He also appeared alongside Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne in 1949’s Stop Press Girl where he played the role of a Lorry Driver’s Mate.
He died in 1972 in London.
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The actor Jimmy Rhodes was born 22nd July, 1899 in Great Oakley, Essex as James Joseph Cecil Rhodes. He appeared in a small number of films during the 1940’s and very little is known about him. The small number of films that he appeared were in uncredited roles and comprise; Old Mother Riley Detective (1943), Fuel for Battle (1944), Appointment With Crime (1946), Jean’s Plan (1946) and She Shall Have Murder (1950).
He also appeared alongside Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne in 1949’s Stop Press Girl where he played the role of a Lorry Driver’s Mate. He died in 1972 in London.
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Fred Haggerty was born 14th July 14 1918 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary and appeared in over 40 film and TV productions.
His first film appearance was in 1949’s Passport to Pimlico where he appeared in an uncredited role as a ‘Man in the Crowd’ (pictured). Other films that he appeared in include Appointment in London (1953), The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953), Doctor at Sea (1955), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), Town on Trial (1957), The Mouse That Roared (1959), Very Important Person (1961), Captain Sinbad (1963), From Russia With Love (1963), the part of Dr Crow’s Assistant in Carry on Spying (1964), Casino Royale (1967), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Nuns on the Run (1990). He appeared in a number of TV productions including Z Cars (1964), Danger Man (1967), The Avengers (1965 to 1969) and Blake’s Seven (1979). He died in 2002. ![]() John Henry Roberts was born 11th July 1884 in London. As an actor, he was listed as J.H. Roberts with over 40 film credits to his name, mostly in the period between 1930’s and the late 1940’s, albeit he started his acting career much earlier – he first appeared on film in 1913 in Streets of New York followed an appearance in 1928’s The Constant Nymph. Some of the other films that he appeared in include; White Face (1932), The Luck of a Sailor (1934), Pot Luck (1936), The Mill on the Floss (1936), Young and Innocent (1937), The Divorce of Lady X (1938), Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939), The Door With Seven Locks (1940), Dangerous Moonlight (1941), Uncensored (1942), as Sir Robert McLean (pictured) in The First of the Few (1942), The Dark Tower (1943), The Agitator (1945), The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947), Blanche Fury (1948), London Belongs to Me (1948), The Importance of Being Earnest (1949) and Marry Me (1949). For fans of Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, he appeared alongside them twice; in 1940 he played a minor role in Night Train to Munich and in 1948 he appeared in Quartet – he played the role of West in the Colonel’s Lady segment. He was married to Beatrice Smith. He died 1st February 1961. Joey Carr was born 9th July 1912 in London as Joseph Carr. The actor sometimes appeared as either Joe E Carr or as Joey Carr. Not only was he an actor but he also boxed.
He appeared in minor roles in a small number of films during the 1940’s including Champagne Charlie (1944), Hue and Cry (1947) as Charlie, It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) as Joe, Passport to Pimlico (1949) as Dave Parsons (pictured) and as Mechanic Joey in 1953’s Genevieve. He died in 1990 in Old Ford, London, the same place where he was born. |
AuthorYorkshire born Peter Storey is the author of Charters and Caldicott: As War begins Archives
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