Percy Herbert (actor)

Percy Herbert (July 31 1920 - December 6 1992) was a British character 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", several Carry 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", starring Stuart Whitman.

Herbert was a soldier and prisoner of war during World War II, captured by the Japanese when they took Singapore.

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

*"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)

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