"Janet Brown Janet McLuckie Brown (14 December 192327 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian and impressionist who gained considerable fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher. Brown was the wife of Peter Butterworth who was best known for his appearances in the ""Carry on"" films. Butterworth died in 1979 and Brown never remarried. Brown was born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, and educated at Rutherglen Academy. Beginning with Margaret Thatcher's election as the leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, Brown gained increasing prominence because of her realistic impression of the Tory politician. She performed as"
"divorced in 1972 and had a daughter in 1967, Abigail Hopkins, who is a singer and actress. Barker died in Canterbury, Kent, and is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Stalisfield Green, near Faversham, where he had lived for a number of years. In 1971 Barker was the subject of the British ITV television show ""This Is Your Life"". Eric Barker Eric Leslie Barker (12 February 1912 – 1 June 1990) was an English comedy actor. He is most remembered for his roles in the popular British ""Carry On"" films, although he only appeared in the early films in"
"to coincide with his anniversary, which was attended by his family and friends. These included actors that Douglas had worked with, amongst them were Fenella Fielding, Jacki Piper, Lance Percival and Valerie Leon. Jack Douglas died of pneumonia on 18 December 2008. Jack Douglas (actor) Jack Douglas, born John Douglas Roberton (26 April 1927 – 18 December 2008) was an English actor most famous for his roles in the ""Carry On"" films. Douglas was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, into a theatrical family; his father was a theatre producer and his brother, Bill Roberton, became a theatre director. His mother"
"""Carry On"" films, beginning with ""Carry On Doctors"" and ""Carry On Campus"". As of early 2017, no news had surfaced on if the planned reboot is still going ahead. On 12 April 2017, Sothcott confirmed to thehollywoodnews that he is no longer involved with the film series. The characters and comedy style of the ""Carry On"" film series, were adapted to a television series titled ""Carry On Laughing"", and several Christmas specials. In 1971, Music For Pleasure released a long playing record, ""Oh! What a Carry On!"" (MFP MONO 1416), featuring songs performed by Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Kenneth Connor,"
"sole producer and director respectively. They mostly employed the same crew and a regular group of actors. The main cast predominantly featured Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas and Jim Dale. The ""Carry On""s comprise the largest number of films of any British series and, next to the ""James Bond"" films, are the second-longest continually-running UK film series (with a fourteen-year hiatus between 1978 and 1992). Between 1958 and 1992, there were seven writers, principally Norman Hudis (1958–62) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–74). The films"
"Carry On Loving Carry On Loving is the twentieth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, and was released in 1970. It features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott and Bernard Bresslaw alongside newcomers Richard O'Callaghan (in his first ""Carry On"") and Imogen Hassall (in her only ""Carry On"" role). The dialogue veers toward open bawdiness rather than the evasive innuendo characteristic of the earlier films in the series. There are fictitious locations named for their sexual innuendo, including 'Much-Snogging-On-The-Green', 'Rogerham Mansions' and 'Dunham Road'. Various events involve a"
"Carry On series on screen and stage The ""Carry On"" series is a long-running British sequence of comedy films, stage shows and television programmes produced between 1958 and 1992. Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated from 1958 to 1966, and the Rank Organisation from 1967 to 1978, the films were all made at Pinewood Studios. The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. There were thirty-one films, three Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, all made on time and to a strict budget. Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas were the series'"
"Carry On (franchise) The Carry On series primarily consists of 31 British comedy motion pictures (1958–92), four Christmas specials, a television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays. The films' humour was in the British comic tradition of the music hall and bawdy seaside postcards. Producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas drew on a regular group of actors, the Carry On team, that included Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, and Jim Dale. The ""Carry On"" series contains"
"Eric Barker Eric Leslie Barker (12 February 1912 – 1 June 1990) was an English comedy actor. He is most remembered for his roles in the popular British ""Carry On"" films, although he only appeared in the early films in the series, apart from returning for ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" in 1978. Eric Barker was born in Thornton Heath, London, on 20 February 1912, the youngest of three children. He was brought up in Croydon, Surrey and educated at Whitgift School. He joined his father's paper merchants' company in the city but left to concentrate full-time on writing. His first novel"
"Carry On England Carry On England is the 28th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made. It was released in October 1976 and featured ""Carry On"" regulars Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims and Peter Butterworth. It was second and last ""Carry On"" film for Windsor Davies, Diane Langton, and Peter Jones, while Patrick Mower, Judy Geeson and Melvyn Hayes make their only appearance in a ""Carry On"" film. It was followed by ""That's Carry On"" in 1977 and ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" in 1978. Captain S Melly (Kenneth Connor) is put in charge of an experimental mixed-battery"
"said it was a patchy entry in the series which spent too much time with the other clients of the bureau at the expense of the proprietors and the characters played by Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams. Carry On Loving Carry On Loving is the twentieth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, and was released in 1970. It features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott and Bernard Bresslaw alongside newcomers Richard O'Callaghan (in his first ""Carry On"") and Imogen Hassall (in her only ""Carry On"" role). The dialogue"
"parts within the ""Carry On"" films with ""Carry On Abroad"" (1972), in which he played 'Pepe' the manager of an unfinished hotel, who greets his unexpected guests in the guise of the builder, the porter, the receptionist and telephone operator. He spends the first half of the film furiously trying to placate and accommodate them and the last half desperately trying to save the building from a flood, and whilst all this is going on, put up with his nagging wife (Hattie Jacques). Butterworth remained with the series until the final film in the main series, ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" (1978)."
"would be so boring, wouldn't it?"". Terry Scott Owen John ""Terry"" Scott (4 May 1927 – 26 July 1994) was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven ""Carry On films"". He also appeared in BBC1's popular domestic sitcom ""Terry and June"" with June Whitfield. Scott was born and brought up in Watford, Hertfordshire and educated at Watford Field Junior School and Watford Grammar School for Boys. He was the youngest of three children, and the only surviving son after his brother Aubrey died when Scott was six. After National Service in the Navy at the end of World"
"Jack Douglas (actor) Jack Douglas, born John Douglas Roberton (26 April 1927 – 18 December 2008) was an English actor most famous for his roles in the ""Carry On"" films. Douglas was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, into a theatrical family; his father was a theatre producer and his brother, Bill Roberton, became a theatre director. His mother was so keen that he be a Geordie that, according to Douglas, although they had settled in London, He spent his early years on a farm in Meriden. and the family later moved to Blackpool to get away from the bombing in"
"Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor, best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 ""Carry On"" films, and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne. Williams grew up in Central London in a working class family. He served in the Royal Engineers during World War II, where he first became interested in becoming an entertainer. After a short spell in repertory"
"Richard O'Callaghan Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke, 7 March 1940, London) is an English film, stage and television character actor. He is the son of actors Patricia Hayes and Valentine Brooke, whose stage name was Valentine Rooke. As a boy actor he was known as Richard Brooke. He has led a versatile career in film, stage and television in a wide range of roles. O'Callaghan took over the role of the clumsy but sympathetic romantic lead, played in earlier ""Carry On"" films by Jim Dale, in ""Carry On Loving"" (1970) and ""Carry On at Your Convenience"" (1971). He is married"
"the most successful ""Carry On"" film with an estimated ten million admissions. It made an estimated $1.5 million in the US. Carry On Nurse Carry On Nurse is the second in the series of ""Carry On"" films with 31 entries. It was released in 1959, premiering in London at the Carlton Cinema on 5 March 1959 before going on general release nationwide from 23 March 1959. Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her ""Carry On"" film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey, with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips. The film was written by Norman Hudis"
"Carry On Screaming! Carry On Screaming is a British Comedy and the twelfth film in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made and was released in 1966. It was the last of the series to be made by Anglo-Amalgamated before the series moved to The Rank Organisation. Of the regular cast, it features Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. It also features Harry H. Corbett in his only series appearance and Fenella Fielding making her second and final appearance. Angela Douglas makes the second of her four ""Carry On"" appearances. ""Carry"
"Carry On Matron Carry On Matron is the twenty-third in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made. It was released in May 1972. It features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor and Kenneth Connor. This was the last ""Carry on..."" film for Terry Scott after appearing in seven films. ""Carry On Matron"" was the second and last ""Carry On..."" for Kenneth Cope. Along with the next film in the series (""Carry On Abroad""), it features the highest number of the regular ""Carry On"" team. The only regular members"
"2001, ten minutes before she died, Norah Holland spoke to her gently about Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and their time on the ""Carry On"" films. Sims died from liver failure and diverticulitis, with diabetes and COPD cited as contributory factors. She was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium, and her ashes scattered in the grounds there. Joan Sims Irene Joan Marion Sims (9 May 1930 – 27 June 2001) was an English actress remembered for her roles in the ""Carry On"" films, including ""Carry On Nurse"" (1959), ""Carry On Cleo"" (1964) and ""Carry On Camping"" (1969). She played Mrs. Wembley, the"
"Terry Scott Owen John ""Terry"" Scott (4 May 1927 – 26 July 1994) was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven ""Carry On films"". He also appeared in BBC1's popular domestic sitcom ""Terry and June"" with June Whitfield. Scott was born and brought up in Watford, Hertfordshire and educated at Watford Field Junior School and Watford Grammar School for Boys. He was the youngest of three children, and the only surviving son after his brother Aubrey died when Scott was six. After National Service in the Navy at the end of World War II, he briefly studied accounting."
"Carry On Cruising Carry On Cruising is the sixth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made and was released in 1962. It was based on an original story by Eric Barker. P&O – Orient Lines were thanked in the credits. Regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Connor appear in the movie whereas Joan Sims and Charles Hawtrey do not. Sims took ill shortly before filming began and was replaced by Dilys Laye, making her ""Carry On"" debut, at four days' notice. Hawtrey was dropped for demanding star billing, but returned for the next entry, making this"
"Carry On Sergeant Carry On Sergeant is a 1958 comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of ""Carry On"" films, with 31 entries. The film was based on a play ""The Bull Boys"" by R. F. Delderfield and was adapted into a script by Norman Hudis with John Antrobus contributing additional material and replacing the conscripted ballet dancers of the novel into a married couple. It was directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers, a partnership which would last until 1978. Actors in this film,"
"Teacher"" and ""Carry On Constable""). After ""Constable"" he told producer Peter Rogers that he did not wish to do any more Carry Ons, though he did return for ""Carry On Columbus"" in 1992. This made him, with June Whitfield, the longest-serving ""Carry On"" cast members. In the 1960s he took over from Dirk Bogarde in several of the 'Doctor' film comedies. Between 1959 and 1977 Phillips became familiar on radio with a leading role in ""The Navy Lark"". After his marriage to Angela Scoular in 1982, Phillips decided to move away from playing the kind of lecherous twits with suave"
"Carry On Nurse Carry On Nurse is the second in the series of ""Carry On"" films with 31 entries. It was released in 1959, premiering in London at the Carlton Cinema on 5 March 1959 before going on general release nationwide from 23 March 1959. Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her ""Carry On"" film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey, with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips. The film was written by Norman Hudis based on the play ""Ring for Catty"" by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. It was the top-grossing film of 1959 in"
"Carry On Up the Jungle Carry On Up the Jungle is the nineteenth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in 1970. The film marked Frankie Howerd's second and final appearance in the series. He stars alongside regular players Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott and Bernard Bresslaw. Kenneth Williams is unusually absent. Kenneth Connor returns to the series for the first time since ""Carry On Cleo"" six years earlier and would now feature in almost every entry up to ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" in 1978. Jacki Piper makes the first of her four appearances"
"Alongside Kenneth Williams and Eric Barker, Connor was one of only three actors to appear in both the first and last of the original sequence of ""Carry On"" films (""Carry On Sergeant"" and ""Carry On Emmannuelle""). In his earlier ""Carry On"" appearances, Connor frequently played the romantic lead or other sympathetic roles (typically with an element of comically neurotic anxiety), while later appearances saw him play less sympathetic characters such as married men with wandering eyes and lascivious remarks. In ""Carry On Nurse"" (1959), his real-life son Jeremy appeared as his character Bernie Bishop's son. In 1961, he starred with"
"Carry On Doctor Carry On Doctor (1967) is the fifteenth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made. It is the second in the series to have a medical theme. Frankie Howerd makes the first of his two appearances in the film series and stars alongside regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, and Bernard Bresslaw. Hattie Jacques returns for the first time since ""Carry On Cabby"" four years earlier, while Barbara Windsor returns after her debut in ""Carry On Spying"" three years earlier. ""Carry On Doctor"" marked Anita Harris's second and"
"Carry On Regardless Carry On Regardless was the fifth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made being released in 1961. By now a fairly regular team was established with Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams all having appeared in previous entries. Hattie Jacques – who was also a regular – makes a cameo appearance during a hospital scene. ""Professor"" Stanley Unwin appears in a guest role, playing his trademark ""gobbledegook"" speaking act. This would be the final appearance in the series for early regular Terence Longdon. Liz Fraser makes her debut in"
"Carry On Abroad Carry On Abroad is the twenty-fourth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in December 1972. The film features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth and Hattie Jacques. It was the 23rd and final appearance for Charles Hawtrey. June Whitfield returned after appearing in ""Carry On Nurse"" 13 years earlier. Jimmy Logan made the first of two appearances in the series. Along with the previous film in the series (""Carry On Matron""), it features the highest number of the regular ""Carry On"" team."
"Kenneth Connor Kenneth Connor, (6 June 191828 November 1993) was an English stage, film and broadcasting actor, best known to the public for his comedy appearances in the ""Carry On"" films. Born in Islington, London, the son of a naval petty officer who organised concert parties, Connor first appeared on the stage at the age of two as an organ-grinder's monkey in one of his father's shows, in Portsmouth. By 11 years old, he had his own act. He attended the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he was a Gold Medal winner. Connor made his professional debut in"
"Nat Cohen Nat Cohen (23 December 1905 – 10 February 1988) was a British film producer and executive. For over four decades he was one of the most significant figures in the British film industry, particularly in his capacity as head of Anglo-Amalgamated and EMI Films; he helped finance the first ""Carry On"" movies and early work of filmmakers such as Ken Loach, John Schlesinger, Alan Parker and David Puttnam. In the early 1970s while head of EMI Films he was called the most powerful man in the British film industry. Cohen was the son of a kosher butcher from"
"Carry On Up the Khyber Carry On Up the Khyber is a British comedy and the sixteenth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in November 1968. It stars ""Carry On"" regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. Roy Castle makes his only ""Carry On"" appearance in the romantic male lead part usually played by Jim Dale. Angela Douglas makes her fourth and final appearance in the series. Terry Scott returned to the series after his minor role in the first film of the series, ""Carry On Sergeant"" a"