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Gerald Theron Campion (23 April 1921 – 9 July 2002) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation ( Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School ) of books by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) .
William George Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, a fictional English public school in Kent, originally published in the boys' weekly story paper The Magnet from 1908 to 1940.
The character Billy Bunter featured in stories about the fictional Greyfriars School which appeared for over 30 years (in fact, continuously from 1908 to 1940) in the boys' comic The Magnet, written mainly by author Charles Hamilton (although, as Hamilton was not always the author, the stories were published under the collective pen-name of Frank Richards).
Bunter, Mrs Amelia - mother to Billy, Bessie and Sammy Bunter. Billy Bunter is very fond of her. Appears in 7 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. 1076 Bunter Comes To Stay! (September 29, 1928). Bunter, Mr William Samuel - father to Billy, Bessie and Sammy Bunter. An unsuccessful stockbroker who frequently complains about income tax demands.
He performs regularly in radio dramas and readings, both comic and serious. In David Mamet's Mind Your Pantheon he played the actor Strabo. He is known for his long series of readings of Richmal Crompton's Just William stories, which show his characteristic and flexible reading voices. He has also narrated the Billy Bunter series by Frank Richards.
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School was broadcast as a BBC television series from 19 February 1951 to 22 July 1961. A comic strip was published in Knockout (drawn by Frank Minnitt ) from 1939 to 1958, and then drawn by various other artists until Knockout merged with Valiant , in which comic strips continued to appear from 23 February 1963 to 16 ...
Based on character Billy Bunter at Greyfriars School. Roper appeared in 8 episodes: Roper appeared in 8 episodes: Season 2, Episode 1 – "Bunter on the Run", 9 July 1955 (first air date).
Melvyn Hayes (né Hyams) is an English actor and voice-over performer.He is best known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, for appearing in the Cliff Richard musical films The Young Ones, Summer Holiday and Wonderful Life as well as Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–1971).