Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Dwyer | |
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 in The Way Ahead (1944) | |
| Born | Leslie Gilbert Dwyer 28 August 1906 |
| Died | 26 December 1986 (aged 80) |
| Resting place | East London Cemetery and Crematorium |
| Occupation | Actor |
Leslie Dwyer (28 August 1906 – 26 December 1986[1][2]) was an English film and television character actor.[3]
He was born in Catford, the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. Film roles included In Which We Serve (1942), The Way Ahead (1944), the 1952 remake of Hindle Wakes, Room in the House (1955), the 1959 remake of Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, and Die, Monster, Die! (1966).[4]
He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's play Flare Path.[5]
His most notable television role was as Mr. Partridge the miserable Punch and Judy man with an aversion to children in the British sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. He took roles in Doctor Who (as Vorg in Carnival of Monsters in 1973), and in Steptoe and Son, Terry and June, The Sweeney, Wodehouse Playhouse, and Z-Cars.[4]
Death
Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80. His grave is located in the East London Cemetery.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Goose Steps Out (1942)
- The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
- The Way Ahead (1944)
- Great Day (1945)
- Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
- When the Bough Breaks (1947)
- Bond Street (1948)
- The Calendar (1948)
- The Little Ballerina (1948)
- The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
- It's Not Cricket (1949)
- Double Confession (1950)
- The Smart Aleck (1951)
- There Is Another Sun (1951)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951)
- Hindle Wakes (1952)
- Judgment Deferred (1952)
- My Wife's Lodger (1952)
- Marilyn (1953)
- The Good Die Young (1954)
- The Black Rider (1954)
- Where There's a Will (1955)
- Room in the House (1955)
- Cloak Without Dagger (1956)
- Not So Dusty (1956)
- Eyewitness (1956)
- Face in the Night (1957)
- Stormy Crossing (1958)
- The 39 Steps (1959)
- Left Right and Centre (1959)
- Die, Monster, Die! (1965) (UK title: Monster of Terror)
- I've Gotta Horse (1965)
- Crooks and Coronets (1969)
- Dominique (1978)
References
- ^ GRO Register of Deaths: DEC 1986 21 674 TRURO - Leslie Gilbert Dwyer, DoB = 28 Aug 1906, aged 80
- ^ a b Profile, FindAGrave.com; accessed 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Leslie Dwyer". BFI.
- ^ a b Leslie Dwyer at IMDb
- ^ Rattigan, Terence (2001). The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan, Volume One, The Early Plays 1936-1952, p. 80. The Paper Tiger; ISBN 978-1-889439-27-3.
