Peter Pan
2003 · Movie
as Fairy Guide
Bill Kerr
1922-06-10
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Cape Town, South Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Henry Kerr (10 June 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a British and Australian film and television actor. He was born into a performing arts family in Cape Town, South Africa, but grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. He began working as a child actor in depression era Australia, taking his first major role in The Silence of Dean Maitland, one of Australia's first talking films. After serving in the Second World War, Kerr moved to England to further his acting career, and during the 1940s he was regularly featured in the BBC radio series Variety Bandbox. His trademark was his catch phrase "I'm only here for 4 minutes..." In the 1950s, he had a recurring role as an Australian lodger in the BBC radio comedy series Hancock's Half Hour. Initially sharper than Hancock's characterisation, it was developed into a more dim-witted character who became the butt of Hancock's jokes. His television appearances in Britain include a 1968 Doctor Who story called The Enemy of the World, with Patrick Troughton, and a long running part in the early 1960s BBC-TV soap, Compact. Bill Kerr had much theatrical success in Britain, playing The Devil in the original West End production of Damn Yankees, directed by Bob Fosse, and Cole. He also worked with Spike Milligan. He appeared in Milligan and John Antrobus's stage play The Bed-Sitting Room, which opened at the Mermaid Theatre on 31 January 1963. A subsequent production opened on 3 May 1967 at the Saville Theatre, and "a cast containing an unusually high proportion of Australian actors including Bill Kerr and David Nettheim." Then in 1972 he co-starred with Anthony Newley in the long running Newley/Bricusse musical, The Good Old Bad Old Days. In 1975, Kerr took the part of Bluey Notts, described as "an Australian bookie's clerk, a crude racialist", in The Melting Pot. This was a sitcom written by Spike Milligan and Neil Shand, which was cancelled by the BBC after just one episode had been broadcast. He also appeared in several British films, including The Dam Busters and The Wrong Arm of the Law, before moving back to Australia. Although probably best known as a comic actor, and especially for his appearances in Hancock's Half Hour, he has since played a number of serious roles, notably in Peter Weir's films Gallipoli (1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). He also worked on the Australian stage in the 1980s, in musicals such as My Fair Lady, where he received excellent reviews as Alfred Doolittle. In 2001, he appeared in the Australian comedy Let's Get Skase. Kerr also appeared in Glenview High and the 1998 television comedy series Minty. Kerr has also been involved in documentaries, providing the narration for No Survivor - The Mysterious Loss of HMAS Sydney Nine Network Australia (1995), Malice or Mutiny for the ABC Australia 2003 and Animal X Natural Mystery Unit series for Discovery in the US, TV2 Norway and many others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Kerr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Let's Get Skase
2001 · Movie
as Mitchell Vendieks
Changi
2001 · TV Show
as Older Eddie
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Funny by George: The George Wallace Story
2000 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
Animal X
1997 · TV Show
Ship to Shore
1993 · TV Show
Snowy
1993 · TV Show
as Stuart McLachlan
Over the Hill
1992 · Movie
as Maurice
Sweet Talker
1991 · Movie
as 'Uncle' Cec
The River Kings
1991 · TV Show
as Captain Elijah
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The Private War of Lucinda Smith
1991 · TV Show
as Scotty
The New Adventures of Black Beauty
1990 · TV Show
as Samuel Burton
Kokoda Crescent
1989 · Movie
as Russ
Mortuary Academy
1988 · Movie
as Brody
The Christmas Visitor
1987 · Movie
as Trevor Watson
Rob Roy
1987 · Movie
The Lighthorsemen
1987 · Movie
as Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel
Running from the Guns
1987 · Movie
Platypus Cove
1986 · Movie
as Mr. Anderson
Double Sculls
1986 · Movie
as Curly
A Fortunate Life
1986 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
The Coca-Cola Kid
1985 · Movie
as T. George McDowell
Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
1985 · Movie
as Self
Anzacs
1985 · TV Show
as General Monash
Razorback
1984 · Movie
as Jake Cullen
Vigil
1984 · Movie
as Birdie
The Settlement
1984 · Movie
as Kearney
Dusty
1983 · Movie
as Tom Lincoln
Great Expectations
1983 · Movie
as (Voice)
Return to Eden
1983 · TV Show
as Dave Welles
The Pirate Movie
1982 · Movie
as Major-General Stanley
Deadline
1982 · Movie
as Willliam Ashby
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982 · Movie
as Colonel Henderson
Gallipoli
1981 · Movie
as Jack
Save the Lady
1981 · Movie
as MacDuff
Father, Dear Father
1978 · TV Show
as Customs Man
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Glenview High
1977 · TV Show
House of Mortal Sin
1976 · Movie
as Mr. Davey
Girls Come First
1975 · Movie
as Hugh Jampton
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973 · Movie
as Giacomo
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968 · Movie
as Giles Kent
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Movie
as Gladiator-in-Training
Doctor in Clover
1966 · Movie
as Digger
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It's Not Me - It's Them!
1965 · TV Show
as Len
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963 · Movie
as Jack Coombes
Doctor in Distress
1963 · Movie
as Australian Sailor
Doctor Who
1963 · TV Show
as Giles Kent
A Pair of Briefs
1962 · Movie
as Victor - Club Owner, Victor
Compact
1962 · TV Show
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Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
1961 · Movie
as Various
Citizen James
1960 · TV Show
as William Montmorency Beaumont Kerr / 'Billy the Kerr'
The Captain's Table
1959 · Movie
as Bill Coke
No Hiding Place
1959 · TV Show
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Garry Halliday
1959 · TV Show
The Shiralee
1957 · Movie
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Port of Escape
1956 · Movie
as Dinty Missouri
Hancock's Half Hour
1956 · TV Show
The Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Movie
as Soldier
The Dam Busters
1955 · Movie
as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
Appointment in London
1953 · Movie
as Bill Brown
My Death Is a Mockery
1952 · Movie
as Hansen
Penny Points to Paradise
1951 · Movie
as Digger Graves
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934 · Movie
as Cyril Maitland Jr.
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Harmony Row
1933 · Movie
as Leonard
