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{{Short description|English actor (1940–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Harry Fielder
| image = Harry_fielder_1.jpg
| caption = Fielder in 2008
| birth_name = Henry Arthur Fielder
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|4|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|2|6|1940|10|9|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Fielder|1963|2010|reason=d}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harryfielder.co.uk/ |title=Harry Fielder - My career in British films and TV |publisher=www.harryfielder.co.uk |accessdate=5 May 2010 }}</ref>
| yearsactive = 1967–1999
| URL = {{URL|harryfielder.co.uk}}
}}

'''Henry Arthur Fielder''' (26 April 1940 – 6 February 2021), sometimes credited as '''Harry H. Fielder''' or '''Harry Aitch Fielder''', was an English actor who worked extensively in British film and television from the 1960s to the 1990s.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8ae53fd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309071206/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8ae53fd|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2018|title=Harry Fielder|website=BFI}}</ref>

==Career==
Fielder was born in [[Islington]], London. He appeared as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]] in many [[American films]] due to filming taking place partly or entirely in Britain. His film credits include ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'', ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars: A New Hope]]'', ''[[McVicar (film)|McVicar]]'', and ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

He appeared as an extra in a wide range of TV shows including ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Blake's 7]]'', ''[[Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring]]'', ''[[The Sweeney]]'', ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' and ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=22497|title=Harry Fielder|website=www.aveleyman.com|access-date=24 March 2019|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214091642/http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=22497|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fielder co-presented ''[[CBTV (Thames)|CBTV]]'', a [[Thames TV]] programme for younger viewers, in the 1980s where he played the Security Guard, Harry, who [[Jim Sweeney (comedian)|Jim Sweeney]] and [[Steve Steen]] would have to sneak past at the gates of [[Teddington Studios]].

==Personal life==
In 2012, Fielder published his autobiography ''Extra Extra, Read All About It!: My Life as a Film and TV Extra''.<ref name="FielderSaunders2015">{{cite book|author1=Harry 'Aitch' Fielder|author2=Clive Saunders|title=Extra, Extra, Read All About It!: My Life as a Film and TV Extra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ou8_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA10|accessdate=4 August 2017|date=24 July 2015|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=978-0-9931796-1-7}}</ref>

Fielder died on 6 February 2021 at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harryfielder.co.uk/ |title=Home |website=harryfielder.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/19102376.Henry_Arthur__Aitch_Harry__Fielder/|title = Henry Arthur (Aitch/Harry) Fielder}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Quatermass and the Pit (film)|Quatermass and the Pit]]''
| Workman <br /> Possessed man
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1967
|''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''
| French Waiter
| Uncredited
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''
| Smart gentleman
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1970
| ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]''
| Man in Parliament
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Trog]]''
| Security Guard
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1972
| ''[[Carry On Abroad]]''
| Monk
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Mutiny on the Buses]]''
| Bus Driver
| Uncredited
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Holiday on the Buses]]''
| Busman
| Uncredited
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''
| Corporal Grenwick, Death Star trooper
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty Nine Steps]]''
| Policeman
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
| Policeman
| Uncredited
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Superman II]]''
| Cop
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1981
| ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
| German soldier
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Take It or Leave It (1981 film)|Take It or Leave It]]''
| Barman
| Uncredited
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Top Secret!]]''
| German guard
| Uncredited
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]''
| Hospital guard
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1995
| ''[[Mary Reilly (film)|Mary Reilly]]''
| Bearded man
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[First Knight]]''
| Villager
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1996
| ''[[Loch Ness (film)|Loch Ness]]''
| Reporter
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]''
| Car driver
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]''
| Passerby
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''
| Crowd member
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1997
| ''[[Incognito (1997 film)|Incognito]]''
| Prison warder
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Wilde (film)|Wilde]]''
| Courtroom member
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Little]]''
| Photographer
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[FairyTale: A True Story]]''
| Houdini's stagehand
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]''
| American cop on roof
| Uncredited
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Entrapment (film)|Entrapment]]''
| Stallholder
| Uncredited
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1967–1977
| ''[[Z-Cars]]''
| PC and others
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1967–1982
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Guard, Crewmember, Vogan, Assassin, Titan Base Crewman, Levithian Guard, Tigellan Guard
| 14 episodes
|-
| 1976–77
| ''[[Space: 1999]]''
| Medic and others
| 7 episodes, uncredited
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]''
| Larry
| 1 episode, ''The Peacemaker''
|-
| 1977–79
| ''[[Secret Army (TV series)|Secret Army]]''
| Candide Patron, German POW and Tim Wooldridge
| 5 episodes, uncredited
|-
| 1978–1981
| ''[[Blake's 7]]''
| Federation Trooper and others
| 10 episodes
|-
| 1979–1982
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Wedding guest and others
| 3 episodes, uncredited
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
| Laundry van driver
| 1 episode, ''[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]'', uncredited
|-
| 1980
| ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1980 TV series)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
| Gaoler
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Yes Minister]]''
| Hitman
| 1 episode, ''The Death List'', uncredited
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Beau Geste (TV series)|Beau Geste]]''
| Legionnaire
| 4 episodes, TV mini-series
|-
|1983
|''[[The Optimist (TV series)|The Optimist]]''
|Man in street
|1 episode, ''The Light Fantastic''
|-
| 1985–1995
| ''[[EastEnders]]''
| Cafe Customer and others
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1987 TV series)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
| Vegetable man
| 2 episodes, credited as Harry Aitch Fielder
|-
| 1987–1991
| ''[[The Bill]]''
| Man at Council Estate and others
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1990–93
| ''[[London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]''
| Barman and Pub Landlord
| 2 episodes
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0276092}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fielder, Harry}}
[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Actors from the London Borough of Islington]]
[[Category:Male actors from London]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:People from Islington (district)]]

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