Creator / Norman Rossington

"I don't know if Gerald Thomas, Peter Rogers, and Norman Hudis created Carry On, Sergeant with The Army Game in mind, but when they heard I was sacked, they asked me to play Herbert Brown."

Norman Rossington, (24 December 1928 — 21 May 1999), was a British actor best known for playing Private "Cupcake" Cook in The Army Game.

He started acting at the David Lewis Theatre, later training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. By The '50s, he was appearing in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Salad Days. His breakthrough was in 1957, when he was cast in the first series of The Army Game as Cupcake. He reprised his role in I Only Arsked!, The Movie of The Army Game.

In 1956, he appeared in Three Men in a Boat, his first film. Rossington appeared in three of the Carry On films - Carry On, Sergeant, Carry On Nurse, and Carry On Regardless - as well as one of the Carry On Christmas TV specials. He also appeared in films with both The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night) and Elvis Presley (Double Trouble (1967)).

Later in his life, he provided the narration for The Adventures of Portland Bill.

He died of cancer at the age of 70.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Film

• Saint Joan (1957) — Soldier at Burning (Uncredited Role)
• A Night to Remember (1958) — Steward James Kieran (Uncredited Role)
• Carry On, Sergeant (1958) — Private Herbert Brown
• Carry On Nurse (1959) — Henry Bray
• The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959) — Bearded Man (Uncredited Role)
• The League of Gentlemen (1960) — Staff-Sergeant Hall (Uncredited Role)
• Doctor in Love (1960) — Haystack Club Doorman (Uncredited Role)
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) — Bert
• Carry On Regardless (1961) — Boxing Referee
• The Longest Day (1962) — Private Clough
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Corporal Jenkins (Uncredited Role)
• A Hard Day's Night (1964) — Norm
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) — Assistant Fire Chief
• The Wrong Box (1966) — Rough
• Tobruk (1967) — Alfie Braithwaite
• Double Trouble (1967) — Arthur Babcock
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) — Regimental Sergeant Major Corbett
• The Adventures of Gerard (1970) — Sergeant Papilette
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) — Guide at Porton Down
• Man in the Wilderness (1971) — Ferris
• Young Winston (1972) — Dewsnap
• Death Line (1972) — Detective Sergeant Rogers
• Frankenstein The True Story (1973) — Seaman (Uncredited Role)
• House of the Long Shadows (1983) — Station Master
• Let Him Have It (1991) — Postman

Series

• The Adventures of Robin Hood, episode "Food for Thought" (1957) — Villager (Uncredited Role)
• The Army Game, 71 episodes (1957-59) — Private "Cupcake" Cook
• Z Cars, 4 episodes:
  • "It Never Rains..." (1963) — Ted Drysdale
  • "Jack the Dodger" (1973) — Jack Horsfall
  • "Quiet as the Grave" (1974) — Macy
  • "Rip Off" (1977) — Jack Crawford
• Man in a Suitcase, episode "Variation on a Million Bucks: Part 2" (1967) — Captain
• Play for Today, episode "The Long Distance Piano Player" (1970) — Jack Burnshaw
• Carry On Christmas, episode Carry On Stuffing (1972) — Dobson/Tardy Diner/Genie of the Lamp
• I, Claudius, episode "Hail Who?" (1976) — Sergeant
• Masada, episode "Part I" (1981) — Maro
• The Adventures of Portland Bill, 25 episodes (1983-86) — Narrator
• The Bill, episode "Watching" (1990) — Atkins
• Last of the Summer Wine, episode "Beware of the Elbow" (1995) — Mr. Microwave
• Sharpe, episode "Sharpe's Regiment" (1996) — Horatio Havercamp
• Heartbeat, episode "The Championship" (1996) — Bertie Mould

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