upon a Dream]]'' (1949) .... Major Gilbert
* ''[[Marry Me! (1949 film)|Marry Me!]]'' (1949) .... Sir Gordon Blake
* ''[[No Place for Jennifer]]'' (1950) .... Brian Stewart
* ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life (film)|The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' (1950) .... Victor Hyde-Brown
* ''[[The Third Visitor]]'' (1951) .... Inspector Mallory
* ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951) .... Simon Russell
* ''[[Young Wives' Tale]]'' (1951) .... Victor Manifold
* ''[[Never Look Back (film)|Never Look Back]]'' (1952) .... Guy Ransome
* ''[[The Fake (1953 film)|The Fake]]'' (1953) .... Smith
* ''[[Albert R.N.]]'' (1953, also known as ''Break to Freedom'') .... Bongo
* ''[[Front Page Story]]'' (1954) .... Gentle
* ''[[Conflict of Wings]]'' (1954) .... Adjutant
* ''[[Malaga (1954 film)|Malaga]]'' (1954) .... Soames Howard
* ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) .... Eric Rowbottom-Smith
* ''[[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]]'' (1954) .... Squadron Leader Scott
* ''[[The Harassed Hero]]'' (1954) .... Murray Selwyn
* ''[[Break in the Circle]]'' (1955) .... Maj. Hobart
* ''[[Make Me an Offer]]'' (1955) .... Armstrong
* ''[[Gentlemen Marry Brunettes]]'' (1955) .... Earl of Wickenware
* ''[[A Yank in Ermine]]'' (1955) .... Bertram Maltravers
* ''[[Now and Forever (1956 film)|Now and Forever]]'' (1956) .... Hector
* ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1957) .... Major Porter
* ''[[Let's Be Happy]]'' (1957) .... Mr. Fielding
* ''[[Alive on Saturday]]'' (1957) .... George Pilbeam
* ''[[Passionate Summer (1958 film)|Passionate Summer]]'' (1958) .... Duffield
* ''[[Escort for Hire]]'' (1960) .... Arthur Vickers
* ''[[Waltz of the Toreadors (film)|Waltz of the Toreadors]]'' (1962) .... Drunken Fox Hunter (uncredited)
* ''[[The Fur Collar]]'' (1962) .... Resident
* ''[[What Every Woman Wants (1962 film)|What Every Woman Wants]]'' (1962) .... George Barker
* ''[[The Mini-Affair]]'' (1968) .... Colonel Highwater
* ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' (1969) .... General [[Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet|Sir William Robertson]]
* ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'' (1969) .... Duke of Mantisbriar (uncredited)
* ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' (1970) .... Potter (final film role)
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===Television appearances===
He appeared in a number of television series as a guest character including:
* ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (broadcast November 4., 1957) - 'The Regimental Reunion', episode - Ex-Captain - (series 3, episode 6) - (''[[Riverside Studios]]'', Studio 1, ''[[Hammersmith]])'' - (This is one of twenty-four missing Hancock television episodes, (to date).
* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1959) - Fred Harper
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1967, Episode: "[[The Highlanders (Doctor Who)|The Highlanders]]") - Colonel Attwood

==References==
* ''Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies; 14th ed'' (2001) editor John Walker - published by Harper-Collins; {{ISBN|0-06-093507-3}}
* ''The Film Encyclopedia'' by Ephraim Katz, Collins; {{ISBN|978-0-06-074214-0}}

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*{{IMDb name|id=0585506|name=Guy Middleton}}

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Ben Aris

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'''Benjamin Patrick Aris''' (16 March 1937 – 4 September 2003) was an English actor who was best known for his parts in ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' and ''[[To the Manor Born]]'', and was also very active on stage. He was often cast as an eccentric, upper-class or upper-middle class man.

==Early life and education ==
Benjamin Patrick Aris was born on 16 March 1937 in [[London]], and following the [[Second World War]], he trained at the [[Arts Educational School]].<ref name="The Scotsman">{{cite news |title=Ben Aris |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/ben-aris-2469125 |access-date=26 November 2022 |work=The Scotsman |date=12 September 2003}}</ref>

At the age of 16, he joined a national tour of the show ''[[Zip Goes a Million]]''. He then did his [[National service#United Kingdom|national service]] in the [[British Army]].<ref name="The Scotsman"/>

== Early career ==
After completing his national service, Aris appeared in many musicals and films, including ''[[The Plague of the Zombies]]'', ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' and ''[[if....]]''.<ref name="The Scotsman"/>
On stage, Aris was in the 1960 production of the revue "[[One Over The Eight]]" at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/22/guardianobituaries1|title=Obituary: Ben Aris|date=22 October 2003|website=the Guardian}}</ref>

He also appeared in [[Tony Richardson]]'s 1969 production of "Hamlet" at London's ''[[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]]'', its [[New York City|New York]] transfer to the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], and also its [[Hamlet (1969 film)|film version]] the same year.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://theatricalia.com/play/2/hamlet/production/v8x|title=Production of Hamlet | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ben-aris-98528|title=Ben Aris – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref><ref name=bfi/>

==Film and television career==
His first television role was in the children's series ''Jamie'' in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/jamie/|title=Jamie | Nostalgia Central|date=7 May 2011 }}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', a 1974 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/invasiondinosaurs/detail.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Details|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> His other early television roles included ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'', ''Sam and the River'' (1975), ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'', ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'' and ''[[Target (UK TV series)|Target]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=522|title=Ben Aris|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> During that time he also appeared in the films ''[[Get Carter]]'', ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers]]'', ''[[Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World]]'' and ''[[Juggernaut (1974 film)|Juggernaut]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0443c15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720195256/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0443c15|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 July 2016|title=Ben Aris|website=BFI}}</ref> He also worked several times for director [[Ken Russell]], in films ''[[The Music Lovers]]'', ''[[Savage Messiah (1972 film)|Savage Messiah]]'', and ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'', and in TV's ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (film)|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' and ''[[Lady Chatterley (TV serial)|Lady Chatterley]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ben-aris-37105.html|title=Ben Aris|date=15 September 2003|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref name=bfi/>

For three episodes, from 1980 to 1981, he played Mr Spalding in ''To the Manor Born'', and then in 1983, he portrayed Edmund Waller, one of Tom Lacey's friends at the court of Charles I, in ''[[By the Sword Divided]].''<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/33b0453c897d4fe6aa6344fb6879c871|title=By the Sword Divided|date=23 October 1983|issue=3128|pages=33|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> In 1984, he made his first appearance in ''Hi-de-Hi!'' as Julian Dalrymple-Sykes, a dancer. He became a regular in 1986 and played the part until the show's end in 1988.<ref name="The Scotsman"/> He also starred in ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'', ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'', ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]'' and ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]''. As well as acting with [[Penelope Keith]] in ''To the Manor Born'', he also appeared with her in ''[[Executive Stress]]'' and ''[[No Job for a Lady]]''.

==Later years==
One of the most memorable stage performances was in the [[West End theatre|West End]] playing Geoffrey in ''[[Stepping Out (play)|Stepping Out]]'' by [[Richard Harris]]. His final stage appearance was in ''The Lady in the Van'' by [[Alan Bennett]], opposite [[Maggie Smith|Dame Maggie Smith]].<ref name="The Scotsman"/> His final TV appearance was in the 2002 drama ''Ready''. He died in [[Surrey]] in 2003 aged 66.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ONSDeath93&so=2&_8000C002=&_8000C003=Aris&_80004002=Benjamin&_80004003=Aris&_80008002=&_80008003=&gsby=&gsb1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsb1pl=1%2c+&gsdy=&gsd1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd1pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&ufr=0&prox=1&db=&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&o_iid=21417&o_lid=21417&o_it=21417&offerid=0%3a7935%3a0&rank=0&srchb=r|title=BMD Indexes 1984-2004|publisher=[[The Generations Network|Ancestry.co.uk]]}}</ref> His son [[Jonathan Aris]] followed him into acting.

==Selected filmography==

=== Film ===
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* ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951 film)|Tom Brown's Schooldays]]'' (1951) - Tadpole (uncredited)
* ''[[The Plague of the Zombies]]'' (1966) - John Martinus
* ''[[The Mini-Affair]]'' (1968) - TV Producer
* ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1968) - Lt. Maxse
* ''[[if....]]'' (1968) - John Thomas: Staff
* ''[[Lionheart (1968 film)|Lionheart]]'' (1968) - Capt. Harris
* ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1969) - Rosencrantz
* ''[[The Reckoning (1970 film)|The Reckoning]]'' (1970) - Moustached Party Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[Say Hello to Yesterday]]'' (1971) - Floor Walker (uncredited)
* ''[[The Music Lovers]]'' (1971) - Young Lieutenant
* ''[[Get Carter]]'' (1971) - Architect #2
* ''[[Savage Messiah (1972 film)|Savage Messiah]]'' (1972) - Thomas Buff
* ''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' (1973) - Mr. MacIntyre / Dr. Hyder / Flight Lt. Wallace
* ''[[Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World]]'' (1973) - Army Captain
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1973) - 1st Musketeer
* ''[[Juggernaut (1974 film)|Juggernaut]]'' (1974) - The Walker
* ''[[Vampira (1974 film)|Vampira]]'' (1974) - Policeman
* ''Smokey Joe's Revenge'' (1974) - Mr. Fawcett
* ''[[Alfie Darling]]'' (1975) - Advertising Man
* ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'' (1975) - Reverend Simpson
* ''[[Royal Flash (film)|Royal Flash]]'' (1975) - Fireman
* ''[[I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight]]'' (1976) - Trampas B. Hildebrand
* ''[[The Ritz (film)|The Ritz]]'' (1976) - Patron With Bicycle
* ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' (1976) - German Jewish Passenger (uncredited)
* ''[[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film)|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End]]'' (1980) - Lord Tarquin of Staines
* ''[[King of the Wind (film)|King of the Wind]]'' (1990) - Squire Dunn
* ''[[U.F.O. (1993 film)|U.F.O.]]'' (1993) - Doctor
* ''[[Up at the Villa (film)|Up at the Villa]]'' (2000) - Col. Trail
* ''[[Relative Values (film)|Relative Values]]'' (2000) - (uncredited)
* ''Undertaker's Paradise'' (2000)
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=== TV ===
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* ''[[Gazette (TV series)|Gazette]]'' (1968) - Potter (1 episode)
* ''[[The Wednesday Play]] - Mad Jack'' (1970) - Jenkins
* ''Jamie'' (1971) - David Dodger (9 episodes)
* ''[[Owen, M.D.]]'' (1971) - Mr. Clarke (2 episodes)
* ''The Silver Sword'' (1971) - Russian Commisar (1 episode)
* ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em|Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em']]' - Brown (1 episode)
* ''[[Doctor Who]] - [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' (1974) - Lieutenant Shears (1 episode)
* ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'' (1975) - Dr. Bruce Morgan (3 episodes)
* ''Sam and the River'' (1975) - Lt. Hodges (6 episodes)
* ''[[Village Hall (TV series)|Village Hall]]'' (1975) - Stan (1 episode)
* ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'' (1976) - Lester Mapledurham (1 episode)
* ''[[Get Some In!]]'' (1977) - Dr. Purnell (1 episode)
* ''[[Target (British TV series)|Target]]'' (1977) - Phillips (1 episode)
* ''[[Hazell (TV series)|Hazell]]'' (1978) - T.P. Eades (1 episode)
* ''[[The Famous Five (1978 TV series)|The Famous Five]]'' (1978) - Mr Durleston (1 episode)
* ''Spy!'' (1980) - Skier (1 episode)
* ''The Assassination Run'' (1980) - Frank Lloyd (3 episodes)
* ''[[To the Manor Born]]'' (1980-1) - Spalding (3 episodes)
* ''[[Cribb]]'' (1981) - Captain Allbright (1 episode)
* ''[[The Bagthorpe Saga]]'' (1981) - P.J. (1 episode)
* ''The Trechary Game'' (1981) - Frank Lloyd (3 episodes)
* ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'' (1982) - Executive (1 episode)
* ''[[By the Sword Divided]]'' (1983) - Edmund Waller (1 episode)
* ''[[Night Train to Murder]]'' (1984) - Theatre Manager (TV Movie)
* ''[[Shine on Harvey Moon]]'' (1984) - Doctor (1 episode)
* ''[[Hi-de-Hi!|He-De-Hi!]]'' (1984-8) - Julian Dalrymple-Sykes (13 episodes)
* ''[[All in Good Faith]]'' (1985) - Dillforth (1 episode)
* ''Star Quality'' (1985) - Eric Larch (TV Movie)
* ''[[Call Me Mister (TV series)|Call Me Mister]]'' (1986) - Registrar (1 episode)
* ''[[Chance in a Million]]'' (1986) - Club Secretary (1 episode)
* ''Executive Stress'' (1986) - Andrew Morgan (2 episodes)
* ''[[Paradise Postponed]]'' (1986) - TV Newsreader (1 episode)
* ''[[Slinger's Day]]'' (1986) - Forbes-Fortescue (1 episode)
* ''[[A Hazard of Hearts]]'' (1987) - Lieutenant of Dragoons (TV Movie)
* ''[[Hold the Dream]]'' (1987) - Doctor (1 episode)
* ''First of the Summer Wine'' (1988) - First Visitor (1 episode)
* ''[[The Comic Strip Presents...]]'' (1988) - Party Guest
* ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot|Poirot]]'' (1989) - Captain Fowler (1 episode)
* ''Young Charlie Chaplin'' (1989) - Mr. Vernon (1 episode)
* ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'' (1990) - Maitre D' (1 episode)
* ''[[Mr Majeika]]'' (1990) - Flight Office Pongo (1 episode)
* ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]'' (1990) - Special Branch Policeman (1 episode)
* ''[[Up Pompeii!|Further Up Pompeii]]'' (1991) - Flatus (TV Movie)
* ''[[No Job for a Lady]]'' (1991) - Roland (1 episode)
* ''[[Eldorado (TV series)|Eldorado]]'' (1992) - Kenneth Owen (2 episodes)
* ''[[Me, You and Him]]'' (1992) - Headmaster (1 episode)
* ''[[The Bill]]'' (1992) - Judge (1 episode)
* ''[[Lady Chatterley (TV serial)|Lady Chatterley]]'' (1993) - Tommy Dukes (1 episode)
* ''[[September Song (TV series)|September Song]]'' (1994) - Simon Anderson (5 episodes)
* ''The Last Englishman'' (1995) - Doctor, 1917 (TV Movie)
* ''[[The Queen's Nose (TV series)|The Queen's Nose]]'' (1996-9) - Max (4 episodes)
* ''[[Equinox (TV programme)|Equinox]]'' (1998) - Director General BBC (1 episode)
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==References==
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==External links==
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Clement Freud

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{{Short description|English broadcaster, writer, politician, chef and alleged sex offender (1924–2009)}}
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|birth_name = Clemens Rafael Freud
|birth_date = {{birth date|1924|4|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Weimar Republic|German Reich]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2009|4|15|1924|4|24|df=y}}
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|party = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|spouse = {{marriage|[[June Flewett]]|1950}}
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|relatives = [[Freud family]]
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|term_start1 = 27 July 1973
|term_end1 = 18 May 1987
|predecessor1 = [[Harry Legge-Bourke|Henry Legge-Bourke]]
|successor1 = [[Malcolm Moss]]
| office2 = [[Rector of the University of St Andrews|Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews]]
| term_start2 = November 2002
| term_end2 = October 2005
| predecessor2 = [[Andrew Neil]]
| successor2 = [[Kevin Dunion]]
|rank = Second lieutenant
|serviceyears = 1942–1947
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}}
'''Sir Clement Raphael Freud''' (24 April 1924 – 15 April 2009)<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5162533/-Clement-Freud-dies-at-84.html |title=Clement Freud dies at 84 |last=Swaine |first=Jon |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=17 April 2009 |location=London |date=16 April 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="guardianobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/16/clement-freud-obituary |title=Obituary: Clement Freud |last=Steel |first=David |date=16 April 2009 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=16 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030113444/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/16/clement-freud-obituary |archive-date=30 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Freud Ego |last=Freud |first=Clement |year=2001 |publisher=BBC Worldwide |chapter=Chapter 1}}</ref> was a British [[media personality|broadcaster]], [[writer]], [[politician]] and [[chef]]. The son of [[Ernst L. Freud]] and grandson of [[Sigmund Freud]], Clement moved to the United Kingdom from [[Nazi Germany]] as a child and later worked as a prominent chef and food writer.

He became known to a wider audience as a television and radio personality. Freud was the longest serving panellist on the [[BBC Radio 4]] panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'', appearing in each of the first 143 episodes, and making subsequent regular appearances up until his death in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://just-a-minute.info/eps.html|title=JUST A MINUTE EPISODE LIST!}}</ref>

Freud was elected as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] in 1973, retaining his seat until 1987, when he received a [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]]. In 2016, seven years after his death, three women made public allegations of [[child sexual abuse]] and [[rape]] by Freud, which led to police investigations.<ref name="Evans" />

== Early life ==
Clement Freud was born '''Clemens Rafael Freud''' in [[Berlin]],<ref name="guardianobit"/><ref name="LG1939">{{London Gazette |issue=34708 |date=13 October 1939 |page=6866}}</ref><ref name="APObit">{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=126283328 |title=Sir Clement Freud |date=16 April 2009 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=16 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505121833/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=126283328 |archive-date=5 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> the son of Jewish parents [[Ernst L. Freud]] (an architect) and Lucie Freud (''[[given name|née]]'' Brasch). He was a grandson of psychoanalyst [[Sigmund Freud]] and the brother of artist [[Lucian Freud]]. His family fled to the United Kingdom from [[Nazi Germany]] and his forenames were [[Anglicization|anglicised]] to Clement Raphael.<ref name="Telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/5163084/Sir-Clement-Freud.html "Sir Clement Freud"], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202011103/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/5163084/Sir-Clement-Freud.html |date=2 February 2018 }} ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), 16 April 2009</ref> He spent his later childhood in [[Hampstead]], where he attended the [[Hall School (Hampstead)|Hall School]], a [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|prep school]].<ref name="Ham&High">{{cite web|url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED16%20Apr%202009%2016%3A26%3A39%3A610|title=Obituary Hampstead and Highgate Express|access-date=23 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423000627/http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED16%20Apr%202009%2016%3A26%3A39%3A610|archive-date=23 April 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> He was then educated at two [[independent school]]s: at [[Dartington Hall|Dartington Hall School]], where he boarded, and at [[St Paul's School, London|St Paul's School]] in London.<ref name="Telegraph"/> He was naturalised as a British subject on 4 September 1939, one day after the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name="LG1939" />

During the war, Freud joined the [[Royal Ulster Rifles]] and served in the ranks, acting as an aide to [[Bernard Montgomery|Field Marshal Montgomery]]. He later worked at the [[Nuremberg Trials]], and in 1947 was commissioned as an officer.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37983 |date=13 June 1947 |page=2669 |supp=y}}</ref> Freud married [[June Flewett]] (the inspiration for [[Lucy Pevensie]] in [[C. S. Lewis]]'s children's series ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'')<ref name="narnia11">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/11/narnia11.xml 'I was sure that children would not want to be told that this old lady was Lucy'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203195808/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2005%2F12%2F11%2Fnarnia11.xml |date=3 December 2007 }}, ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), 11 December 2005.</ref> in 1950, and the couple had five children. Flewett had taken the stage name Jill Raymond in 1944, and after her husband's [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]], was known as Lady Freud.<ref name="narnia11" /> Freud became an [[Anglican]] at the time of his marriage.<ref name="identity">{{cite book |title=Psychoanalysis, Identity, and Ideology: Critical Essays on the Israel/Palestine case |author=John Bunzl, Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi |publisher=Springer |year=2002 |isbn=1-4020-7155-8 |page=34}}</ref>

== Early career ==
Freud was one of Britain's first [[celebrity chef]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clement Freud profile: The life and times of one of Britain's best connected men|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/15/clement-freud-profile-the-life-and-times-of-one-of-britains-best/amp/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> He worked at the [[Dorchester Hotel]] and went on to run his own restaurant in [[Sloane Square]] at a relatively young age. Freud appeared in a series of [[dog food]] television advertisements (at first Chunky Meat, later Chunky Minced Morsels) in which he co-starred with a [[bloodhound]] called Henry (played by a number of dogs) which shared his trademark "hangdog" expression. In 1964 he appeared in ''[[Strictly for the Birds]]''. In 1968 he wrote the children's book ''[[Grimble]]'', followed by a sequel, ''Grimble at Christmas'', six years later. Whilst running a [[nightclub]], Freud met a newspaper editor who gave him a job as a [[sports journalism|sports journalist]]. From there he became an award-winning food and drink writer,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5162533/Sir-Clement-Freud-dies-at-84.html |title=Telegraph Obituary: Sir Clement Freud dies at 84 |date=16 April 2009 |access-date=18 April 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |first=Jon |last=Swaine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419105913/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5162533/Sir-Clement-Freud-dies-at-84.html |archive-date=19 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> writing columns for many publications.

== Political career ==
Freud stood in the [[1973 Isle of Ely by-election]], becoming the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for that constituency (later [[North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Cambridgeshire]]) from 1973 to 1987. In 1983, to support employment in his constituency, he assisted the management buy-out of a concrete pipe manufacturer in [[March, Cambridgeshire|March]], [[Cambridgeshire]], led by [[Captain Tom Moore|Tom Moore]], and became an investor in the resulting March Concrete Ltd.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Sebastian |last2=Berry |first2=Dean F. |title=Cultural, Structural and Strategic Change in Management Buyouts |chapter=The March Concrete Story |date=1991 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan Limited |location=London |isbn=978-1-349-21561-4 |pages=135–136 |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-21559-1_6 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-349-21559-1_6 |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> His departure from [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] was marked by the award of a knighthood.

In his column in the ''[[Racing Post]]'' of 23 August 2006, Freud wrote about his election to Parliament in a by-election: "Politically, I was an anti-[[Conservative Party (United Kingdom)|Conservative]] unable to join a [[Labour Party (United Kingdom)|Labour party]] hell-bent on nationalising everything that moved, so when a by-election occurred in [[East Anglia]], where I lived and live, I stood as a Liberal and was fortunate in getting in. [[Ladbrokes]] quoted me at 33–1 in this three-horse contest, so Ladbrokes paid for me to have rather more secretarial and research staff than other MPs, which helped to keep me in for five parliaments."

His autobiography, ''Freud Ego'', recalls his election win, and shortly after, when asked by his wife June, "Why aren't you looking happier?", he wrote, "It suddenly occurred to me that after nine years of fame I now had something solid about which to be famous... and cheered up no end." During his time as a Member of Parliament, he visited China with a delegation of MPs, including [[Winston Churchill (1940–2010)|Winston Churchill]], the grandson of the [[Winston Churchill|wartime prime minister]]. When Churchill was given the best room in the hotel, on account of his lineage, Freud (in a reference to his own famous forebear) declared it was the first time in his life that he had been "out-grandfathered".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6108143.ece|title=Freudian clips: The best of Clement Freud|last=Leitch|first=Luke|work=The Times|date=17 April 2009|access-date=17 April 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615191032/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6108143.ece|archive-date=15 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Callaghan and freedom of information ==
In the last year of [[James Callaghan]]'s government there was a proposal to revive the one-year [[Lib-Lab pact]] which had lapsed in July 1978, to include introducing a [[freedom of information]] act, long proposed by the Liberals; however, Callaghan himself was opposed to this kind of legislation. Towards the end of the five-year term there was a [[1979 vote of no confidence against the government of James Callaghan|confidence vote]] in Callaghan's government, and Freud was expected to follow his party and vote with the [[Her Majesty's Opposition|Opposition]].

Due to by-election defeats Labour's Callaghan ran a [[minority government]] and sought support of members from opposing parties to support him that day; to that end Freud, in [[Liverpool]] at the time, received a phone call from [[10 Downing Street]] at 3pm asking him to miss his train back to London for the 10pm vote, in exchange for a "looser" version of his proposed freedom of information act being enacted. Freud declined the offer and voted as stated by his party, after the lapse of the Lib-Lab pact, for an immediate general election. Otherwise the government could have continued until October 1979.<ref>{{YouTube|id=U2wGQfqQBMM#t=7m|title=Interview with Freud}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=A YouTube video is not an ideal source|date=June 2016}}

== Radio, music and academia ==
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For many, Freud was best known as a panellist on the long-running [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] show ''[[Just a Minute]]''. Freud performed a small monologue for the [[Wings (band)|Wings]] 1973 album ''[[Band on the Run]]'' and appeared on the album's cover. He also made the occasional film appearance, with acting roles in movies such as ''[[The Mini-Affair]]'' (1968) and ''[[The Best House in London]]'' (1969). In 1974, he was elected [[Rector of the University of Dundee]] and served two three-year terms. A generation later, in 2002, he was elected [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the [[University of St Andrews]], beating feminist and academic [[Germaine Greer]] and local challenger Barry Joss, holding the position for one term.

== Family and hobbies ==
His son [[Matthew Freud]] founded the London public relations firm [[Freud Communications]] in 1985. Matthew Freud was formerly married to Caroline Hutton, who was the second wife of [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer|Earl Spencer]]; he then married media magnate [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s daughter [[Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)|Elisabeth]].

Clement Freud's daughter [[Emma Freud]], a broadcaster, is the partner of [[Richard Curtis]], scriptwriter of ''[[Blackadder]]'' and ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''. His nieces (by his painter brother [[Lucian Freud|Lucian]]) include poet [[Annie Freud]], fashion designer [[Bella Freud]], and writer [[Esther Freud]]. His eldest brother, Stephen Freud, closely guarded his privacy, with the exception of a 2008 interview he gave to ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2403606/I-am-the-forgotten-Freud-says-brother-of-Sir-Clement-Freud-and-Lucian-Freud.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120703025101/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2403606/I-am-the-forgotten-Freud-says-brother-of-Sir-Clement-Freud-and-Lucian-Freud.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2012 |title=I am the forgotten Freud, says brother of Sir Clement Freud and Lucian Freud |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= 18 July 2008 |access-date=15 April 2009 |first=Adam |last=Lusher |location=London}}</ref> Stephen died in 2015, at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11334445/Stephen-Freud-the-forgotten-brother-of-Lucian-and-Clement-dies-aged-93.html|title=Stephen Freud, the 'forgotten' brother of Lucian and Clement, dies aged 93|first=David|last=Barrett|date=23 July 2018|access-date=23 July 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724010828/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11334445/Stephen-Freud-the-forgotten-brother-of-Lucian-and-Clement-dies-aged-93.html|archive-date=24 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Freud died without resolving a feud with his brother Lucian, thought to have dated back 70 years, over which of them was the rightful winner of a boyhood race.<ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |title=Clement Freud died without resolving feud with his brother Lucian |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5169755/Clement-Freud-died-without-resolving-feud-with-his-brother-Lucian.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=17 April 2009 |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420204631/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5169755/Clement-Freud-died-without-resolving-feud-with-his-brother-Lucian.html |archive-date=20 April 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> There have been claims that Freud fathered a child in the mid-1950s with the family's 17-year-old nanny.<ref>{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Martin|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/01/sir-clement-freud-fathered-child-with-nanny/|title=Sir Clement Freud 'fathered child' with nanny|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=1 August 2016|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803060227/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/01/sir-clement-freud-fathered-child-with-nanny/|archive-date=3 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Freud was a columnist for the ''[[Racing Post]]'' newspaper. Freud's enthusiasm for horse racing went as far as challenging [[Sir Hugh Fraser, 2nd Baronet|Sir Hugh Fraser]], then chairman of [[Harrods]], to a horse race at [[Haydock Park Racecourse|Haydock]] in 1972. Freud trained for three months and lost some five [[Stone (unit)|stone]] for the event. Although Fraser, a country gentleman, was seen as a much better prospect, the two made a bet for £1,000-a-side. Freud used the long odds to his advantage, however, and shrewdly placed a large [[side bet]] on himself. Freud won the race and made a great deal of money. His horse, Winter Fair, went on to win the Waterloo Hurdle at [[Aintree]] that year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/racing-post-columnist-sir-clement-freud-dies-at-84/178784/latest/ |title=Racing Post columnist Sir Clement Freud dies at 84 |work=[[Racing Post]] |date=16 April 2009 |first=Graham |last=Green |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005214439/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/racing-post-columnist-sir-clement-freud-dies-at-84/178784/latest/ |archive-date=5 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Freud wrote articles reviewing facilities for spectators at racecourses in Britain, especially catering. This led him to receive the nickname "Sir Clement Food".<ref>[http://www.ajr.org.uk/journal/issue.Mar01/article.622 Association of Jewish Refugees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312052008/http://www.ajr.org.uk/journal/issue.Mar01/article.622 |date=12 March 2009 }}, 2001.</ref>

== Death and funeral ==
Freud died at his home on 15 April 2009, nine days before his 85th birthday.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/16/clement-freud-obituary | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Sir Clement Freud | date=16 April 2009 | access-date=30 April 2010 | first=David | last=Steel | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030113444/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/16/clement-freud-obituary | archive-date=30 October 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> His funeral service was held at [[St Bride's Church]] in [[Fleet Street]] and was attended by a host of personalities from the media and entertainment industry including [[Bono]], [[Richard Curtis]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Paul Merton]], [[Debbie McGee]] and [[Nicholas Parsons]], as well as several representatives from [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster]], such as then-[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]], then-Shadow Chancellor [[George Osborne]] and former Liberal party leader [[David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood|Lord Steel]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6164313.ece | work=[[The Times]] | location=London | title=Sir Clement Freuds funeral rings fittingly with jokes and laughter | first=Valentine | last=Low | date=25 April 2009 | access-date=30 April 2010}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was survived by his wife of 59 years, Jill Freud, his five children, his 17 grandchildren and his two elder brothers, Stephen and [[Lucian Freud|Lucian]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8001383.stm|title=Writer Clement Freud dies aged 84|date=16 April 2009|access-date=16 April 2009|publisher=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416222734/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8001383.stm|archive-date=16 April 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Child sexual abuse allegations==
On 15 June 2016, allegations were made in an [[ITV (network)|ITV]] documentary, ''Exposure: Abused and Betrayed – A Life Sentence'', that Freud had engaged in [[child sexual abuse]] between the 1940s and the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2016-06-14/late-politician-sir-clement-freud-accused-of-child-sexual-abuse/|title=ITV investigation: Politician Sir Clement Freud accused of child sexual abuse|publisher=ITV|date=15 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615121716/http://www.itv.com/news/2016-06-14/late-politician-sir-clement-freud-accused-of-child-sexual-abuse/|archive-date=15 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36535263|title=Sir Clement Freud accused of abusing two girls|publisher=BBC News|date=15 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615020836/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36535263|archive-date=15 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Two women, who did not know each other, spoke publicly for the first time to claim Freud had preyed upon them when they were still children and into young adulthood.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Neill|first=Sean|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/clement-freud-abused-girl-aged-10-ljcff5wf9|title=Clement Freud 'abused girl aged 10'|work=The Times|location=London|date=15 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614233549/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/clement-freud-abused-girl-aged-10-ljcff5wf9|archive-date=14 June 2016|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Sylvia Woosley contacted the [[ITV News]] team – the same team that exposed [[Jimmy Savile]] – and told them she had been abused for many years by Freud, from the age of 10 in the 1950s to when she left his home aged 19. The second woman, who remained anonymous, said that Freud had groomed her from the age of 11 in 1971, abused her at 14, and violently [[rape]]d her at 18, by which time Freud had become a Liberal MP.<ref name="Evans">{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=Martin|last2=Rayner|first2=Gordon|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/14/sir-clement-freud-exposed-as-a-paedophile-as-police-urged-to-pro/|title=Sir Clement Freud exposed as a paedophile as police urged to probe Madeleine McCann links|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=14 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615113116/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/14/sir-clement-freud-exposed-as-a-paedophile-as-police-urged-to-pro/|archive-date=15 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Quinn">{{cite news |last=Quinn |first=Ben |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/14/sir-clement-freud-accused-of-abusing-two-girls-between-the-late-1940s-and-70s |title=Sir Clement Freud accused of abusing two girls between the late 1940s and 70s |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=14 June 2016 |access-date=15 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615121957/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/14/sir-clement-freud-accused-of-abusing-two-girls-between-the-late-1940s-and-70s |archive-date=15 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the day of the documentary broadcast, Freud's widow, Jill Freud, issued an apology to both women. She accepted the claims and issued a statement of sympathy for his victims, saying: "I sincerely hope they will now have some peace."<ref name="Evans" /><ref name="Quinn" />

A third woman, Vicky Hayes, alleged that she was assaulted and raped by Freud when she was aged 17. Hayes said Freud had no right to his reputation as a "pillar of society" and ought to be posthumously stripped of his knighthood.<ref name="Teleg-evidence">{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Martin|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/15/clement-freud-accused-of-raping-another-teenage-girl-as-evidence|title=Clement Freud accused of raping another teenage girl as evidence mounts that he was a predatory paedophile|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=15 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616152119/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/15/clement-freud-accused-of-raping-another-teenage-girl-as-evidence/|archive-date=16 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It also emerged that [[Operation Yewtree]] had been passed Freud's name in 2012 when two alleged victims made accusations to the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news|last=Laville|first=Sandra|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/15/third-woman-alleges-exually-assaulted-sir-clement-freud|title=Third woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by Sir Clement Freud|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=15 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615191803/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/15/third-woman-alleges-exually-assaulted-sir-clement-freud|archive-date=15 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Allegations were also made of predatory behaviour towards female students during Freud's time as [[Rector of the University of Dundee]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/190813/freud-preyed-female-students-dundee-university-rector/|title=Sir Clement Freud "preyed on female students" while Dundee University rector|work=[[The Courier (Dundee)|The Courier]]|place=Dundee|date=15 June 2016|access-date=20 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616215350/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/190813/freud-preyed-female-students-dundee-university-rector/|archive-date=16 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Craig Murray]], a former British ambassador, who was a student at Dundee University in the late 1970s, described an incident when Freud asked the president of the students' union to [[pimp]] for him and select a woman to entertain him.<ref name="Teleg-evidence" />

== Bibliography ==
{{div col}}
* 1968 – ''[[Grimble]]'' – illustrated by [[Quentin Blake]]
* 1973 – ''Grimble at Christmas'' – illustrated by Quentin Blake
* 1978 – ''Freud on Food''
* 1980 – ''Clicking Vicky''
* 1981 – ''The Book of Hangovers'' – 1982 paperback version illustrated by [[Bill Tidy]]
* 1983 – ''Below the Belt''
* 1988 – ''No one Else Has Complained''
* 1989 – ''The Gourmet's Tour of Great Britain and Ireland''
* 2001 – ''Freud Ego'' – an autobiography. (The title is a pun on 'fried egg', ''ego'' being a Latin word used by his psychoanalyst grandfather.)
* 2009 – ''Freud on Course – The Racing Lives of Clement Freud''
{{div col end}}

== See also ==
* [[Freud family]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
* Crewe, Daniel. "One of Nature’s Liberals: the career of Sir Clement Freud, artist, journalist, chef, bon-viveur – and Liberal MP, 1973–87" in ''[[Liberal Democrat History Group|Journal of Liberal History]]'', Issue 43, Summer 2004.

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-clement-freud | Clement Freud }}
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6104345.ece Video: Sir Clement Freud dies aged 84 – ''Times'' Online]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/arts/17freud.html?hpw ''New York Times'' obituary]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/apr/16/sir-clement-freud-dies Sir Clement Freud dies aged 84 – guardian.co.uk]
* [http://www.legacy.com/TimesOnline-UK/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonID=126283328 AP Obituary] in ''[[The Times]]''
* [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/gallery/2009/apr/16/1?picture=346031420 Gallery of pictures at guardian.co.uk]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/rams/jam_clement.ram |title=Clement Freud talking about ''Just a Minute'' (RealPlayer video)|publisher=BBC}}
* {{IMDb name|0294429}}

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Bernard Archard

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| birth_place = [[Fulham]], [[London]], England
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'''Bernard Joseph Archard''' (20 August 1916 – 1 May 2008) was an English actor who made many film and television appearances.

==Early life and career==
Archard was born in [[Fulham]], London, where his father Alfred James Aloysius, who was born in [[Marylebone]], was a jeweller. Bernard's paternal grandfather Alfred Charles Archard and great grandfather Henry Archard were clockmakers, watchmakers and jewellers in [[Mayfair]], London during the 1800s.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2008/bernard-archard/ |title=Bernard Archard | Obituaries |date=2008-06-23}}</ref> He was the maternal grandson of James Matthew Littleboy, Mayor of Fulham from 1906 to 1907.<ref name="Guard">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/07/television.bbc |title=Bernard Archard|last=Gaughan|first=Gavin|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|pages=2008–05–07|access-date=9 May 2008 |location=London |date=7 May 2008}}</ref> He attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], and in summer 1939 he appeared in the [[Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park]] production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref name="auto" /> As a [[conscientious objector]] during the [[Second World War]], he worked on [[Quaker]] land.<ref name="Guard" /> At the Edinburgh Festival in 1948, in a production of the Glyndebourne Children's Theatre, he met fellow actor James Belchamber, who was his partner for nearly 60 years.<ref name="Guard" />

==Television==
Archard's first major television role, reprising the like-titled radio show, was playing Lt Col. [[Oreste Pinto]] in the BBC wartime drama series ''[[Spycatcher (TV series)|Spycatcher]]'', which ran for four seasons between 1959 and 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/bernard-archard|title=Bernard Archard|date=11 May 2012|website=www.bafta.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fb52f8c9d537473eb6834b47726111e7|title=Spy-Catcher: Louise |date=24 June 1960 |issue=1911|pages=12|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> His TV guest appearances include two roles in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (as Bragen in ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and as Marcus Scarman in ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''); a regular role in ''[[Emmerdale]]''; plus appearances in ''[[The Children of the New Forest]]'' (the 1964 BBC edition), ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Danger Man]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple]]'', ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'', ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'', ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'', ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'', ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'', ''[[Sir Francis Drake (TV series)|Sir Francis Drake]]'' and ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/people/bernard_archard.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Series Episode Guide - Cast and crew|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=497|title=Bernard Archard|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref>

==Film==
Archard appeared in over fifty films, including ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' (1960), ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' (1963), ''[[Play Dirty (1969 film)|Play Dirty]]'' (1968), ''[[Run a Crooked Mile]]'' (1969), ''[[The Horror of Frankenstein]]'' (1970), [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[Macbeth (1971 film)|Macbeth]]'' (1971), ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]'' (1971), ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973), ''[[The Sea Wolves]]'' (1980), ''[[Krull (film)|Krull]]'' (1983) and ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0012bea|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812152118/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0012bea|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2016|title=Bernard Archard|website=BFI}}</ref>

==Stage==
Archard and his long term partner, James Belchamber,<ref name=Independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bernard-archard-star-of-the-tv-series-spycatcher-821630.html Obituary at The Independent]. Retrieved 26 December 2013.</ref> ran a touring repertory company, based in [[Torquay]], which included [[Hilda Braid]] among its players.<ref name="Guard" /> On the West End stage he appeared at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] as a magistrate in the [[Terence Rattigan]] play ''[[Cause Célèbre (play)|Cause Célèbre]]'' and in ''[[Whodunnit (play)|The Case of the Oily Levantine]]'' by [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/qr7/bernard-archard|title=Bernard Archard - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1957
| ''A Woman of Property''
| Dr. Pickford
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="4"|1958
| ''Black Furrow''
| Harper
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Mary Britten, M.D.]]''
| Councillor Pyke
| 5 episodes
|-
| ''The Secret Man''
| Inspector
|
|-
| ''[[Corridors of Blood]]''
| Hospital Official
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1960
| ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]''
| Vicar
|
|-
| ''[[Danger Man]]''
| Doctor Bryant
| Episode: ''The Leak''
|-
| rowspan="3"|1961
| ''[[The Clue of the New Pin (1961 film)|The Clue of the New Pin]]''
| Superintendent Carver
|
|-
| ''[[Two Letter Alibi]]''
| Duke
|
|-
| ''[[Man Detained]]''
| Detective Inspector Verity
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1962
| ''[[The Second Mrs Tanqueray]]''
| Cayley Drummie
| TV movie
|-
| ''A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing''
| Barney Fincham
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[The Password Is Courage]]''
| 1st Prisoner of War
|
|-
| ''[[Flat Two]]''
| Trainer
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1963
| ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]''
| Inspector Pike
|
|-
| ''[[Silent Playground]]''
| Inspector Duffy
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]''
| Michael Forrest
| ''[[Face of a Stranger]]'' episode
|
|-
| 1965-1968
| ''[[The Avengers (TV programme)|The Avengers]]''
| Desmond Leeming/Dr. Constantine
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1966/1975
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Bragen/Marcus Scarman
| 10 episodes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Spy with a Cold Nose]]''
| Russian Intelligence Chief
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Mini-Affair]]''
| Sir Basil Grinling
|
|-
| 1968-1970
| ''[[Mystery and Imagination]]''
| [[Abraham Van Helsing|Professor Van Helsing]]/The President
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4"|1969
| ''[[Play Dirty (1969 film)|Play Dirty]]''
| Colonel Homerton
|
|-
| ''[[The File of the Golden Goose]]''
| Collins
|
|-
| ''Tower of London: The Innocent''
| Earl of Oxford
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Run a Crooked Mile]]''
| Business Spokesman
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="3"|1970
| ''[[Fragment of Fear]]''
| Priest
|
|-
| ''[[Song of Norway (film)|Song of Norway]]''
| George Nordraak
|
|-
| ''[[The Horror of Frankenstein]]''
| Professor Heiss
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1971
| ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]''
| Major General Fullard
|
|-
| ''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]''
| Dr. Davidson
| Episode: ''A Message from the Deep Sea''
|-
| ''[[Macbeth (1971 film)|Macbeth]]''
| Angus
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]''
| Bulov
| Episode: ''The Duel''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1973
| ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]''
| Detective Hughes
|
|-
| ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''
| Col Harry Tewksbury
| Episode: ''[[What the Footman Saw]]''
|-
| 1974
| ''Crown Matrimonial''
| Geoffrey Dawson
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| ''[[The Hiding Place (film)|The Hiding Place]]''
| Lieutenant Rahms
|
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Legend of Robin Hood]]''
| [[Richard at the Lee|Sir Richard of the Lea]]
| Miniseries
|-
| 1976
| ''Smuga Cienia''
| Captain Elis
|
|-
| 1977
| ''Philby, Burgess and Maclean''
| Graves
| TV movie
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Churchill and the Generals]]''
| [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Edward, Lord Halifax]]
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="3"|1980
| ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]''
| Donado
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[The Sea Wolves]]''
| Underhill
|
|-
| ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
| Court President
| TV movie
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Inside the Third Reich (film)|Inside the Third Reich]]''
| Dr. Hans Flachsner
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="4"|1983
| ''[[Separate Tables]]''
| Mr. Fowler
|
|-
| ''[[Krull (film)|Krull]]''
| Eirig
|
|-
| ''[[Al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra]]''
| Sir Percy Cox
|
|-
| ''[[Number 10 (TV series)|Number 10]]''
| Duke of Wellington
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]''
| Professor Huston
| Uncredited
|-
| 1986
| ''[[God's Outlaw (1986 film)|God's Outlaw]]''
| [[Thomas More|Sir Thomas More]]
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Hidden Agenda (1990 film)|Hidden Agenda]]''
| Sir Robert Neil
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''
| Hotel Guest
| Episode: ''Golfing with the Major''
|-
| 1992-1994
| ''[[Emmerdale]]''
| [[Leonard Kempinski]]
| 23 episodes
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0033612|Bernard Archard}}
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bernard-archard-star-of-the-tv-series-spycatcher-821630.html Obituary at ''The Independent'']
* [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/07/television.bbc Obituary at ''The Guardian'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100523062532/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4003796.ece Obituary at ''The Times'']

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Lucille Soong

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{{short description|Chinese American actress}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Song (Chinese surname)|Soong]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lucille Soong
| image = Lucille Soong 2016.png
| caption = Soong in 2016
| other_names = Song Jingxiu (birth name) Soong Ling (stage name)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1935|09|05}}{{refn|group=note|Although some websites give her birth date as August 15, 1938, the date has been published in newspapers as September 5, 1935<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=September 5, 2024 |title=Birthdays |work=San Jose Mercury News |page=A2 |publisher=Media News Group}}</ref> and her own autobiography confirms she was born in 1935.<ref name="fbj2lll">{{cite book |last=Soong |first=Lucille |date=2024 |title=Wild Orchid: From Beijing to La-La Land |publisher=Dorrance Publishing Co. |isbn=979-8890270900}}</ref>}}
| birth_place = [[Tianjin]], [[Republic of China]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1959–present
}}
{{Chinese|t={{linktext|宋|靜|秀}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT7/9109852.shtml|title=''Fresh off The Boat'' to premieres on ABC|date=6 December 2014|work=United Daily News|language=Chinese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212084444/http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT7/9109852.shtml|archive-date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref>|s={{linktext|宋|静|秀}}|p=Sòng Jìngxiù}}

'''Lucille Soong''' (born September 5, 1935) is a Chinese-American actress. In the 1960s she occasionally worked under the stage name '''Soong Ling'''. She is best known for her role as Jenny Huang in the television series ''[[Fresh Off the Boat]]'' (2015–2020). She has appeared in films and television shows since 1959, and is the author of the autobiography ''Wild Orchid: From Beijing to La-La Land''.

==Early life==
She was born to a wealthy family in [[Tianjin]], China. She and her family suffered under political changes imposed following the [[Chinese Communist Revolution]], and at age 21 she managed to move to [[Hong Kong]] during a brief relaxation of border controls due to the [[Hundred Flowers Campaign]].<ref name="fbj2lll" />
==Career==
In Hong Kong she was discovered by [[Shaw Brothers Studio]] while out shopping. They recognized her capabilities and classic Chinese beauty, and signed her to an acting contract, but she convinced [[Run Run Shaw]] to tear up the agreement after she was introduced to the producers for British director [[Lewis Gilbert]]'s 1959 film ''[[Ferry to Hong Kong]]'' starring [[Orson Welles]]. Though an uncredited role, it led to more work from international studios beginning with an American-Japanese movie, filmed in 1959 and released six years later as ''[[Three Weeks of Love]]'', in which she played the girlfriend of leading man [[Tony Russel]]'s character.<ref name="caam">{{cite web|url=https://caamedia.org/blog/2017/10/16/fresh-off-the-boats-lucille-soong-on-becoming-an-accidental-actor/|title=Lucille Soong on becoming an accidental actor|date=16 October 2017 |publisher=CAA Media}}</ref><ref name="fbj2lll" />

In 1962 she moved to England, by way of Jamaica where she had run a tourist gift shop for several months. In London she took modeling classes and began networking with film producers and directors, but within two months she was unexpectedly discovered again by an agent who pursued her down the street and asked her to appear in the movie ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'' to be filmed in Madrid, Spain. White actors were cast in the main Chinese roles, while she had a non-speaking part as a lady-in-waiting to the [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] played by Dame [[Flora Robson]].<ref name="caam" /><ref name="fbj2lll" />

[[File:Soong_Ling.jpg|thumb|left|Lucille Song in ''[[Look (American magazine)|Look]]'' magazine, January 29, 1963, modeling Dynasty of Hong Kong fashions on the Madrid set of ''55 Days at Peking'' (credited as Soong Ling).<ref name="look">{{cite magazine |author= |title=Fashion Faces East |magazine=[[Look (American magazine)|Look]] |publisher=Cowles Media |date=January 29, 1963 |issn=0024-6336}}</ref>]] As part of the movie's publicity, she appeared in a photo spread in the American magazine ''[[Look (American magazine)|Look]]'', modeling clothing designed by Dynasty of Hong Kong on the film set.<ref name="look" /> The publicity department also organized a "Miss Oriental Contest" competition for Chinese women in Spain. She won, and was crowned "Señorita Oriente". Returning to London, in 1963 she became the first Chinese model in the ''English Models Directory'', and pursued careers in modelling and acting. <ref name="caam" /><ref name="fbj2lll" />

She was cast in small roles for British films like ''[[Darling (1965 film)|Darling]]'' and ''[[Dolly Story (1968 film)|Dolly Story]]'', as well as international productions of ''[[Marco the Magnificent]]'' (Marco Polo) and ''[[Genghis Khan (1965 film)|Genghis Khan]]'' with [[Anthony Quinn]] and [[Omar Sharif]], and other movies, while her modeling contracts took her as far afield as Greece, Ceylon, and the Canary Islands. She then had a lead role in ''[[The Mini Affair]]'' (''The Mini Mob'') costarring with [[Georgie Fame]], and a key role in ''[[One More Time (1970 film)|One More Time]]'' with [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] and [[Peter Lawford]].<ref name="tvi">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/lucille-soong/ |title=Profile: Lucille Soong |publisher=TV Insider |access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><ref name="fbj2lll" />

She was in many British television series, including single-episode appearances in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[The Prisoner]]'', ''[[Ghost Squad (TV series)|Ghost Squad]]'', ''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]'', ''[[Emergency-Ward 10]]'', ''[[The Champions]]'', the ''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'', and others. In 1969 she had a recurring role in the soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' playing Jasmine Chong, a rich young woman from Singapore who was dating [[List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 1961#Billy Walker|Billy Walker]]. Over five episodes, her character suffered abuse from his mother [[Annie Walker (Coronation Street)|Annie Walker]] and broke up with him.<ref name="tvi" /><ref name="fbj2lll" />

While living in London from 1962 to 1973 she was in twenty-seven movies and TV shows. For some of those roles she was credited under the stage name "Soong Ling". But as time went on she was more often credited as "Lucille Soong", a name she first adopted in China, and it was under that name she appeared in newspaper publicity articles, gossip columns, and photographs while socializing with the rich and famous amidst London's [[Swinging Sixties]].<ref name="fbj2lll" />

She moved to the United States in 1973, where she "broke into the acting world in Hollywood and joined the Screen Actors Guild after 19 years of struggle". Unknown and initially unwelcome there, during that time she relied on funding from her London properties, opened a clothing store, worked as a realtor, became a sculptor — producing alabaster artwork exhibited and sold in New York and California — and maintained an active social and networking life. But in the last six of those years she finally obtained an agent, studied acting, and made a concerted effort to reenter the field.<ref name="fbj2lll" />

Her American acting career began with a small role in an [[AT&T]] commercial in 1991. She then won the role of Popo in the 1993 film ''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]''. Feeling unprepared to portray a grandmother or any woman that much older than herself, she independently worked with three acting coaches. That led to a new career portraying more women of that type. However, aside from small roles in three 1999 films, including ''[[The Corruptor]]'', for several years she had difficulty being cast in more movies or in any episodic television shows, because her refined looks, bearing, and clothing did not match casting directors' expectations for older Asian immigrant women. She then altered her hair, makeup, clothing, and acting to play to that typecasting, soon winning a role as a funny character in the independent film ''[[Nora's Hair Salon]]''.<ref name="fbj2lll" /><ref name="tvi" />

With that breakthrough, she found her niche in comedy and was booked on episodes of the popular sitcoms ''[[Dharma & Greg]]'', ''[[According to Jim]]'', and ''[[The King of Queens]]'', and in the 2003 film ''[[Freaky Friday (2003 film)|Freaky Friday]]'' with [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] and [[Lindsay Lohan]]. Branching out, she was also in the 2006 action movie ''[[Mission Impossible III]]'' and in a recurring role on the Showtime drama series ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'', as well as other films and shows. Soon she was once again being recognized in public and approached for autographs and photos. The recognition and fan mail increased after she was cast as Yao Lin, the housekeeper of [[Eva Longoria]]'s character in several episodes of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.<ref name="fbj2lll" /><ref name="tvi" />

She continued working regularly, reprising her character Ming in ''[[Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above]]'' in 2008, playing Nhung Chan in ''[[Nine Dead]]'' in 2009, and appearing in other films and shows including the 2013 SyFy channel movie ''[[Heebie Jeebies (film)|Heebie Jeebies]]'', but her breakthrough role was her casting as the sarcastic grandmother Jenny Huang in ''[[Fresh Off The Boat]]'' from 2015 to 2020, a show not at all bound by Asian typecasting of the sort that had limited her before.<ref name="fbj2lll" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/fresh-boat-cast-reflects-most-culturally-significant-moments-show-n1140511 |title='Fresh Off The Boat' cast reflects on the most culturally significant moments of the show |date=February 21, 2020 |author=Kimmy Yam |publisher=NBC News |access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/8/16988712/cloverfield-paradox-fresh-off-the-boat-mandarin-chinese-character|title=What Fresh Off the Boat does with its Mandarin speaker that The Cloverfield Paradox couldn't|date=8 February 2018 |publisher=The Verge}}</ref>

She was in the 2024 Hallmark TV miniseries ''[[Holidazed]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1162298/holidazed-hallmark-plus-new-episodes-cast/ |title=The Cast of ‘Holidazed’ Explains Their Tangled Family Ties in Hilarious Hallmark+ Series |author=Damian Holbrook |publisher=TV Insider |date=November 17, 2024 |access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref> and that same year it was announced she and many others from the original cast would be reprising their ''Freaky Friday'' roles in ''[[Freakier Friday]]'', to be released in August 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/freaky-friday-2-original-cast-returning-8668207 |title=Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal, and more stars returning for ''Freaky Friday 2'' |author= Joey Nolfi |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 24, 2024 |access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref>

Her autobiography, ''Wild Orchid: From Beijing to La-La Land'', was published on May 1, 2024.<ref name="fbj2lll" />

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1959
|''[[Ferry to Hong Kong]]''
|The Bride
|Uncredited
|-
|1963
|''[[55 Days at Peking]]''
|Concubine
|Uncredited
|-
|1964
|''[[French Dressing (1964 film)|French Dressing]]''
|Starlet
|Major
|-
|1965
|''[[Genghis Khan (1965 film)|Genghis Khan]]''
|Concubine
|
|-
|1965
|''[[The Knack ...and How to Get It]]''
|Girl in Sauna
|Uncredited
|-
|1965
|''[[Darling (1965 film)|Darling]]''
|Allie
|Uncredited
|-
|1965
|''[[Marco the Magnificent]]''
|Princess Bride
|Uncredited
|-
|1965
|''Three Weeks of Love''
|Girl in Hong Kong
|
|-
|1966
|''[[The Brides of Fu Manchu]]''
|Ling / Bride
|Uncredited
|-
|1968
|''[[The Mini-Affair]]''
|Lucille
|Major
|-
|1969
|''[[The File of the Golden Goose]]''
|Girl in Bath
|Uncredited
|-
|1970
|''[[One More Time (1970 film)|One More Time]]''
|Kim Lee
|Major
|-
|1993
|''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]''
|Popo
|
|-
|1999
|''[[The Corruptor]]''
| Elderly Immigrant
|
|-
|1999
|''The Debtors''
|Chinese Restaurant Owner
|
|-
|1999
|''My American Vacation''
|Friend of Grandma
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Freaky Friday (2003 film)|Freaky Friday]]''
|Pei-Pei's Mom
|Major
|-
|2004
|''[[Employee of the Month (2004 film)|Employee of the Month]]''
|Old Korean Lady
|Uncredited
|-
|2004
|''[[Nora's Hair Salon]]''
|Ming
|Major
|-
|2005
|''[[Sky High (2005 film)|Sky High]]''
|Cook
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Just like Heaven (2005 film)|Just like Heaven]]''
|Chinese Exorcist
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Mission: Impossible III]]''
|Shanghai Woman
|Uncredited
|-
|2007
|''[[Nancy Drew (2007 film)|Nancy Drew]]''
|Waitress
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above]]''
|Ming
|Major
|-
|2009
|''[[Nine Dead]]''
|Nhung Chan
|Major
|-
|2021
|''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]''
|Dang Hu (voice)
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Freakier Friday]]''
|Pei-Pei's Mom
|Major; Post-production
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1963
|''[[Ghost Squad (TV series)|Ghost Squad]]''
|Hotel Barmaid
|Episode: "Sabotage"
|-
|1963
|''[[Man of the World (TV series)|Man of the World]]''
|Nurse
|Episode: "The Enemy"
|-
|1964
|''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]''
|Yasuma
|Episode: "Man Without a Past"
|-
|1964
|''[[Sergeant Cork]]''
|Lotus Feng / Waitress
|Episode: "The Case of the Dutiful Murderer" Episode: "The Case of the Medicine Man"
|-
|1965
|''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
|Miss Smith, Tusamo's Secretary
|Episode: "The Cybernauts"
|-
|1966
|''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]''
|Suzu
|Episode: "More Deadly Than the Sword"
|-
|1967
|''[[Emergency – Ward 10]]''
|Blind Patient
|Episode: "There's None So Blind" Episode: "Second Sight"
|-
|1967–1970
|''[[The Troubleshooters (British TV series)|The Troubleshooters]]''
|Su Lan / Hostess / Suzie
|3 episodes
|-
|1967
|''[[The Prisoner]]''
|Flower Girl
|Episode: "A. B. and C."
|-
|1968
|''[[Hugh and I Spy]]''
|Miss Lee
|Episode: "Yellow Peril"
|-
|1969
|''[[Coronation Street]]''
|Jasmine Choong
|5 episodes
|-
|1969
|''[[The Champions]]''
|Tsaiyoko Naga
|Episode: "The Gun-Runners"
|-
|1971
|''[[Shirley's World]]''
|Tourist Guide
|Episode: "A Mother's Touch"
|-
|1994
|''[[Vanishing Son]]''
|Ling
|TV movie
|-
|1996
|''Yesterday's Target''
|Dr. Kang
|TV movie
|-
|1997
|''[[Fired Up (TV series)|Fired Up]]''
|Mrs. Kim
|Episode: "The Rules"
|-
|1997–2001
|''[[Dharma & Greg]]''
|Mrs. Wong / Chinese Grandmother / Mrs. Kwan
|3 episodes
|-
|1998
|''[[Maggie (1998 TV series)|Maggie]]''
|Cat Lady
|Episode: "Just Shoot Him"
|-
|1999
|''[[Ryan Caulfield: Year One]]''
|Store Owner
|Episode: "Po-Piggity and Other Racial Slurs"
|-
|2000
|''[[Strong Medicine]]''
|Mrs. Lum
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2000
|''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
|Older Vietnamese woman
|Episode: "A Separate Peace: Part 1"
|-
|2000
|''[[The Michael Richards Show]]''
|Woman #1
|Episode: "USA Toy"
|-
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|Episode: "Everyone Plays"
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|Episode: "The Race"
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|Episode: "The Boneless Bride in the River"
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|Episode: "The Mongolian Beef"
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|Episode: "Inspiration"
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|Episode: "Devotion"
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|Episode: "Urban Garden"
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|Mini Series
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John Clive

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{{short description|British actor and author (1933–2012)}}
{{for|the American historian|John Leonard Clive}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Portrait of John Clive.jpg
| name = John Clive
| birthname = Clive John Frederick Hambley
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|1|6}}
| birth_place = [[North London]], England, UK
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|10|14|1933|1|6}}<ref name=obit>{{cite news|author=Ben Quinn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/oct/15/actor-john-clive-dies-aged-79 |title=Actor John Clive dies aged 79 | Stage | guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date= 15 October 2012|accessdate=15 October 2012 |location=London}}</ref>
| death_place = UK
| occupation = Actor & author
| yearsactive = 1953–2012
| children = Hannah Clive Alexander Clive
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Carole White|April 1, 1968|April 11, 1989|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Bryony Elliott|2001}}
}}
| URL = {{url|johnclive.net}}
}}

'''John Clive''' (6 January 1933 – 14 October 2012) was an English actor and author, known internationally for his historical and social fiction, such as ''KG200'' and ''Barossa''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2012/11/john-clive/|title=John Clive - Obituaries - The Stage|date=9 November 2012|publisher=}}</ref>

Clive was also an established British television and film actor. Beginning his career at the age of fourteen touring in rep, he went on to star on the West End stage, in plays such as ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'', ''[[Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Under Milk Wood]]'', ''The Bandwagon'' at the [[Mermaid Theatre]], ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'', ''Young Woodley'' and ''[[Life with Father]]''.

As a character actor he appeared in comic and straight acting roles in films, such as ''[[The Italian Job]]'',<ref name="John Clive interview">{{cite web|url=http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ms538596/feature1.html|title=An interview with John Clive|author=Adams, Brad|publisher=oak.cats.ohiou.edu|accessdate=20 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608064737/http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ms538596/feature1.html|archive-date=8 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Yellow Submarine (1968 film)|Yellow Submarine]]'', ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'', ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=Stanley Kubrick's: A Clockwork Orange|year=2003|url=https://archive.org/details/stanleykubricksc00mcdo|url-access=limited|author=McDougal, Stuart.Y|publisher=Cambridge University Press film handbooks series. Cambridge University Press (2003)|page=[https://archive.org/details/stanleykubricksc00mcdo/page/n172 157]}}</ref> and ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]''. He was a member of the ''[[Carry On (film series)|Carry On Team]]'' appearing in two of the ''[[Carry On (film series)|Carry on]]'' series of comedy films; ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/carry-on-abroad-86736/cast|title=Carry On Abroad, cast|publisher=allmovie.com|accessdate=20 February 2010|archive-date=11 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211074034/http://www.allmovie.com/work/carry-on-abroad-86736/cast|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Carry On Dick]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/carry-on-dick-8367/cast|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729025709/http://www.allmovie.com/work/carry-on-dick-8367/cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2012|title=Carry On Dick, cast|publisher=allmovie.com|accessdate=20 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="John Clive IMDB">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166979/|title=John Clive film and television credits|publisher=imdb.com| accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref> Clive was initiated into the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gowr.co.uk/all-water-rats/v/81|title=Biography of a Water Rat|publisher=}}
</ref>

==Career==
Born Clive John Frederick Hambley on 6 January 1933 in London.<ref name=hayward>{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=John Clive obituary|work=The Guardian|date=18 October 2012|accessdate=6 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/18/john-clive}}</ref> He was still a child when his family moved to [[Liverpool]], and in 1939 he was evacuated to North Wales.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=John Clive|work=The Telegraph|date=17 October 2012|accessdate=6 January 2024|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/9615818/John-Clive.html}}</ref>

Clive left school when he was 14 years old, and began working as a page at the [[New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool|New Shakespeare Theatre]].<ref name=telegraph /> He soon auditioned for plays and musicals, and was cast in singing roles in children's musicals and as an assistant to comedians in sketches. His first starring role was the lead in ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'' in 1938.<ref name=hayward /> He developed a keen interest in motion pictures as a teenager, especially for the films of [[Errol Flynn]].<ref name=telegraph />

He spent his national service in the [[Royal Air Force]],<ref name=hayward /> and then returned to acting. He toured the [[West Country]] in [[repertory theatre]] in plays such as ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'', ''[[Life With Father]]'', and ''[[Young Woodley (play)|Young Woodley]]''.<ref name=telegraph />

Clive soon moved to London, where he performed in [[revue]]s at The Poor Millionaire club<ref name=hayward /> and the Buxton Club. He continued to find work on the stage, appearing in [[West End theatre|West End]] productions of ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'', ''[[Under Milk Wood]]'', ''The Winslow Boy'', and ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''.<ref name=telegraph /> He worked as a stand-up comedian and bingo caller between jobs.<ref name=telegraph />

== Acting ==
For his first film role, in [[Ealing Studios]] [[comedy film|comedy]] ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'', he was credited as Clive Kendall, but he soon adopted the stage name John Clive.<ref name=telegraph /> In [[the Beatles]]' animated film ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/yellow-submarine-55749|title=Yellow Submarine|author=LeVasseur, Andrea|publisher=allmmovie.com| accessdate= 20 February 2010}}</ref> he provided the voice of [[John Lennon]].<ref name="John Clive interview" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movietome.com/people/88473/john-clive/credits.html|title=Yellow Submarine|publisher=movietome.com|accessdate=20 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215185721/http://www.movietome.com/people/88473/john-clive/credits.html|archivedate=15 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His television appearances also included ''[[Robert's Robots]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[The Dick Emery Show]]'', ''The Perils of Pendragon'', ''[[The Sweeney]]'', ''[[Great Expectations]]'' and ''[[The History of Mr Polly]]''.

He made his television debut in the seventh ''[[Wednesday Play]]'' ''Wear a Very Big Hat'', broadcast by [[BBC 1]] in 1964.<ref name=hayward /> Clive also featured in ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'', ''[[Screen One#Series One|One Way Out]]'' and ''[[The Ten Percenters]]''. He featured in a 1970s advert for [[Jacob's]] Coconut Cream Biscuits.

== Author ==
In 1977, he co-wrote the historical novel ''[[KG 200]]'' with J.D. Gilman, a story about a secret [[Luftwaffe]] unit during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite book|title= KG 200: a novel|author=Clive, John and Gilman J. D.|publisher=Simon and Schuster (1977)|pages=1–317}}</ref> This book was an international best-seller.<ref name="John Clive best seller">{{cite web| url=http://www.johnclive.net/author/aunewspaperclippings.php|title=John Clive. Best seller listings|author=Times (UK)|publisher=johnclive.net|accessdate=20 February 2010|display-authors=etal}}</ref> ''The Last Liberator'',<ref>{{cite book|title=The Last Liberator|author=Clive, John|publisher=Hamlyn (1980)|pages=1–253}}</ref> followed in 1980 and was well received by literary critics.<ref name="John Clive best seller" /> ''Barossa''<ref>{{cite book| title=Borossa| author=Clive, John|publisher=Delacorte Press (1981)|pages=1–294}}</ref> also achieved critical acclaim.<ref name="John Clive best seller" /> ''Broken Wings''<ref>{{cite book|title=Broken Wings| author=Clive, John| publisher=Granada (1983)|pages=1–416}}</ref> was published in 1983 and matched the international success of ''KG 200''.<ref name="John Clive best seller" /> Other fictional titles written by Clive followed including ''Ark'' co-written with Nicholas Headin, in 1986<ref>{{cite book|title=Ark|author=Clive, John and Head Nicholas|publisher=Penguin (1986)|pages=1–336}}</ref> which also received good reviews<ref name="John Clive best seller" /> and ''The Lions' Cage'' which was published in 1988.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Lions Cage|author=Clive, John|publisher=Penguin (1988)|pages=1–286}}</ref>

== Death ==
John Clive died after a short illness on 14 October 2012 in England aged 79.<ref name="obit" /> In 2021, his daughter appeared on the BBC TV show ''[[The Repair Shop]]'', to which she brought a model of the yellow submarine by [[Corgi Toys]]. This had been given to her father at the premiere of the film in which he voiced John Lennon. Steve Fletcher on ''The Repair Shop'' restored the model.

==Bibliography==
*Clive, John and Gilman J. D. ''KG 200: The Force with no Face''. Simon and Schuster (1977). {{ISBN|978-0-671-22890-3}}
*Clive, John. ''The Last Liberator''. Hamlyn (1980). {{ISBN|0-600-20022-1}}
*Clive, John. ''Barossa''. Delacorte Press (1981). {{ISBN|0-440-00433-0}}
*Clive, John. ''Broken Wings''. Granada (1983). {{ISBN|978-0-586-05582-3}}
*Clive, John and Head, Nicholas. ''Ark''. Penguin (1986). {{ISBN|978-0-14-007727-8}}
*Clive, John. ''The Lions Cage''. Penguin (1988). {{ISBN|978-0-14-009289-9}}

==Filmography==

=== Feature films ===
Credits include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-clive-13714/filmography
|title=John Clive Filmography
|publisher=allmusic.com
|accessdate=21 February 2010
}}
</ref>
{{Div col}}
* ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950) - The people of Merseyside
* ''[[Smashing Time]]'' (1967) - Sweeney Todd manager
* ''[[The Mini-Affair]]'' (1968) - Joe
* ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]'' (1968)<ref name="John Clive IMDB" /> - [[John Lennon]] (voice)
* ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969) - Garage Manager
* ''[[A Nice Girl Like Me]]'' (1969) - Supermarket Shopper
* ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971) - Court Dandy (scenes deleted)
* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' (1971)<ref name="John Clive IMDB" /> - Stage Actor
* ''[[Four Dimensions of Greta]]'' (1972) - Phil the Greek
* ''[[Straight On till Morning (film)|Straight on Till Morning]]'' (1972) - Newsagent
* ''[[Go for a Take]]'' (1972) - Hotel Waiter
* ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972)<ref name="John Clive IMDB" /> - Robin
* ''[[Tiffany Jones (film)|Tiffany Jones]]'' (1973) - Stefan
* ''[[Carry On Dick]]'' (1974) - Isaac the Tailor
* ''[[Great Expectations (1974 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1974) - Mr. Wopsle
* ''[[Never Too Young to Rock]]'' (1976) - Bandsman
* ''[[No Longer Alone]]'' (1976) - Basil
* ''[[Queen Kong]]'' (1976) - Comedian
* ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976) - Chuck
* ''[[Hardcore (1977 film)|Hardcore]]'' (1977) - Willi
* ''[[Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1977) - Man in wheelchair
* ''[[Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse]]'' (1978) - Grieves
* ''[[Let's Get Laid]]'' (1978) - Piers Horrabin
* ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' (1978)<ref name="John Clive IMDB" /> - President's Aide
* ''[[RPM (film)|RPM]]'' (1998) - Bentley Man (final film role)
{{div col end}}

===Television===
Credits include:<ref name="John Clive IMDB" />

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' (1965) - Billy Moffatt
*''[[Watch the Birdies (TV series)|Watch the Birdies]]'' (1966) - Lenny
*''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1967) - Fred
:"Who Said Anything About the Law?: Part 2
:"Who Said Anything About the Law?: Part 1
*''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' (1967) - Garton
*''The Informer'' (1967) - News photographer
*''[[Man in a Suitcase]]'' (1967) - Clerk
*''[[The Gnomes of Dulwich]]'' (1969) - Old
:"Episode No.1.5"
:"Episode No.1.4"
:"Episode No.1.3"
:"Episode No.1.2"
:"Episode No.1.1"
*''[[Here Come the Double Deckers]]'' (1971)
*''[[Father, Dear Father]]'' (1971) - Auctioneer
*''The Man Outside'' (1972) - Rosko
*''The World of Cilla'' (1973)
*''[[Great Expectations]]'' (1974) - Mr. Wopsle
*''[[Robert's Robots]]'' (1973-1974) - Robert Sommerby / Robert Robot
*''The Perils of Pendragon'' (1974) - Rosko
*''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1975) - John Frewin
*''[[How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1975-1976) - Cyfartha
:"Episode No.1.6"
:"Episode No.1.5"
:"Episode No.1.4"
:"Episode No.1.3"
:"Episode No.1.2"
*''The [[Galton and Simpson]] Playhouse'' (1977) - Man in Phonebox
:"Naught for Thy Comfort"
*''[[Rising Damp]]'' - (1977-1978) - Gwyn / Samaritan
*''Odd Man Out'' (1977) - TV Reporter
*''The Chiffy Kids'' (1978) - Mr. Melrose
*''Rings on Their Fingers'' (1978) - The Salesman
:"Party Mood"
*''Leave It to Charlie'' (1979) - Andy Kirk
:"Money, Money, Money"
*''The History of Mr. Polly'' (1980) - Hinks
:"Episode No.1.4"
:"Episode No.1.3"
:"Episode No.1.2"
*''[[The Nesbitts Are Coming]]'' (1980) - PC Emlyn Harris
:"Moving Day"
:"Look on the Black Side"
:"Race Day"
:"The Big Job"
:"It's All a Game"
*''A Dream of Alice'' (1982)
*''[[Theatre Night]]'' (1985) - Mr. Dumby
:''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]''
*''Screen One''' (1989) - Prudoe
:"One Way Out"
*''[[T-Bag]]'s Christmas Carol'' (1989) - Giles Pickens
*''[[The 10 Percenters]]'' (1996) - Terry
:"Surprise"
{{div col end}}

==Other credits==

=== Documentaries ===
Source:<ref name="John Clive IMDB" />
* ''Hamlet: The Video'' (1992)
* ''[[The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones|The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades]]'' (2007)

=== Appearances in deleted scenes ===
Source:<ref name="John Clive IMDB" />
*''[[Carry On Henry]]'' / US: ''Carry on Henry VIII'' (1971) "Plotter"

==Notes==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0166979}}

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