- Percy Herbert (actor)
Percy Herbert (
July 31 1920 -December 6 1992 ) was a Britishcharacter actor who often played soldiers, most notably in "The Bridge on the River Kwai ," "The Wild Geese " and "Tunes of Glory ". However, he was equally at home in comedies ("Barnacle Bill", "Call Me Bwana ", severalCarry On films ) and science fiction ("One Million Years B.C. ", "Mysterious Island"). He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived series "Cimarron Strip ", starringStuart Whitman .Herbert was a soldier and prisoner of war during
World War II , captured by the Japanese when they tookSingapore .He was discovered by Dame
Sybil Thorndike . [cite web |url=http://wc03.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll |title=Percy Herbert Biography |publisher="Allmovie " (allmovie.com) |accessdate=2007-12-13]Partial filmography
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The Night My Number Came Up " (1955)
*"The Cockleshell Heroes " (1955)
*"A Hill in Korea " (1956)
*"Quatermass 2 " (1957)
*"The Bridge on the River Kwai " (1957)
*"Barnacle Bill" (1957)
*"Sea of Sand " (1958)
*"The Devil's Disciple" (1959)
*"Tunes of Glory " (1960)
*"The Guns of Navarone" (1961)
*"Mysterious Island" (1961)
*"Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962)
*"Call Me Bwana " (1963)
*"Carry On Jack " (1963)
*"Becket" (1964)
*"Guns at Batasi " (1964)
*"Carry On Cowboy " (1966)
*"One Million Years B.C. " (1966)
*" Casino Royale" (1967)
*"Night of the Big Heat" (1967)
*"Tobruk" (1967)
*"The Royal Hunt of the Sun " (1969)
*"Too Late the Hero " (1970)
*"Man in the Wilderness " (1971)
*"The Mackintosh Man " (1973)
*"One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing " (1975)
*"The Wild Geese " (1978)References
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