Cast & creator
Bill Maynard
Best known for Play for Today, Heartbeat, Minder
Walter Frederick George Williams, better known by the stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor.
Also known as: Walter Williams
38
film credits
33
television credits
71
1956–2017 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (71)
Showing 71 of 71 credits
Play for Today
Harry
1970
Heartbeat
Claude Jeremiah Greengrass
1992
Minder
Barney Todd
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Merv Pottinger
1979
ITV Playhouse
J.P. Powers
1967
No Hiding Place
1959
Dalziel and Pascoe
Councillor Cyril Steel
1996The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Detective Superintendent Marker
1973
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Clarence Hubbard
1969
The Sweeney
Det. Chief Insp. Stephen Quirk
1975
Sykes
Jim the Policeman
1972
Screen One
George Trout
1989
Worzel Gummidge
Sergeant Beetroot
1979
Till Death Us Do Part
Bert
1966
Father Brown
Carver
1974
Up Pompeii!
Parcantus
1969
Tell Me Another
Guest
1976Tell Me Another
Himself
1976
Seven of One
Councillor Mortimer Todd
1973
Armchair Theatre
Reg Turnbull
1956
Zodiac
George Sutton
1974
Robin and Marian
Mercadier
1976
The Plague Dogs
Editor (voice)
1982
The Ugliest Girl in Town
Vladimir
1968
Trinity Tales
Stan the Fryer
1975
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Mr. Walter Lea
1974
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Selwyn Froggitt
1974
The Gaffer
Fred Moffatt
1981The Inheritors
Sefton Garrett
1974Andy Robson
Sgt. Hogg
1982
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Mr. Walter Lea
1977
The Moorside
Cecil
2017The Life of Riley
Frank Riley
1975Mostly Maynard
1957
Carry On at Your Convenience
Fred Moore
1971
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Mr. Walter Lea
1975
What's a Carry On?
Bodkin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Mr. Walter Lea
1976
That's Carry On!
Bodkin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Mod Lewis
1981Love Affair
J.P. Powers
1974
Carry On Matron
Freddy
1972
Carry On Henry
Fawkes
1971
Carry On Dick
Bodkin
1974
One More Time
Jenson
1970
Carry On Loving
Mr. Deery
1970
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
George
1973
Sky Pirates
Charlie
1977
The Four Dimensions of Greta
Big Danny
1972
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Sgt. Ellis
1973
Man About the House
Chef
1974
Elementary, My Dear Watson
Frank Potter
1973
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Ben/The Cook
1990
The Royal
Claude Greengrass
2003
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Hinchcliffe
1976
Death Angel
Benny
1981
Till Death Us Do Part
Bert
1969
The Boy with Two Heads
Farmer
1958
The Death of Glory
Reg Turnbull
1973Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
Merv Pottinger
1980
Bless This House
Oldham
1972
It All Goes to Show
Mike Sago
1969
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Larkin
1973
A Hole Lot of Trouble
Bill
1971
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Sgt Beetroot
1980
Kisses at Fifty
Harry
1973
Filipina Dreamgirls
George Trout
1991
Paper Roses
Clarence Hubbard
1971
Selwyn
Selwyn Froggitt
1978
Oddball Hall
Copperthewaite
1990