Creator / Jack Douglas

"Phwaay!"

"The seaside comedy - it's naughty. Not filthy, but naughty. That's what a Carry On picture is - naughty, but not filthy."

Jack Douglas, born John Douglas Robertson, (26 April 1927 – 18 December 2008), was an English actor best known for his "Alf Ippititimus" character and his roles in the Carry On... Series throughout The '70s.

Douglas left home at the age of 14 to work in the theatre, something his father had forbidden him from doing. On his 15th birthday, his father gave him the script to a Cinderella pantomime, which he was to direct. He did so for 22 weeks, as he had been watching his father direct for years.

He soon created the character of Alf Ippititimus, notable for his twitching and Author Catchphrase of "Phwaay!" after a co-star of his had been locked out of the theatre and he needed to improvise. Many of his Carry On roles were based on Alf. For his first (Carry On Matron in '72), he claims wasn't paid and instead only received a dozen bottles of Dom Pérignon but producer Peter Rogers swears that he was paid £25 for his role.

After another small role in Carry On Abroad and a supporting role in Carry On Girls, Douglas was billed as part of the main team for the first time in Carry On Dick, and remained a Carry On star for the rest of the series' run until Carry On Emmannuelle in 1978 (but he would return for a small role in 1992's Carry On Columbus).

He died from pneumonia at the age of 81.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Films

• Carry On Matron (1972) — Twitching Father
• Carry On Abroad (1972) — Harry
• Carry On Girls (1973) — William
• Carry On Dick (1974) — Sergeant Jock Strapp
• Carry On Behind (1975) — Ernie Bragg
• Carry On England (1976) — Bombardier Ready
• Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) — Lyons
• Carry On Columbus (1992) — Marco the Cereal Killer

Series

• Carry On Christmas, 2 episodes:
  • Carry On Stuffing (1972) — Mr. Firkin/Adam/Ringworm/Charles Burke/Demon King
  • Carry On Christmas (1973) — Caveman/Crapper/German/Ballerina/Alan A'Dale
• The Goodies, episode "Goodies in the Nick" (1974) — Police Sergeant
• Carry on Laughing!, 12 episodes:
  • "The Prisoner of Spenda" (1975) — Colonel Yackoff
  • "The Sobbing Cavalier" (1975) — Sir Jethro Houndsbotham
  • "Orgy and Bess" (1975) — Master of the Rolls/Lord Essex
  • "One in the Eye for Harold" (1975) — Ethelred
  • 3 episodes^{show list} "The Nine Old Cobblers", "The Case of the Screaming Winkles", "The Case of the Coughing Parrot" (1975) — Lord Peter Flimsy
  • 2 episodes^{show list} "Under the Round Table", "Long Knight, Short Daze" (1975) — Sir Gay
  • 2 episodes^{show list} "And in My Lady's Chamber", "Who Needs Kitchener?" (1975) — Clodson
  • "Lamp-Posts of the Empire" (1975) — "Elephant" Dick Darcy

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