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John Devon Roland Pertwee (/ ˈ p ɜːr t w iː /; [1] 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor.Born into a theatrical family, he became known as a comedy actor, playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in the BBC Radio sitcom The Navy Lark (1959–1977) and appearing in four films in the Carry On series (1964–1992).
Carry On Doctor is a 1967 British comedy film, the 15th in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It is the second in the series to have a medical theme. Frankie Howerd makes the first of his two appearances in the film series and stars alongside regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, and Bernard Bresslaw.
Patricia Amy Rowlands (19 January 1931 – 22 January 2005) [1] [2] was an English actress who is best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films series, as Betty Lewis in the ITV Thames sitcom Bless This House, and as Alice Meredith in the Yorkshire Television sitcom Hallelujah!.
Other, larger roles included an Amazonian queen in Carry On Up the Jungle and a prim repressed woman turned beauty pageant contestant in Girls. She also appeared in the 1972 Carry On Christmas TV special. Her character in Girls was dubbed by June Whitfield. The role of Moira in Abroad was written with her in mind.
[3] Writing in The Washington Post, Katherine Boyle compared Girls to reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, "without the witty dialogue and Golden Globe nominations". [2] She writes, "The highbrow 'Girls' characters joke about the perils of sexting, just like the Kardashian women do. The girls mock Hannah's tiny breasts – and the ...
In the 1962–63 television season of Our Man Higgins, Holloway was cast in his first major acting role as Quentin in four episodes. [2] He became a mainstay of the Carry On film franchise, appearing in eight films between 1967 and 1976, [6] as well as one of the Carry On Christmas TV specials.
Amanda Barrie (born Shirley Anne Broadbent; 14 September 1935) is an English actress.She appeared in two of the Carry On films before being cast as Alma Halliwell in ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, which she played on and off for 20 years.
Alexandra Dane (born c. 1940 [1] [2] in Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa) is an English actress who appeared in many films including Carry On Doctor, Carry On Loving, other Carry On films, The Ups and Downs of a Handyman, Le Pétomane and Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky.