"police (""Constable"") and the trade unions (""At Your Convenience"") as well as camping (""Camping""), foreign holidays (""Cruising"", ""Abroad""), beauty contests (""Girls""), caravan holidays (""Behind""), and the education system (""Teacher"") amongst others. Although the films were very often panned by critics, they mostly proved very popular with audiences. In 2007, the pun ""Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me"", spoken by Kenneth Williams (playing Julius Caesar) in ""Carry on Cleo"", was voted the funniest one-line joke in film history. A film had appeared in 1957 under the title ""Carry On Admiral""; although this was a comedy in similar vein"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"the series squarely at the film's door. Carry On Emmannuelle Carry On Emmannuelle is the 30th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, and was released in November 1978. This was the last ""Carry On"" film to be made until ""Carry On Columbus"" in 1992. The film was to be the final ""Carry On"" for many regulars, including Kenneth Williams (in his 26th ""Carry On""), Kenneth Connor (in his 17th), Joan Sims (in her 24th) and Peter Butterworth (in his 16th). Jack Douglas and Jim Dale are the only regulars from the original run of Carry On"
"Carry On Behind Carry On Behind is the 27th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, and was released in December 1975. It was the first not to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell since ""Carry On Cruising"" 13 years previously. Also missing was series stalwart Sid James. James was busy touring in a play, while Rothwell's health prevented him from writing. The regular actors present are Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims and Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw and Patsy Rowlands. ""Carry On Behind"" was the final picture in the series for Bresslaw (in his 14th"
"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 Constable Carry On Constable is the fourth film from the ""Carry On"" series, with 31 entries. It was released in February 1960. Of the regular team, it featured Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, and Hattie Jacques. Sid James makes his debut in the series here, while early regulars Leslie Phillips, Eric Barker, and Shirley Eaton also turn up, although Phillips did not appear again in the series for 32 years. It was the first """"Carry On..."""" film to include some nudity with Connor, Hawtrey, Williams, and Phillips baring their behinds during a shower scene. A"
"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"
"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"
"contractual problems. James ultimately made 19 ""Carry On"" films, receiving top-billing in 17, making him one of the most featured performers of the regular cast. The characters he portrayed in the films were usually very similar to the wise-cracking, sly, lecherous Cockney he was famed for playing on television, and in most cases they bore the name Sid or Sidney, examples being, Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond in ""Carry On Up the Khyber"" and Sid Boggles in ""Carry On Camping"". His trademark ""dirty laugh"" was often used and became, along with a world-weary ""Cor, blimey!"", his catchphrase. His laugh can be heard"
"""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,"
"Carry On Dick Carry On Dick is the 26th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made. The story is based on the Dick Turpin legend and features Turpin (James) as an antihero, attempting to evade capture by the authorities. ""Carry On Dick"" was released in July 1974 and marked the end of an era for the series. It features the last appearances of Sid James (after nineteen appearances in the series), Hattie Jacques (fourteen appearances) and Barbara Windsor (nine appearances), although all three would appear in the ""Carry On Laughing"" TV series and Windsor would co-present a"
"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"
"""Carry On Regardless"" and would appear in a further three ""Carry On"" films. This Carry On film was the only one to be filmed over two years; being filmed in both 1960 and 1961. Down at the local labour exchange, everyone is moaning about the lack of decent jobs, unaware that nearby Bert Handy and his secretary Miss Cooling are attempting to fill vacancies, at a new enterprise called Helping Hands. When word gets round, people are quick to visit the agency, notably Sam Twist, Francis Courtenay, Delia King, Gabriel Dimple, Lily Duveen, Mike Weston and Montgomery Infield-Hopping. Bert decides"
"despite being only eight months older than her on-screen daughter. Supporting roles are played by Sherrie Hewson, Carol Hawkins, Ian Lavender, Adrienne Posta, George Layton, Larry Dann, Larry Martyn and David Lodge. These supporting players were mostly recognisable comedy actors at the time, but not long-term regular members of the ""Carry On"" team. Liz Fraser had appeared in three early films in the series; her re-appearance here was after a gap of twelve years. This was the last ""Carry On"" film for Bernard Bresslaw and Patsy Rowlands. By this time Sid James, Terry Scott, Hattie Jacques and Charles Hawtrey had"
"Carry On Girls Carry On Girls is the 25th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in Britain in 1973. The film is notable for being the first ""Carry On"" to feature neither Kenneth Williams nor Charles Hawtrey. Williams was appearing in a West End play, ""My Fat Friend"". Hawtrey had been dropped from the series the previous year. The film features regulars Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. Patsy Rowlands makes her seventh appearance in the series. Jack Douglas makes his third appearance, this time upgraded to a"
"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 series, made early appearances in the film. William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee would both go on to star in the BBC science fiction programme ""Doctor Who"" as the First Doctor and Third Doctor, respectively. James Hayter went on to play Mr. Tebbs in the BBC comedy ""Are You Being Served?"". ""The New York Times"" wrote, ""Although the British movie makers have been known to make the most of humor, their infrequent lapses in this genre can be deadly dull. And ""Will Any Gentleman . . . ?"", the farce by that cryptic title, which landed at the Plaza"
"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"
"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,"
"appear in every ""Carry On"" up to ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" in 1978, making her the most prolific actress in the series. The title role is played by Amanda Barrie in her second and last Carry On. Along with ""Carry On Sergeant"" and ""Carry On Screaming!"", its original posters were reproduced by the Royal Mail on stamps to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Carry on series in June 2008. The film opens during Caesar's invasions of Britain, with Mark Antony (Sid James) struggling to lead his armies through miserable weather. At a nearby village, cavemen Horsa (Jim Dale) and Hengist"
"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)."
"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"
"love stories, war stories, one or two adventure things. Some filmmakers have a lot of talent and genius for it; others simply have a lot of energy and I'm afraid I belong in the latter category! Ralph Thomas Ralph Philip Thomas MC (10 August 1915 – 17 March 2001) was an English film director. He is perhaps best remembered for directing the ""Doctor"" series of films. His brother, Gerald Thomas, was also a film director, probably best remembered for the ""Carry On..."" film series, and his son is the Academy Award-winning film producer, Jeremy Thomas. He cast the actor James"
"his eighth appearance in the series. Original ""Carry On"" performer Frankie Howerd was signed up to appear, but he died shortly before he was due to film his role. His part as the King of Spain was offered to original series regular Bernard Bresslaw, who turned it down. Leslie Phillips eventually took on the role, playing opposite June Whitfield as the Queen, a role turned down by both Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor. Veteran ""Carry On"" performer Kenneth Connor was offered a cameo role in the film but he turned it down, saying ""I want to be remembered as a"
"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"
"Barbara leaves the projection room and locks her co-star in. Unable to hold out any longer, Kenneth goes against the projection room door. That's Carry On! That's Carry On! is a compilation of the highlights of the ""Carry On"" films and is the 29th entry in the series. The film features series regulars Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor who co-present. It was Windsor's 10th and final appearance in the series. The idea for the film was inspired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's popular That's Entertainment! series of documentaries. It was released in 1977 as a supporting feature to the Richard Harris film, ""Golden"
"fight sequence between bikini-clad contestants played by Barbara Windsor and Margaret Nolan) enabled the film to gain the more commercially acceptable A certificate (open to families) than the more restrictive AA certificate, barring entry to the under-fourteens. Interiors: Exteriors: Valerie Leon's voice for the film was dubbed by co-star June Whitfield. Carry On Girls Carry On Girls is the 25th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in Britain in 1973. The film is notable for being the first ""Carry On"" to feature neither Kenneth Williams nor Charles Hawtrey. Williams was appearing in a West End"
"due to political necessities, requiring multiple changes and retractions of the original confession. Wolsey is baffled by all the intrigue, and Cromwell is driven to treason by all of Henry's unreasonable demands. Interiors: Exteriors: Carry On Henry Carry On Henry is the 21st in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made and was released in 1971. It tells a fictionalised story involving Sid James as Henry VIII, who chases after Barbara Windsor's character Bettina. James and Windsor feature alongside other regulars Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott and Kenneth Connor. This was the first time that"
"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."
"a Policeman""; his role was uncredited. Cyril Chamberlain Cyril Chamberlain (8 March 1909 – 5 December 1974) was an English film and television actor. He appeared in a number of the early ""Carry On"", ""Doctor"" and ""St. Trinian's"" films. He was born on 8 March 1909 in London and died in Builth Wells in Wales on 5 December 1974 aged 65. He spent his final five years in retirement restoring antique furniture. He was married to actress Lisa Lee and they had one child. He appeared in 139 films between 1938 and 1966. His first film appearance was in the"
"Carry On Cabby Carry On Cabby is the seventh in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made. Released on 7 November 1963, it was the first to have a screenplay written by Talbot Rothwell (although the first screenplay ""Tolly"" submitted to Peter Rogers was developed as ""Carry On Jack"") from a story by Dick Hills and Sid Green (script writers for Morecambe and Wise). Regulars Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are all present. Liz Fraser makes her third appearance (although her next Carry On was more than a decade later) and Esma Cannon makes"