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Reg Varney is a Actor British born on 11 july 1916 at Canning Town (United-kingdom)

Reg Varney

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Birth name Reginald Alfred Varney
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 july 1916 at Canning Town (United-kingdom)
Death 16 november 2008 (at 92 years) at Budleigh Salterton (United-kingdom)

Reginald Alfred "Reg" Varney (11 July 1916 – 16 November 2008) was an English actor, entertainer and comedian best known for his television role's on The Rag Trade and On the Buses, appearing in the latter's 3 spin-off film versions.

Usually with

Frank Launder
Frank Launder
(2 films)
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis
(3 films)
Bob Grant
Bob Grant
(3 films)
Doris Hare
Doris Hare
(3 films)
Michael Robbins
Michael Robbins
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Reg Varney (10 films)

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The Plank
The Plank (1979)
, 30minutes
Directed by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Lionel Blair, Bernard Cribbins, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors
Roles Window Cleaner
Rating73% 3.685963.685963.685963.685963.68596
Holiday on the Buses
Holiday on the Buses (1973)
, 1h25
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis
Roles Stan Butler
Rating58% 2.921882.921882.921882.921882.92188
Three of the company's buses are wrecked due to Stan's negligent bus driving, which means Stan (Reg Varney), Jack (Bob Grant) and Inspector Blake (Stephen Lewis) are sacked. Stan and Jack get a job as bus crew at a Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, North Wales, only to find that Blakey has also got a job at the camp, as security inspector. Stan invites the family to stay (using his staff discount) whilst he proceeds to chat up the guests and staff. Tight fisted Arthur refuses to pay the train fare, instead relying on his ever present motorcycle and sidecar to take the Butlers to the camp. They meet Stan on the road, who accidentally forces them into a kerb causing all the luggage to land in a river and all the family's clothes are ruined.
Mutiny on the Buses
Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
, 1h25
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Doris Hare, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis
Roles Stan Butler
Rating57% 2.877222.877222.877222.877222.87722
Bus driver Stan Butler (Reg Varney) agrees to marry Susy (Janet Mahoney), much to the anguish of the rest of the family. Arthur loses his job so Stan, as the main money earner, agrees to delay the wedding while teaching Arthur to drive a bus. Meanwhile there is mutiny at the depot when the Depot Manager installs a new radio control system in all the buses (borrowing an idea previously used in the episode "Radio Control"). Jack (Bob Grant) tampers with the radio system and crosses the wires with the police frequency and several misunderstandings ensue. Blakey is then issued with a van to follow the buses around their routes, but when Stan and Jack accidentally cause a fire in the bus depot, the van is crushed between two buses in the ensuing chaos. The fire highlights the inadequacies of the depot's fire fighting equipment, which the general manager orders to be upgraded. Blakey stages a fire drill with the new equipment, but it goes spectacularly wrong when the foam machine goes out of control.
On the Buses
On the Buses (1971)
, 1h28
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Michael Robbins
Roles Stan Butler
Rating60% 3.0020553.0020553.0020553.0020553.002055
Bus driver Stan (Reg Varney) cannot afford the payments on a new washing machine or other expensive items his Mum and sister have bought on hire purchase. His overtime earnings have been cut because the bus company has decided to revoke a long-standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Worried at the thought of no overtime, and therefore less wages, he joins forces with his longtime colleague Jack (Bob Grant) to sabotage the new female employees. Meanwhile, just as his sister Olive (Anna Karen) starts working in the canteen, she discovers that she's expecting a baby. A sub plot explores Olive's journey to hospital while in labour in a motorcycle side car and the domestic disturbance the baby brings. Another sub plot explores Stan and Jack's amorous adventures. Stan flees a jealous husband in his bus and demolishes a telephone kiosk and bus shelter in the process. As a result, he is forced to undertake a driving test on a bus skid pan.
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
, 1h30
Directed by Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about education, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Dora Bryan, George Cole, Reg Varney, Raymond Huntley, Richard Wattis
Roles Gilbert
Rating58% 2.9008752.9008752.9008752.9008752.900875
"Alphonse" Askett (Frankie Howerd) is a hairdresser who is also the operational leader of a gang of crooks who are led behind the scenes by an invisible mastermind (voiced by Stratford Johns). He gives instructions to Askett about the robbery, Operation Windfall, using a variety of James Bond-like communications devices—including a converted showerhead.
Joey Boy
Joey Boy (1965)
, 1h31
Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser, Percy Herbert, Lance Percival, Reg Varney
Roles Rabbit Malone
Rating49% 2.4555452.4555452.4555452.4555452.455545
After a gang of London Spivs are arrested for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War they are offered a choice between prison and a tour of duty with the British Army putting their unique talents to work.
The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
, 1h24
Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Donald Pleasence, Jameson Clark, Michael Goodliffe
Roles railway porter
Rating65% 3.298473.298473.298473.298473.29847
A timid accountant in a Scottish Tweed weaving company (Sellers) cleverly bests the brash modern American efficiency expert (Cummings) whose ideas threaten his way of life. The film opens with Martin (Sellers) in Edinburgh buying whisky and cigarettes on the Royal Mile. We then see him at work as a head accountant in a very old-fashioned firm in the New Town. The Justerini & Brooks premises on George Street serves as their shop in the film.