Cast & creator
Jerold Wells
Best known for BBC Play of the Month, No Hiding Place, The Champions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 - 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Some of his best-known roles were in Time Bandits, where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower to Evil, and in Jabberwocky, where he played a footless man known as Wat Dabney. He also had a career in television, where he appeared in The Two Ronnies, The Old Curiosity Shop, and The Benny Hill Show. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire and died in Bath, Somerset. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerold Wells, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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television credits
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1955–1986 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (64)
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BBC Play of the Month
Hans
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
The Champions
Hoad
1968
Maigret
1960
Sykes
Doorman
1972Sykes
Arthur
1972
Dixon of Dock Green
Sgt. Muir
1955Dixon of Dock Green
Trotter Kelly
1955Dixon of Dock Green
Henry Galloway
1955
The New Avengers
Barker
1976
Softly, Softly
1966
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Phelps
1971
Sergeant Cork
Mr. Fish
1963
Till Death Us Do Part
Policeman
1966
Cribb
Manservant
1980
Catweazle
Publican
1970
Carry On Laughing
Black Cowl
1975Moonstrike
Patrice
1963
Time Bandits
Benson
1981
Number 10
Sir Stafford Northcote
1983
All Gas and Gaiters
Mr Tutt
1967
The Black Arrow
Watty
1972
Cousin Bette
Police Superintendent
1971
The Old Curiosity Shop
Jerry
1979
Late Night Horror
Don Pascoe
1968
Anne of the Thousand Days
Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)
1969
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1st Torturer
1984
Hark at Barker
1969
Jabberwocky
Wat Dabney
1977
Judge Dee
1969Judge Dee
Landlord
1969
The Vault of Horror
Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")
1973
Maniac
Giles
1963
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Landlord
1974The Days of Vengeance
Supt. Stabler
1960
Dominic
Jenkins
1976
The Element of Crime
Kramer
1984
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
Stropper
1978199 Park Lane
1965
The Pirates of Blood River
Penal Colony Master
1962
Crooks Anonymous
Sydney
1962
The Best of the Adventures
Stropper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Gawain and the Green Knight
Sergeant
1973
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Quiz Panel Judge
1974
The Naked Truth
1st Irishman (uncredited)
1957
The Ghost of Monk's Island
Convict
1966
Masquerade
Brindle (uncredited)
1965
Passport to Shame
Taxi Driver in Office (uncredited)
1958
The Death of Glory
Foulkes
1973
Burke & Hare
Landlord
1972
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Tramp
1973Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
Self - Actor/Kramer
1984
The Cracksman
Chief Prison Officer
1963
A Ghost of a Chance
Ball and Chain Man
1967
Tread Softly Stranger
Constable at Racecourse
1958
Journey Into Darkness
Mayhew
1968
The Bells of Hell
Don Pascoe
1968
Dangerous Afternoon
George Burling / Ned Barrett
1961
Playback
Inspector Parkes
1962
High Hell
Charlie Spence
1958
Candidate for Murder
Police Inspector
1962
Fighting Back
Herbert
1986
Three in One
Wally
1957