Kenneth Connor: Difference between revisions
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==Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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|”[[Rush Job]]” || 1951 || Percy Prangle ||
|”[[Rush Job]]” || 1951 || Percy Prangle ||
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|”[[Elstree Story]]” || 1952 || ||
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|”[[Miss Robin Hood]]” || 1952 || Board Member || Uncredited
|”[[Miss Robin Hood]]” || 1952 || Board Member || Uncredited
|”[[There Was a Young Lady]]” || 1953 || Tom Bass ||
|”[[There Was a Young Lady]]” || 1953 || Tom Bass ||
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|”[[Marilyn (1953 film)|Marilyn]]” || 1953 || Customer ||
|”[[Marilyn (1953 film)|Marilyn]]” || 1953 || Customer ||
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|”[[The Black Rider (film)|The Black Rider]]” || 1954 || George Amble ||
|”[[The Black Rider (film)|The Black Rider]]” || 1954 || George Amble ||
|”[[Carry On Sergeant]]” || 1958 || Horace Strong ||
|”[[Carry On Sergeant]]” || 1958 || Horace Strong ||
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|”[[Make Mine a Million]]” || 1959 || Anxious Husband ||
|”[[Make Mine a Million]]” || 1959 || Anxious ||
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|”[[Carry On Nurse]]” || 1959 || Bernie Bishop ||
|”[[Carry On Nurse]]” || 1959 || Bernie Bishop ||
|”[[Carry On Regardless]]” || 1961 || Sam Twist ||
|”[[Carry On Regardless]]” || 1961 || Sam Twist ||
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|”[[A Weekend with Lulu]]” || 1961 || British Tourist ||
|”[[A Weekend with Lulu]]” || 1961 || British ||
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|”[[Nearly a Nasty Accident]]” || 1961 || AC 2 Alexander Wood ||
|”[[Nearly a Nasty Accident]]” || 1961 || AC 2 Alexander Wood ||
|”[[Dentist on the Job]]” || 1961 || Sam Field ||
|”[[Dentist on the Job]]” || 1961 || Sam Field ||
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|”[[What a Carve Up! (film)|What a Carve Up!]]” || 1961 || Ernest Broughton ||
|”[[What a Carve Up! (film)|What a Carve Up!]]” || 1961 || Ernest Broughton ||
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|”[[Carry On Cruising]]” || 1962 || Dr. Arthur Binn ||
|”[[Carry On Cruising]]” || 1962 || Dr. Arthur Binn ||
English actor
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Kenneth Connor |
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Publicity photo of Connor from 1959 |
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| Born | 6 June 1918 |
| Died | 28 November 1993 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | Breakspear Crematorium, Ruislip, Greater London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1920–1993 |
| Known for | Carry On films ‘Allo ‘Allo! |
| Spouse |
Margaret Knox (m. 1942) |
| Children | 1 |
Kenneth Connor, MBE (6 June 1918 – 28 November 1993)[1] was a British stage, film and broadcasting actor, who rose to national prominence with his appearances in the Carry On films.
Early life[edit]
Connor was born in Highbury, Islington, London, the son of a naval petty officer who organised concert parties.[1] He first appeared on the stage at the age of two as an organ-grinder‘s monkey in one of his father’s shows, in Portsmouth. By the age of 11 he had his own act. He attended the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he was a Gold Medal winner. Connor made his professional debut in J. M. Barrie‘s The Boy David, at His Majesty’s Theatre, London, in December 1936.
During the Second World War he served as an infantry gunner with the Middlesex Regiment, but continued acting by touring Italy and the Middle East with the Stars in Battledress concert party and ENSA. Earlier in the war, in 1941, he was apparently performing as a comedic entertainer in a concert party named the “Tam o Shanter’s”, as evidenced by a programme from the concert at the Summer Theatre at Felixstowe, dated Saturday 5 July 1941. The full cast autographed the programme, suggesting a final performance for the concert party, with Kenneth signing it “All the best Ken Connor”. While waiting to be demobbed in Cairo, Connor received a telegram from William Devlin asking him to join the newly formed Bristol Old Vic, where he gained a solid grounding in the classics.[citation needed]
He moved on to the London Old Vic Company for a 1947–48 season at the New Theatre. His most notable performances there were as Chaplain de Stogumber in Saint Joan and Dobchinsky in The Government Inspector, which starred Alec Guinness. Realising he was not a “tall, impressive juvenile lead or a young lover type”, he decided to specialise in comedy. He appeared in Talbot Rothwell‘s farce Queen Elizabeth Slept Here in the West End in 1949.
He took over from Peter Sellers in Ted Ray‘s radio show Ray’s a Laugh – launched by the BBC in 1949 as a successor to Tommy Handley‘s ITMA. He played the brother-in-law and other oddball characters such as Sidney Mincing. Ray took…
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