Alfie Bass as "the Giant" in "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" (VHS)

Alfred Bass (April 8, 1921 – July 15, 1987) was a diminutive cockney-accented Jewish actor, born in Bethnal Green, London, England. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (440x781, 74 KB)Video tape cover for The Goodies and the Beanstalk Licensing This image is of a videotape cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the videotape or the studio which produced... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (440x781, 74 KB)Video tape cover for The Goodies and the Beanstalk Licensing This image is of a videotape cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the videotape or the studio which produced... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cockneys are, in the present-day sense of the word, white working-class inhabitants of London. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

Among his most often seen films (by modern audiences), are The Lavender Hill Mob and A Tale of Two Cities. The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios which tells the story of a mild-mannered bank clerk who masterminds the robbery of his bank. ... A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 film of the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities. ...

He also starred in Roman Polanski's horror sex romp The Fearless Vampire Killers as the character Yoine Shagal, the innkeeper. Initially, he seeks to protect his beautiful daughter Sarah, portrayed by Sharon Tate, from the local vampire lord. However, the vampire lord prevails, turning Shagal and his daughter into vampires. When a maid tries to scare him off with a crucifix, he is unaffected since he is a Jew (thus becoming perhaps the first Jewish vampire in the movies). His character spends the rest of the movie dealing with his vampirism, spouting off funny one-liners and seeking to fulfill his sexual cravings. Roman Polański at Cannes with Adrien Brody, 2002 Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is a Franco-Polish film director and actor. ... Sharon Tate and Roman Polański in The Fearless Vampire Killers. ... Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American film actress. ... A crucifix amidst the cornfields near Mureck in rural Styria, Austria A handheld crucifix A crucifix in front of the Holy Spirit Church in Košice, Slovakia A crucifix is a cross with a representation of Jesuss body, or corpus. ...

One of his little-seen film appearances is the Pride segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins. The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 motion picture comedy. ...

He continued working until the turn of the 1980s and had roles in the T.V. series Till Death Us Do Part, Minder, and Are You Being Served?. He sometimes emphasised his Jewish background in the accent he used on screen. Til Death Us Do Part (also known as Till Death Us do Part)1 was a BBC television sitcom series written by Johnny Speight that ran from 1964 until 1974. ... Minder (book cover) Minder on the cover of TV Times magazine. ... Are You Being Served? was a long-running British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. ...

He also guest starred in two episodes of the British comedy television The Goodies, in which he appeared as the "Town Planner" in "Camelot", and as the "Giant" in "The Goodies and the Beanstalk". The Goodies was a surreal British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s combining sketches and situation comedy and starring Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie. ... Camelot is an episode of the British comedy televison series The Goodies. ... The Goodies and the Beanstalk is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. ...

He starred in The Army Game a British T.V. comedy series of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and then co-starred in its sequel Bootsie and Snudge as a tramp with Bill Fraser and Clive Dunn. Both series were very popular in Britain. He also had success on the stage, in particular with The Bespoke Overcoat which was filmed in 1956. He successfully took over from Topol in the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof on the West End stage. The Army Game was a British television series about life in National Service broadcast between 1957 and 1961 by Granada Television . ... Bootsie and Snudge was a series written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, also known for the BBC radio series Round the Horne. ... Bill Fraser in Doctor Who in 1980. ... Clive Dunn OBE (born January 9, 1920) is a retired English actor, singer and entertainer best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom, Dads Army. ... Picture from the film Fiddler on the Roof. Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול) (born September 9, 1935), often billed simply as Topol, is one of the most famous Israeli theatrical and film performers. ... Fiddler on the Roof is regarded as one of the most famous stage and film musicals. ... // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the...

He also appeared in the 1950's Landmark BBC Radio SF Series Journey Into Space as Lemmy Barnett. Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction series written by BBC producer Charles Chilton. ... Lemuelle Lemmy Barnett is a character in the Sci Fi radio series Journey Into Space, played by David Kossoff in the first two series, and by Alfie Bass in the third series and the remake of the first. ...

He died of a heart attack in 1987. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Alfie Bass at the Internet Movie Database