Bill Fraser was born on 5th June 1908 in Perth, Scotland as William Simpson Fraser.
At the age of twenty he ran his own repertory company at Worthing and he has also acted on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company. During WW2 he served with the RAF.
With over 130 film and TV credits to his name he had a very productive career. Some of the many films that he appeared in include: East of Piccadilly (1941), Forbidden (1949), appearing as Oliver Cromwell in Helter Skelter (1949), Meet me Tonight (1952), Terror on a Train (1953), The Barefott Contessa (1954), Orders are Orders – pictured (1954), Doctor at Large 1957 and A Home of Your Own (1965).
Whilst his film roles were generally minor, he was popular on television in shows like Bootsie and Snudge (1960), as Claude Snudge in The Army Game (1960) and also in Foreign Affiars 1964, as Basil Bulstrode in That’s Your Funeral 1964, Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) and as General Grugger in 1980’s Dr Who.
He died on 5th September 1987 in Hertfordshire.
At the age of twenty he ran his own repertory company at Worthing and he has also acted on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company. During WW2 he served with the RAF.
With over 130 film and TV credits to his name he had a very productive career. Some of the many films that he appeared in include: East of Piccadilly (1941), Forbidden (1949), appearing as Oliver Cromwell in Helter Skelter (1949), Meet me Tonight (1952), Terror on a Train (1953), The Barefott Contessa (1954), Orders are Orders – pictured (1954), Doctor at Large 1957 and A Home of Your Own (1965).
Whilst his film roles were generally minor, he was popular on television in shows like Bootsie and Snudge (1960), as Claude Snudge in The Army Game (1960) and also in Foreign Affiars 1964, as Basil Bulstrode in That’s Your Funeral 1964, Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) and as General Grugger in 1980’s Dr Who.
He died on 5th September 1987 in Hertfordshire.
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