"Sadly, I don't think the acting profession is as professional as it once was. When I was training, we had classes every week from an actor called Peter Barkworth, who taught us theatre etiquette and it was so valuable. I don't think it's given as much importance today as it should."
Hugh Futcher, (29 October 1937), is a British character actor best known for his small roles in the Carry On... Series.
His first film in the series was 1964's Carry On Spying and he continued to pop up until Carry On Behind in 1975. His most notable role was in Carry On at Your Convenience, where he played Ernie, one of the workers in Mr. Boggs' toilet factory. He also appeared in many other films, such as Repulsion and Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter.
On TV, he played Hedgehog in a few episodes of the now mostly lost series Orlando. In 1972, he had a small guest role in Doctor Who and was considered for the role of the Seventh Doctor in 1987.
He is still acting to this day.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Films- Carry On Spying (1964) — Bed-of-Nails Native
- Repulsion (1965) — Reggie
- A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) — Barker (Uncredited Role)
- Don't Lose Your Head (1967) — Guard (Uncredited Role)
- Quatermass and the Pit (1967) — Sapper West
- Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) — Swothard
- Battle of Britain (1969) — RAF Ground Crew (Uncredited Role)
- Carry On Again Doctor (1969) — Taxi Driver (Uncredited Role)
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) — Crowd Heckler (Uncredited Role)
- Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) — Ernie
- Carry On Abroad (1972) — Jailer
- Carry On Girls (1973) — Citizen (Uncredited Role)
- Carry On Behind (1975) — Painter
- 102 Dalmatians (2000) — Brakeman
- The Saint, 2 episodes:
- "The Pearls of Peace" (1962) — Delivery Boy
- "The Happy Suicide" (1965) — Rudy (Uncredited Role)
- Dixon of Dock Green, 2 episodes:
- "The Intruders" (1965) — Charlie Bell
- "Exclusive Story" (1969) — Len Church
- Z Cars, 2 episodesshow list (1967) — Jimmy
- Doctor Who, 1 episode of 6-episode story "The Sea Devils" (1972) — Hickman
- Jason King, episode "That Isn't Me, It's Somebody Else" (1972) — Jean
- The Sweeney, episode "Stoppo Driver" (1975) — Porter
- Secret Army, episode "Collaborator" (1979) — Jean
- Play for Today, episode "Whistling Wally" (1982) — Daphne's Father
- Minder, episode "Sorry Pal, Wrong Number" (1984) — Mo
- The Bill, episode "Credible Witness" (1993) — Mr. Steiner
- CASUAL+Y, episode "Strangers When We Meet" (2007) — Izzy Brinkler
- M.I. High, episode "The Gran Master" (2011) — George
- The Crown, episode "Misadventure" (2017) — David Ben-Gurion
- Ted Lasso, 2 episodesshow list (2021) — Nigel
