In British film, along with Angela Douglas he is now one of the last two surviving actors to appear in multiple Carry On films. Dale was also a leading actor on Broadway, where he had roles in Scapino, Barnum, Candide and Me and My Girl.
The final surviving regular actor who had a lead role in the films is Jim Dale. Now aged 87, Dale - who is also a singer, comedian, narrator, and author - made his first appearance in 1963's Carry on Cabby.
Emmannuelle marked the end of an era; not only was it the last film for fourteen years, but it was also the last film of the series to star Peter Butterworth, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Joan Sims.
'Carry On' legend Jim Dale, 79, has lifted the lid on the tensions between the cast of the classic British comedy series and revealed how they snubbed him when he was on 'This Is Your life'.
The 31 films in the series (if you include That's Carry On , a compilation film released in cinemas in 1978) were all made by the team of producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas between 1958 and 1978, with the belated Carry On Columbus appearing in 1992.
How much was Kenneth Williams paid for carry on films?
He was quick to find fault with his own work, and also that of others. Despite this, he spoke fondly of the Carry Ons in interviews. Peter Rogers, producer of the series, recollected, "Kenneth was worth taking care of because, while he cost very little—£5,000 a film, he made a great deal of money for the franchise."
The cast were poorly paid—around £5,000 per film for a principal performer. In his diaries Kenneth Williams lamented this, and criticised several of the movies despite his declared fondness for the series as a whole.
Come back Pamela Anderson-meets-Frank Spencer Barbara, Barbara who warned Kenneth Williams on the set of Carry On Spying not to "yell at me with your Fenella Fielding minge hair stuck round your chops. I won't bloody stand for it." (And how Kenneth Williams balked with joy upon hearing it).
Why wasn't Sid James in Carry On Follow That Camel?
Phil Silvers replaced Sidney James in the role of Sgt. Nocker, which had been originally written for James; it turned out that James could not do the film due to commitments on George and the Dragon (1966). About two weeks into the filming of this picture James suffered a mild heart attack.
1962's "Carry On Cruising" (the 5th in the iconic Brit-com 'Carry On' series (not counting clip compilation 'Carry On Regardless')) was again written by Norman Hudis and directed by Gerald Thomas (with his bro Ralph this time) BUT was the first to be shot in colour (gloriously) AND it shed many previous regulars while ...
James and Sims are ridiculously old for their roles as a courting couple still trying to get to first base (he was fifty-five, she thirty-eight), as is Barbara Windsor as a naughty schoolgirl (she was thirty-one!).
Follow That Camel (1967), and the series made a welcome return to a hospital setting (“Matron!”) in Carry On Doctor (also 1967) and Carry On Again Doctor (1969).
Hattie Jacques (/dʒeɪks/; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the Carry On films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a prolific television and radio performer.
Hattie Jacques appeared in 14 of the 31 Carry On films 1 episode of Carry On Laughing and 2 Christmas specials. Jacques often played the haughty matron, school senior mistress or other archetypal authority figure in several films.
Although officially starring in 14 Carry On films, Bresslaw did appear in one other: Carry on Nurse (1959). The legs of Terence Longdon were deemed to be too thin and scrawny looking, so Bresslaw's were used as stand-ins for the scene where Joan Sims gives him a bath.
'What they didn't know behind the scenes is that Barbara had a million pound debt. ' Lorraine jumped in to add that Dame Barbara's debt was through no fault of her own. Scott continued: 'And I was saying to her, you know, “Don't worry, you'll come and live with me in my flat in East Finchley.”
Windsor was best friends with fellow actress Anna Karen, whom she met while filming Carry On Camping and who later went on to play Peggy Mitchell's sister Aunt Sal in EastEnders on and off for 20 years. Windsor was friends with Amy Winehouse, and in 2012 became a patron of the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
How much money did Barbara Windsor leave when she died?
Her will states that £4.6 million of her estate went to her husband Scott Mitchell whilst she also left money for a number of charities including NSPCC, Breast Care, Help The Aged, showbiz organisation Grand Order Of Lady Ratlings, National Osteoporosis Society, Headley Court wounded soldiers rehab centre and Age UK ...
Renowned for being low-budget, the producers didn't venture too far from Pinewood Studios with many of the locations being situated in Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead and other areas close to the world-famous studio.
His biggest stars, Kenneth Williams and Sid James, took home a maximum of £5,000 a film, while the women, including Barbara Windsor, got half of that. Now, more than 50 years after the first Carry On film, Mr Rogers appears to have finally made amends . . .
Production. Production of the film ran from 10 January 1966 to 25 February 1966; it was filmed at Pinewood Studios and on location in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Carry On Screaming was the second film in the series to have a sung main title theme.
There was a provision for his 87 year old mother Louie, via instructions left to Kenneth's friend Michael Whittaker. However, the remainder of his estate was split between his close friend and neighbour Paul Richardson, his Godson Robert Chiddell and his agent.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me! The quote by Kenneth Williams, "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!" encapsulates a sense of victimhood, frustration, and a touch of humor.
The role of the ship's cook Wilfred Haines was originally intended for Charles Hawtrey, but was re-written for Lance Percival, after Hawtrey quit in a dispute with the producer over billing and pay. He also demanded a gold star on his dressing room door.
