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Percy Herbert is a Actor British born on 31 july 1920 at London (United-kingdom)

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 july 1920 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 6 december 1992 (at 72 years) at Kent (United-kingdom)

Percy Herbert (31 July 1920 – 6 December 1992) was an English character actor who worked predominantly during the 1950s, '60s and '70s, becoming one of the most recognisable faces in post-war British cinema.

Biography

He served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War and spent four years in the notorious Japanese prisoner of war camp Changi. After the war, he was helped by Dame Sybil Thorndike
to secure an interview with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he won a scholarship. His acting career began in the theatre, which included working at John Gielgud's Old Vic Company.

Beginning in the early 1950s, he went on to make nearly seventy films, often playing soldiers, most notably in The Cockleshell Heroes, The Bridge on the River Kwai (for which he also worked as consultant), Sea of Sand, Tunes of Glory, The Guns of Navarone, Guns at Batasi, Tobruk and The Wild Geese. However, he was equally at home in comedies (Barnacle Bill, Casino Royale, two Carry On films), fantasy (One Million Years B.C., Mysterious Island), and drama (Becket, Bunny Lake is Missing).

He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived American series Cimarron Strip, during a brief foray to Hollywood. Other television work includes Danger Man, The Saint, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, and Worzel Gummidge.

Herbert died of complications due to being a POW in Changi - 6 December 1992.

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Filmography of Percy Herbert (67 films)

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Actor

The Sea Wolves, 2h
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee
Roles Dennison
Rating62% 3.146183.146183.146183.146183.14618
During World War II, German submarines are sinking thousands of tons of British merchant shipping. British intelligence, based in India, believes that information is being passed to the U-Boats by a radio transmitter hidden on board one of three German merchant ships interned in Portuguese Goa. Since Portugal is neutral, the ships cannot be attacked by conventional forces.
The London Connection, 1h40
Directed by Robert Clouse
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeffrey Byron, Larry Cedar, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Mona Washbourne, David Kossoff
Roles Ship's Captain
Rating57% 2.8677452.8677452.8677452.8677452.867745
The description on the back of the Disney home video release reads: "An exciting adventure begins for a young American government agent after he witnesses the kidnapping of a noted European scientist in London. The only item left behind in this startling incident is a gold ring, inscribed with an address that leads the youth into a massive conspiracy of international proportions. A baffling series of clues and a high-speed boat chase in the Port of London add up to a superlative Disney mystery thriller!"
The Wild Geese, 2h10
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, John Glen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Films about racism
Actors Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger, Frank Finlay
Roles Keith
Rating67% 3.399523.399523.399523.399523.39952
Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), a British mercenary and former army colonel, arrives in London to meet the rich and ruthless merchant banker Sir Edward Matherson (Stewart Granger). The latter proposes a risky operation to rescue Julius Limbani (Winston Ntshona), the imprisoned leader of a central African nation who is due to be executed by General Ndofa, the man who deposed him. Limbani is currently being held in a remote prison in Zembala, guarded by a unit of Ndofa's personal troops known as the "Simbas".
That's Carry On!, 1h35
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Eric Barker, Amanda Barrie, John Bluthal, Bernard Bresslaw
Roles Various Characters
Rating53% 2.664162.664162.664162.664162.66416
Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor are imprisoned in a Pinewood Studios projection room and trawl through film can after film can of the classic Carry On series. Kenneth is delighted with the slap-up food hamper and champagne, while Barbara loads the vintage clips. As the films remorselessly play out, Kenneth feels the need to relieve himself but Barbara is determined to plough through every film. Finally, scenes of speedy roadside urinating from Carry On at Your Convenience prove too much for Kenneth to bear but he holds back the flow to enjoy his finest role as the Khasi in Carry On... Up the Khyber. While Kenneth pontificates about the glories of the Empire, Barbara leaves the projection room and locks her co-star in. Unable to hold out any longer, Kenneth goes against the projection room door.
Valentino
Valentino (1977)
, 2h8
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Erotic, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Ann Kendal, Seymour Cassel
Roles Studio Guard
Rating60% 3.0484953.0484953.0484953.0484953.048495
The film begins with a mock newsreel sequence showing the chaos around the death of 31-year-old film star Rudolph Valentino (Rudolph Nureyev). Thousands of fans mob the funeral home until order is restored, at which point the important women in Valentino's life come to mourn. Each remembers him via flashbacks.
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, 1h40
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Art Stevens, Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Spy films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Children's films
Actors Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill, Derek Nimmo, Percy Herbert, Hugh Burden
Roles Mr Gibbons
Rating58% 2.9498752.9498752.9498752.9498752.949875
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
Craze
Craze (1974)
, 1h36
Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Trevor Howard, Hugh Griffith
Roles Detective Constable Russet
Rating51% 2.560562.560562.560562.560562.56056
Blacksnake!, 1h22
Directed by Russ Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Erotic, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors David Prowse, David Warbeck, Anouska Hempel, Percy Herbert, Anthony Sharp
Roles Joxer Tierney
Rating51% 2.5676552.5676552.5676552.5676552.567655
L'histoire est centrée sur la cruauté d'une propriétaire d'esclaves et sa domination sur les hommes. L'intrigue se situe sur une île de Nouvelle-Zélande.
The MacKintosh Man, 1h38
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Nigel Patrick
Roles Taafe
Rating62% 3.1481353.1481353.1481353.1481353.148135
Joseph Rearden, a British Intelligence agent, arrives in London and makes a rendezvous with MacKintosh, the head of his organisation, in a discreet office located just off Trafalgar Square. MacKintosh and his deputy, Mrs Smith, inform him of a simple way to steal diamonds which are transported via the post service to avoid attention. This he does, apparently getting successfully away after punching a postman, and making off with the diamond-filled parcel. However, that evening, in his hotel room he is paid a visit by two Metropolitan Police detectives who have received an anonymous phone call advising them about the robbery. They are unconvinced by Rearden's pretence to be an innocent Australian who had recently arrived in London.
The Fiend
The Fiend (1972)
, 1h38
Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ann Todd, Tony Beckley, Patrick Magee, Suzanna Leigh, Percy Herbert, David Lodge
Roles Commissionaire Jim Hudson
Rating52% 2.609262.609262.609262.609262.60926
Widow Birdy Wemys (Todd) has become a devoted member of a fundamentalist fire-and-brimstone religious sect called The Brethren, led by the charismatic Minister (Magee). Birdy has turned her sizeable home over to the Brethren for use as a church and a recruiting ground, and her son Kenny (Beckley) has also fallen under their spell. Kenny is a troubled individual, dominated by his overbearing mother, introverted and socially inept. He has taken the teachings of the Minister to heart, and feels repulsed by what he sees as sin, lust and temptation being openly flaunted by the young women he sees as he goes about his daily business.
Doomwatch
Doomwatch (1972)
, 1h32
Directed by Peter Sasdy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates, George Sanders, Percy Herbert
Roles Hartwell
Rating55% 2.7569052.7569052.7569052.7569052.756905
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
Up the Front, 1h29
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, William Mervyn, Hermione Baddeley, Jonathan Cecil, Madeline Smith
Roles Corporal Lovechild
Rating45% 2.278712.278712.278712.278712.27871
Set during World War I, Lurk, a lowly servant in the household of Lord and Lady Twithampton (William Mervyn & Linda Gray), is hypnotised by The Great Vincento (Stanley Holloway) and travels to the Western Front to 'save England'. Lurk is inspired to bravery, and upon receiving the German master plan for the entire war, which has through an unlikely series of events been tattooed onto his posterior, is pursued across France by German intelligence. After breaking into the British military headquarters to deliver the plans into the hands of General Burke (Robert Coote), he is confronted by the sensuous German spy Mata Hari (Zsa Zsa Gabor). After foiling Mata Hari's scheme to relieve him of the plan, a hilarious scene develops in which he is pursued by the nefarious Von Gutz (Lance Percival) and his henchmen Donner and Blitzen (Gertan Klauber and Stanley Lebor). Accompanied by the Can-Can, performed by the Famous Buttercup Girls, Lurk is pursued around the Allied headquarters.
Man in the Wilderness, 1h44
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Richard Harris, John Huston, Prunella Ransome, Percy Herbert, Henry Wilcoxon, Norman Rossington
Roles Fogarty
Rating67% 3.3914953.3914953.3914953.3914953.391495
A classic survival story, told partly through flashbacks to Zachary Bass's past. After being left for dead by his fellow trappers, he undergoes a series of trials and adventures as he slowly heals and equips himself while he tracks the expedition, apparently intent on retribution for his abandonment, while earning the respect of the Indians he encounters. However, when he finally confronts his fellow trappers and Captain Henry, he chooses not to seek revenge, but instead to focus on returning to his infant son.
Captain Apache, 1h34
Directed by Alexander Singer
Genres Action, Western
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Tony Vogel, Dan van Husen
Roles Moon
Rating47% 2.358632.358632.358632.358632.35863
Lee Van Cleef stars as Captain Apache, a Native American US army officer on the case of solving the last words of a dead Commissioner, “April morning”. Each time he nears discovering the meaning of the phrase, a character dies and throws him off the trail. The journey eventually takes the captain to a train, one which pulls a private rail road car named “April Morning”, transporting President Ulysses S. Grant. Putting the information together leads the Captain to the realizing an assassination is about to take place and he is the only one who can prevent it.