Charles Hawtrey
Born	George Frederick Joffe Hartree 30 November 1914(1914-11-30) Hounslow, Middlesex, England
Died	27 October 1988 (aged 73) Deal, Kent, England

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Life

Born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, as George Frederick Joffre Hartree, he took his stage name from a celebrated theatrical knight who died in 1923, Sir Charles Hawtrey. It has mistakenly been suggested, and encouraged by Hartree himself, that he was his son, but there is no foundation to this. His father was actually a London car mechanic. , Hounslow is the principal town in the London Borough of Hounslow. ... The Middlesex Guildhall at Westminster Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and was the second smallest (after Rutland). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Cartoon in Punch magazine 25 August 1920, showing Charles Hawtrey accompanying Joan Barry. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Look up Mechanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Charles Hawtrey made an early start to a remarkable career that was to span a period of almost 60 years, and broke through in all the major entertainment media of the time. He began in the field of music as a renowned boy soprano, making several records before then moving onto the wireless where he performed in programmes for 'Children's Hour'. Following study at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London, he embarked on a career in the theatre as both actor and director. Finally he moved from the cinema where he regularly appeared supporting Will Hay in the 1930s and 40s in films such as The Ghost of St Michaels through the Carry On films, to the television screen. The Italia Conti Academy is Britains oldest theatre arts training school. ... William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor and amateur astronomer. ... The Ghost of St. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ...

Hawtrey was prone to elaboration on his career, as reported by Roger Lewis in his biography The Man Who Was Private Widdle. He elevated a cameo appearance at the piano in Passport to Pimlico to his having orchestrated the score. Very little is known about Hawtrey's private life as he guarded his relationships very carefully – perhaps no surprise in an age where male homosexual behaviour was illegal and punishable by a prison sentence. However during his life he never hid his homosexuality, and was one of the first actors in British cinema to be identifiably 'gay' in the characters that he played. His outrageous drunken promiscuity however, did not portray homosexuality in a positive light to an unsympathetic world, and nor did his general demeanour with those around him earn him many (if any) close friends. Nevertheless a few anecdotes told by his Carry On colleagues shed a little light on the character off the screen. Kenneth Williams records several encounters with Hawtrey in his 'Diaries' and 'Letters' (both published). He remembers a visit to Deal where Hawtrey's house was full of old brass bedsteads which the eccentric actor had hoarded, believing that one day he would make money from them. He would also wave with gusto at the sailors on the beach. Roger Lewis (born 26 February 1960) is the biographer of Anthony Burgess. ... A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Deal is a town in Kent, England. ...

Relationship with other celebrities

In her autobiography, Barbara Windsor writes openly about Hawtrey's alcohol problem, and him flirting outrageously with football legend George Best. While filming Carry On Spying she thought he had fainted from fright at a dramatic scene on a conveyor belt. In fact he had passed out because he was drunk. When he came on set with a crate of R. White's Lemonade, everyone knew that he had been on another heavy drinking binge. Barbara Ann Deeks MBE (born 6 August 1937), better known as Barbara Windsor, sometimes known as Babs Windsor, is an English actress. ... George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish football player best known for his years with Manchester United. ... Carry On Spying is the ninth movie in the Carry On movie series. ... R. Whites Lemonade is a brand of a carbonated soft drink, which is produced and sold in the UK by Britvic. ...

Joan Sims could apparently communicate with him in a private language called 'Telegraphese'. He would smoke Woodbines profusely and play cards between takes with Sid James and his gang. He was godfather to Richard O'Callaghan (son of Patricia Hayes) who appeared in Carry On Loving, and was also admired by Jim Dale as a type of mentor in comic timing. Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9, 1930, Laindon, Essex - June 28, 2001) was a British actress. ... Woodbine are a brand of Irish cigarette made by Gallaghers. ... Richard OCallaghan (born as Richard Brooke in London, England March 7, 1940) is an acclaimed English film, stage and television character actor. ... Patricia Hayes, CBE (born Patricia Lawlor Hayes on December 22, 1909 in Camberwell; died September 19, 1998 in London) was a British-born comedy actress of Irish Catholic extraction. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low_budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rodgers. ... Jim Dale and Glenn Close in 2006 performing Busker Alley. ...

A lot of strain was put on him by his mother who suffered senile dementia in later years. One story has the old woman's handbag catching fire when her cigarette ash fell in. Hawtrey, without batting an eyelid, poured a cup of tea into it to put out the flames, snapped the purse shut and continued with his story. His mother would also collect toilet rolls and on another visit to the studios blocked the women's toilets with paper. Hawtrey was also prone to such tendencies and in his diaries, Kenneth Williams recounts his gathering up of the leftover sandwiches from a buffet for the Carry On cast. Dementia (from Latin demens) is progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Laurence Olivier, one of the most revered 20th century British actors, once drove past in his chauffeured limousine as Hawtrey stood at the bus-stop after a day's filming. Olivier was so aghast that a great comic was being treated in this way that every day he offered to give the actor a lift in the car. Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, (IPA: ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ...

In the introduction to the Beatles song "Two of Us" (from the Let It Be album), Phil Spector included a bit of chatter into the beginning, and John Lennon can clearly be heard saying, "I Dig A Pygmy by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf-Aids...Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats." The song was recorded in 1969 around the time of Carry On Camping — 'the Deaf-Aids' is the name given to the amplifiers used by the Beatles. It is not clear whether or not Lennon was a fan of Charles Hawtrey. The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... Let It Be redirects here. ... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Carry On Camping is arguably one of the most famous Carry On films, released on 3 July 1969 in the UK, but produced in late 1968. ...

Falling-Out

The falling-out between Hawtrey and the Carry-On producer, Peter Rogers came about partly through drink, but partly because he had hoped for higher billing. Indeed the gag in Carry On Abroad where his character applies neat whisky instead of sun lotion was a specific reference to his chronic alcoholism. Pay for the films was bad and without either Sid James or Kenneth Williams starring in the 1972 Christmas special, Hawtrey believed it was his due to get top billing. However, the producers went with Hattie Jacques, whom they believed was better known on TV. Rogers tried to contact Hawtrey a day before filming began at the place where Hawtrey regularly dined, to ask him to reconsider; but Hawtrey declined. He never worked for the Carry-On again. Peter Rogers (born 20 February 1914 in Rochester, Kent) is a British film producer. ... Carry On Abroad is the twenty fourth Carry On film, released in 1972. ... Sid James Sid James (8 May 1913–26 April 1976) was a film and television actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Josephine Edwina Jacques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980), better known by the stage name Hattie Jacques, (pronounced Jakes) was a British comedy actress born in Sandgate, Kent. ...

Later life and death

Hawtrey finally retired to Deal in Kent in the 1980s, where he devoted much time to the consumption of alcohol. He cut an eccentric figure in the small town and was well known for promenading along the seafront in extravagant attire and his frequenting of establishments patronised by students of the famous Royal Marine School of Music.

He made the news in August 1984 when his house caught fire after he went to bed with a male teenager and left a cigarette burning on the sofa. In October 1988, he was taken to hospital after breaking his leg in a fall in front of a public house. He was discovered to be suffering from peripheral vascular disease, a condition of the arteries brought on by a lifetime of heavy smoking. Hawtrey was told that in order to save his life, his legs would have to be amputated. He refused, allegedly saying he preferred to die with his boots on, and died almost a month later, aged 73. He died just months after fellow 'Carry On' star Kenneth Williams, who died on the 15^th April that year. On his deathbed, Hawtrey supposedly threw a vase at his nurse who claimed to have asked him for a final autograph – it was the last thing he did. His ashes were scattered in Mortlake Crematorium, close to Chiswick in London and no friends or family attended. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a disease in the large blood vessels of the arms, legs, and feet. ... Partial hand amputation Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Chiswick (disambiguation). ...

Film career (1922-1972)

Hawtrey acted in films from an early age, appearing in an impressive array of movies while still a boy, and as an adult his youthful appearance and wit made him an excellent foil to Will Hay's blundering old fool in the comedy films Good Morning, Boys (1937), Where's That Fire? (1939), The Ghost of St Michael's (1941) and The Goose Steps Out (1942). William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor and amateur astronomer. ... Good Morning, Boys is a 1936 British comedy film. ... Wheres That Fire? is a 1940 British comedy film, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, directed by Marcel Varnel and and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. ... The Ghost of St. ... The Goose Steps Out is a zany knockabout British comedy film made in 1942. ...

Hawtrey also took a hand at directing films himself, including in 1945 What Do We Do Now? a musical-mystery written by the English author George Cooper, and starring George Moon (later to be seen as Mr Giles in Carry on Dick). Also in 1945, Hawtrey directed the distinguished British actress Dame Flora Robson in Dumb Dora Discovers Tobacco. Carry On Dick was the 26th Carry On film. ... Flora Robson (March 28, 1902 - July 7, 1984) was a British actress renowned as one of the great character players and one of Britains theatrical grandes dames. ...

He became a core member of the Carry On series of films throughout the 1960s and 1970s, mostly playing characters that ranged from the wimpish through the effete to the effeminate. He revealed little about his private life. His last film was Carry On Abroad (1972), after which he was dropped from the series. Hawtrey's growing alcohol consumption, which had began to noticeably worsen since Carry On Cowboy in 1965, was beginning to affect his work. The last straw occurred in 1972 when, in a bid to finally gain higher billing, Hawtrey withdrew from a Carry On Christmas television programme in which he was scheduled to appear, giving just a few days' notice for his absence (and despite appearing in promotional material). After this producer Peter Rogers stopped using him for Carry On roles. Without these films, Hawtrey slipped into the relative obscurity of pantomime and provincial summer seasons where he played heavily on his 'Carry On' persona. The Carry On films were a long-running series of British low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ... Peter Rogers (born 20 February 1914 in Rochester, Kent) is a British film producer. ... For other uses, see Pantomime (disambiguation). ...

Theatre career (1925 onwards)

Charles Hawtrey made his first appearance on the stage in Boscombe, on the English south coast, as early as 1925. At the delicate age of 11 he played a street Arab in Frederick Bowyer's fairy play The Windmill Man. Boscombe is a suburb of the much larger Bournemouth. ...

His London stage debut followed a few years later when, at the age of 18, he appeared in yet another 'fairy extravaganza' this time at the Scala Theatre singing the role of the White Cat and Bootblack in the juvenile opera, Bluebell in Fairyland. The music for this popular show had been originally written by Walter Slaughter in 1901, with a book by Seymour Hicks (providing the inspiration for Barrie's Peter Pan). This is not the same theatre as The Prince of Wales Theatre, in Leicester Square which was built in 1884, became the The Prince of Wales in 1886, and is still existent. ... Walter Alfred Slaughter (17 February 1860--2 March 1908), was an English conductor and composer of musical comedy, comic opera and childrens shows. ... Seymour Hicks Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 - 6 April 1949) was a British actor and music hall performer. ... This article is about the play by J.M. Barrie. ...

Hawtrey continued to appear in a number of plays throughout the 1930s and 1940s in the run-up to the Second World War. In Peter Pan at the London Palladium in 1931 he played the First Twin, with leading parts taken by Jean Forbes-Robertson and George Curzon. This played in several regional theatres, including His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen, Scotland. Five years later in 1936 he played in a revival of the play, this time taking the bigger role of 'Slightly', alongside the celebrated husband-wife partnership of Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton (playing Peter and Hook respectively). A review in the Daily Telegraph newspaper commended him for having "a comedy sense not unworthy of his famous name". The London Palladium in 2004 The London Palladium is a 2,286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. ... George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (January 11, 1859 - March 20, 1925), was a conservative British statesman and sometime Viceroy of India. ... Lanchester in Naughty Marietta Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, California) was an Oscar-nominated English character actress who became a naturalized American citizen in 1950 along with her husband, actor Charles Laughton. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ...

By 1937 Hawtrey was playing in Bats in the Belfry, a farce written by Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermott, and which opened at the Ambassadors Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, on 11 March. The cast included Ivor Barnard, and Dame Lilian Braithwaite, as well as the soon to be famous Vivien Leigh in the small part of Jessica Morton. The play ran for an impressive 178 performances, before moving to the Golders Green Hippodrome in Barnet on 16 August 1937. The Ambassadors Theatre in April 2007 The Ambassadors Theatre (formerly the New Ambassadors Theatre), is a West End theatre located in West Street, near Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster. ... Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. ...

In 1939 Hawtrey had another success, when he notably took the role of Gremio in Tyrone Guthrie's production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Old Vic, also earning favourable reviews. Roger Livesey starred as Petruchio and his wife, Ursula Jeans, as Katherine. Taming of the Shrew by Augustus Egg The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... The exterior of the Old Vic from the corner of Baylis Road and Waterloo Road. ... Roger Livesey as Clive Candy, in the duel scene from Colonel Blimp. ... Ursula Jeans (May 5, 1906–April 21, 1973) was a British actress on film, stage, and television. ...

Notices

Hawtrey's rave notices in music revue continued for Eric Maschwitz's, New Faces (1940) at the Comedy Theatre in London, particularly for his "chic and finished study of an alluring woman spy". New Faces was particularly remembered for the premiere of the song, 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', which quickly became a wartime favourite. During and after the Second World War he also appeared in the West End in such shows as Scoop, Old Chelsea, Merry England, Frou-Frou and Husbands Don’t Count. In 1948 he even appeared in the celebrated Windmill Theatre, Soho in comedy sketches presented as part of "Revudeville". Eric Maschwitz (1901-1969) (sometimes credited as Holt Marvell) was a British entertainer, writer and broadcaster. ... A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square is the title of a well-known romantic British popular song with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. ... The Windmill Theatre, later the Windmill Club, was a famous West End theatre in Great Windmill Street, London. ...

Hawtrey also directed as many as 19 theatre plays, including Dumb Dora Discovers Tobacco at the Q Theatre in Richmond. Built on the Brentford side of Kew Bridge in 1924 (with 500 seats), over 1,000 plays were presented here until it was demolished in 1958. In 1945, Hawtrey also directed Oflag 3, a Second World War play co-written with Douglas Bader. , Brentford is a suburb in the London Borough of Hounslow at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent in West London, situated approximately 8 miles (12. ... Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, FRAeS, DL, RAF (21 February 1910–5 September 1982); surname pronounced IPA: ) was a successful fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. ...

By the 1970s he was appearing in shows and pantomime, including Carry-On Holiday Show-time and Snow White at the Gaiety Theatre, Rhyl in Wales (summer 1970), and Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs again at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, alongside Bryan Johnson, Syd Jackson and Dick Collins (April 1974).

Radio and Music Career (1930-85)

Charles Hawtrey was an accomplished musician (and had been a semi-professional pianist for the armed forces during WWII), and recorded several records as a boy soprano. He was billed as "The Angel-voiced Choirboy" even at the age of fifteen. In 1930 he made several duets with girl soprano Evelyn Griffiths (aged 11) for the Regal label. Treble (or Boy Soprano in slang) is a term applied in music to a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range. ...

• Hush here comes the Dream Man (Rec. 15 March 1930 - cond. Stanford Robinson).
• I don't want to play in your Yard (Rec. 15 March 1930).
• Home Sweet Home (Rec. 24 May 1930 - string quartet & Eustace Pett, organ, cond. Stanford Robinson).
• Sweet and low (Rec. 24 May 1930).
• While Shepherds watched (Rec. 13 Sept. 1930 - string quartet & Muntel organ).
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Rec. 13 Sept. 1930)

By the 1940s, Hawtrey was appearing on radio during Children's Hour in the Norman and Henry Bones, The Boy Detectives series alongside the actress Patricia Hayes (first broadcast in 1943). Later he also played the voice of snooty Hubert Lane, the nemesis of William in the 'Just William' series. His catchphrase was "How's yer mother off for dripping?" Patricia Hayes, CBE (born Patricia Lawlor Hayes on December 22, 1909 in Camberwell; died September 19, 1998 in London) was a British-born comedy actress of Irish Catholic extraction. ... Just William is the first book of childrens short stories about William Brown written by Richmal Crompton, published in 1922. ...

During the 1970s and 80s Hawtrey also played parts in a few radio plays for the BBC written by Wally K. Daly: Wally K. Daly (born c. ...

• 'Burglar's Bargains' (1979) - Peter Jones, Lockwood West, and Bernard Bresslaw. A gang of crooks rob Harrod's. But they're not ordinary crooks.
• 'A right royal rip-off' (1982) - Peter Jones, Lockwood West, and Bernard Bresslaw. A gang are planning to steal the crown jewels.
• 'The Bigger they are' (1985). The gang plan a robbery, giving the Mafia their comeuppance.

Morrissey was an admirer and in the early 1980s, The Smiths approached Hawtrey to sing on a new version of their debut single, "Hand in Glove". Hawtrey did not respond. Morrissey had to go with his second choice,^{[citation needed]} Sandie Shaw, and Hawtrey's opportunity to revive his fame disappeared. Hawtrey's face, however, did appear posthumously on the cover of The Very Best of The Smiths album in 2001, although the album and the cover art were criticised, and Morrissey later distanced himself from the album. Peter Jones (12 June 1920 – 10 April 2000) was an English actor, playwright and broadcaster. ... Bernard Bresslaw (born Stepney, London, February 25, 1934 - Enfield, June 11, 1993) was an English actor who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. ... Peter Jones (12 June 1920 – 10 April 2000) was an English actor, playwright and broadcaster. ... Bernard Bresslaw (born Stepney, London, February 25, 1934 - Enfield, June 11, 1993) was an English actor who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. ... For other uses, see Morrissey (disambiguation). ... The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987, based on the songwriting partnership of singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. ... For the author, see Sandy Shaw. ... The Very Best of The Smiths is a compilation album by The Smiths. ...

Television career (1956-87)

Hawtrey's television career began in the 1950s with The Army Game where he played the part of Private 'Professor' Hatchett. The Army Game was a British television series about life in National Service broadcast between 1957 and 1961 by Granada Television . ...

Loosely based on the 1956 movie Private's Progress, the series followed the fortunes of a mixed bag of army conscripts in residence at Hut 29 of the Surplus Ordnance Depot at Nether Hopping in remote Staffordshire. At the forefront of this gang were Pte 'Excused Boots' (aka 'Bootsie') Bisley played by comedian Alfie Bass, Cpl Springer (Michael Medwin), Pte 'Cupcake' Cook (Norman Rossington), Pte 'Popeye' Popplewell (Bernard Bresslaw) and future Doctor Who William Hartnell as bellowing Sgt Major Bullimore. Popplewell's catch phrase "I only arsked" became a national catch-phrase and became the title for a 1958 feature film based on the series. A number of cast changes from 1958 onwards affected the show's popularity and ultimately led to its demise. The first to leave were Hawtrey, Bresslaw and Hartnell; Hartnell's replacement was Bill Fraser, as Sgt-Major Claude Snudge, who, after The Army Game was axed, starred with Alfie Bass in the spin-off series 'Bootsie and Snudge'. Privates Progress is a British comedy film of 1956, based on the novel by Alan Hackney. ... 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. ... Michael Medwin is anEnglish actor, born on 18 November 1923 in London. ... Norman Rossington (24 December 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an English actor best remembered for his roles in The Army Game and the Carry On films. ... Bernard Bresslaw (born Stepney, London, February 25, 1934 - Enfield, June 11, 1993) was an English actor who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. ... This article is about the television series. ... For the Californio, see William Edward Petty Hartnell. ... Bill Fraser in Doctor Who in 1980. ... Bootsie and Snudge was a series written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, also known for the BBC radio series Round the Horne. ...

Hawtrey also made a brief appearance in 1956 in Tess and Tim (BBC TV) under the Saturday Comedy Hour banner. This short-run series starred the musical comedians Tessie O'Shea and Jimmy Wheeler. Tessie OShea was born in Cardiff in 1913. ... Jimmy Wheeler, variety theatre comedian and pioneer of radio and television Born Ernest Remnant in Battersea, London 16th September 1910, died 1973 - exact date of death unknown (to compiler). ...

The same year, the comedian Digby Wolfe appeared in ATV's Wolfe At The Door, a 12-week sketch show, not screened in London but which ran in the Midlands from 18 June to 10 September 1956. In this, Wolfe explored the comic situations that could be found by passing through doorways — into a theatrical dressing-room, for example. The programmes were written by Tony Hawes and Richard Waring, and Charles Hawtrey appeared alongside future Carry On co-star Hattie Jacques. The following year, in 1957, Hawtrey appeared in a one-off episode of Laughter In Store (BBC) working with the comic actors Charlie Drake and Irene Handl. Charlie Drake (born Charles Edward Springall, on 19 June 1925, in South London) is an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. ... Irene Handl (December 27, 1901 – November 29, 1987) was an English film actress. ...

In Our House (1960) Charles Hawtrey played the character of council official Simon Willow. The series was created by Norman Hudis, who had written the first five Carry On movies, and in the opening episode ('Moving Into Our House') two couples and five individuals meet at an estate agent's and realise that if they pool their resources they can buy a house big enough to accommodate them all. Hattie Jacques as librarian Georgina Ruddy, who was forced to keep quiet at work and so made up for it by being extremely noisy at home, was arguably the star of the series. Joan Sims starred as the unemployable Daisy Burke. Norman Hudis (born 1923 in Stepney, England) is a writer for film and TV, he started his writing career on a local newspaper, the Hampstead & Highgate Express. ... Josephine Edwina Jacques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980), better known by the stage name Hattie Jacques, (pronounced Jakes) was a British comedy actress born in Sandgate, Kent. ... Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9, 1930, Laindon, Essex - June 28, 2001) was a British actress. ...

The series initially ran for 13 episodes from September to December 1960, returning the following year with Bernard Bresslaw and Hylda Baker as Henrietta added to the cast. Of the 39 episodes in total, only three survive today. Hylda Baker (born February 4, 1905 in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire; died May 1, 1986 in Epsom, Surrey) was a Northern English comedy actress. ...

Best of Friends (ITV - 1963) had essentially the same writers and production team as Our House. Hawtrey again acted alongside Hylda Baker, but this time playing the role simply of Charles, a clerk in an insurance office situated next door to a café run by Baker. She accompanied him on insurance assignments and protected him when he was feeling put upon by his Uncle Sidney, who wished to — but could not — dismiss his nephew from the firm. 13 episodes in total (B&W) were made.

In 1970 he played in the series Stop Exchange with Sid James that was broadcast in South Africa. In the 1970s he made an appearance in Grasshopper Island for ITV, a wholesome children's programme alongside Patricia Hayes, Julian Orchard, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Frank Muir. Filmed in the 1970s in Wales and Corsica, this adventure series had three small brothers nicknamed Toughy, Smarty and Mouse who run away to find an uninhabited island — as far as possible from the do’s and don’ts of the real world. Patricia Hayes, CBE (born Patricia Lawlor Hayes on December 22, 1909 in Camberwell; died September 19, 1998 in London) was a British-born comedy actress of Irish Catholic extraction. ... Julian Orchard (born 3 March 1930, in Wheatley, England — died 21 June 1979, in London, England) was a British comedy actor. ... Tim Brooke-Taylor (April 2000) Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor, (born 17 July 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio and in the comedy radio shows Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, and... Frank Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. ...

Charles also appeared sometime around 1981 in an episode of the children's tv quiz programme, Runaround broadcast by Southern (on ITV). The series was hosted by the comedian Mike Reid, and Hawtrey featured in series 12 (programme 7), the 'Horror Special'. This article is about the entertainer. ...

Hawtrey's last appearance on TV was as Clarence, Duke of Claridge in a special edition of the children's programme, Supergran. The series had adapted the popular books by Forrest Wilson and related the adventures of a happy and gentle old lady, known as Granny Smith, played by Gudrun Ure. The comedian Billy Connolly also appeared in the episode. Supergran is a childrens television programme about a grandmother with super powers played by Gudrun Ure. ... Dr William Billy Connolly, CBE, (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. ...

• Tess and Time (1956)
• Wolfe at the Door (1956)
• Laughter in Store (1957)
• The Army Game (1957-1958)
• Laughter in Store (1957)
• Our House (1960)
• Best of Friends (1963)
• Ghosts of Christmas or Carry On Christmas (1969)
• Carry On Long John (1970)
• Stop Exchange (1970)
• Grasshopper Island (1970s)
• The Princess and the Pea (1979)
• The Plank (1979)
• Runaround (1981)
• Supergran: "Supergran and the State Visit" (1987)

Filmography as actor (1922-1972)

• Tell Your Children (1922)
• This Freedom (1923)
• Marry Me (1932)
• The Melody-Maker (1933)
• Little Stranger (1934)
• Kiddies On Parade (1935)
• Well Done, Henry (1936)
• Cheer Up (1936)
• Sabotage (1936)
• Melody and Romance (1937)
• Good Morning, Boys (1937)
• Where's That Fire? (1939)
• Jailbirds (1940)
• The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
• Let the People Sing (1942)
• The Goose Steps Out (1942)
• Much Too Shy (1942)
• Bell-Bottom George (1944)
• A Canterbury Tale (1944)
• Ten Year Plan (1945)
• Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
• The End of the River (1947)
• The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)
• The Lost People (1949)
• Dark Secret (1949)
• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• Room to Let (1950)
• The Smart Aleck (1951)
• The Galloping Major (1951)
• You're Only Young Twice (1952)
• Hammer the Toff (1952)
• Brandy for the Parson (1952)
• To Dorothy a Son (1954)
• Five Days (1954)
• Simon and Laura (1955)
• March Hare (1955)
• Jumping for Joy (1955)
• As Long as They're Happy (1955)
• Man of the Moment (1955)
• Timeslip (1956)
• Who Done It? (1956)
• I Only Arsked! (1958)
• Carry On Sergeant (1958)
• Please Turn Over (1959)
• Carry On Nurse (1959)
• Carry On Teacher (1959)
• Inn for Trouble (1960)
• Carry On Constable (1960)
• What a Whopper! (1961)
• Dentist on the Job (1961)
• Carry On Regardless (1961)
• Carry On Cabby (1963)
• Carry On Jack (1963)
• Carry On Spying (1964)
• Carry On Cleo (1964)
• Carry On Cowboy (1965)
• Carry On Screaming (1966)
• Don't Lose Your Head (1966)
• The Terrornauts (1967)
• Follow That Camel (1967)
• Carry On Doctor (1967)
• Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)
• Zeta One (1969)
• Carry On Camping (1969)
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
• Carry On Loving (1970)
• Carry On Henry (1970)
• Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)
• Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
• Carry On Matron (1972)
• Carry On Abroad (1972)

Reefer Madness is the title of a 1936 film about cannabis, two books, a 2004 off-Broadway musical satirizing the original film (itself made into a television movie in 2005), a song by Hawkwind, and a one-off strip in the comic anthology 2000 AD. 1936 movie Reefer Madness, originally... Good Morning, Boys is a 1936 British comedy film. ... The Ghost of St. ... The Goose Steps Out is a zany knockabout British comedy film made in 1942. ... A Canterbury Tale (1944) is a British film by the film-making team of Powell & Pressburger. ... A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ... Carry On Sergeant is the first Carry On film, and its first public screening was on 1st August 1958 at Screen One, London. ... Carry On Nurse is the second Carry On film, released in 1959. ... Carry On Teacher is the third Carry On film, released in 1959. ... Carry On Constable is the fourth Carry On film. ... Dentist on the Job was a 1961 British comedy film, in black and white, directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards. ... Carry on Regardless was the fifth in the series of Carry On films to be made. ... Carry On Cabby is the seventh Carry On film released in 1963 and the first one written by series mainstay Talbot Rothwell. ... Carry on Jack is the eighth movie in the Carry On movie series. ... Carry On Spying is the ninth movie in the Carry On movie series. ... Carry On Cleo is the tenth film in the Carry On film series. ... Carry On Cowboy is the eleventh in the Carry On series of films and the first film to feature series regulars Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw. ... Carry On Screaming! is the twelfth Carry On film. ... This article is about the Carry On film. ... Follow That Camel is the fourteenth Carry On film (and, like its predecessor, does not have the words Carry On in its original title). ... Carry On Doctor is the fifteenth Carry on film // Plot Summery Francis Bigger, preacher and healer, ends up in hospital in this chaotic Carry-on medical movie. ... Carry On up the Khyber is the sixteenth Carry On film, released in 1968. ... Carry On Camping is arguably one of the most famous Carry On films, released on 3 July 1969 in the UK, but produced in late 1968. ... Carry On Again Doctor is the eighteenth Carry On film. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low_budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rodgers. ... Carry On Henry is the 21st of the Carry On series. ... Carry On Up the Jungle is the nineteenth Carry On film. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low_budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rodgers. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ... Carry On Abroad is the twenty fourth Carry On film, released in 1972. ...

External links

• Charles Hawtrey at the Internet Movie Database
• Information for Charles Hawtrey
• Screen Online Biography
• Television HeavenThe Army Game and Our House
• The Boy Choir and Soloist Directory
• Charles Hawtrey at Aveleyman