Line #11 Creator/KennethConnor


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3	->''"I want to be remembered as a ''Film/CarryOn'' principal, not a bit-player!"''.
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5	Kenneth Connor [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever MBE]] (6 June 1918 – 28 November 1993) was an English actor, mostly known for his comedic roles as a regular cast member in the ''Film/CarryOn'' film series, as well as for his appearances as recurring characters in ''Series/AlloAllo'' and ''Series/HiDeHi''.
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7	Born in the Islington district of UsefulNotes/{{London}}, Connor began his career as a stage actor after graduating from drama school and toured around the world with a concert party while he served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. When the war finished, he decided to become a serious actor instead of a performer and joined an Old Vic company and acted alongside Creator/AlecGuinness in ''[[Theatre/TheInspectorGeneral The Government Inspector]]'', soon deciding to act more in comedy. He appeared on many radio shows, doing voice acting for many comedic characters, as well as appearing in many bit roles on television throughout the rest of the 1940s and the early 1950s.
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9	His first ''Carry On'' film was ''Film/CarryOnSergeant'', and continued to appear in seventeen of the movies. He took a hiatus between ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' and ''Film/CarryOnUpTheJungle'' to appear in many stage shows in London's West End, featuring ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' and numerous others, as well as radio (''Spare a Copper'') and television (''Series/RoomAtTheBottom1967'', ''Series/OnTheHouse''). He, alongside Creator/KennethWilliams and Creator/EricBarker, were the only ''Carry On'' regulars that appeared in the first film and the (supposed, par ''Film/CarryOnColumbus'') last film of the franchise, ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle''.
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11	When the ''Carry On''s finished, Connor began to appear as recurring characters in children's TV series ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' and '''Allo 'Allo!'' in TheEighties. He made a memorable appearance in an episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' and portrayed Uncle Sammy Morris in ''Hi-de-Hi!''.
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13	Two years before his death of cancer, he received an MBE for his years and hard work in drama and performing arts, and continued to work until his dying weeks, leaving a legacy of laughs and diverse comic genius.
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16	!!Partial filmography:
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18	[[folder:Film roles]]
19	!!!''Film/CarryOnSeries''
20	* ''Film/CarryOnSergeant'' (1958) as Private Horace Strong
21	* ''Film/CarryOnNurse'' (1959) as Bernie Bishop
22	* ''Film/CarryOnTeacher'' (1959) as Mr. Gregory Adams
23	* ''Film/CarryOnConstable'' (1960) as Constable Charlie Constable
24	* ''Film/CarryOnRegardless'' (1961) as Sam Twist
25	* ''Film/CarryOnCruising'' (1962) as Dr. Arthur Binn
26	* ''Film/CarryOnCabby'' (1963) as Ted Watson
27	* ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' (1964) as Hengist Pod
28	* ''Film/CarryOnUpTheJungle'' (1970) as Mr. Claude Chumley
29	* ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' (1971) as Lord Hampton of Wick
30	* ''Film/CarryOnMatron'' (1972) as Mr Tidey
31	* ''Film/CarryOnAbroad'' (1972) as Stanley Blunt
32	* ''Film/CarryOnGirls'' (1973) as Mayor Frederick Bumble
33	* ''Film/CarryOnDick'' (1974) as the Constable
34	* ''Film/CarryOnBehind'' (1975) as Major Leep
35	* ''Film/CarryOnEngland'' (1976) as Captain S. Melly
36	* ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle'' (1978) as Leyland/Voice of Harry Hernia
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38	!!!Other films
39	* ''Film/{{The Ladykillers\|1955}}'' (1955) as Taxi Driver ({{uncredited\|role}})
40	* ''Film/WatchYourStern'' (1960) as Ordinary Seaman Blissworth
41	* ''Film/WhatACarveUp'' (1961) as Ernest Broughton
42	* ''Film/CaptainNemoAndTheUnderwaterCity'' (1969) as Swallow Bath
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45	[[folder:Television roles]]
46	* ''{{Series/Room at the Bottom\|1967}}'' (1966-67) as Gus Fogg
47	* ''Series/OnTheHouse'' (1970-71) as Gussie Sissons
48	* ''Series/CarryOnLaughing'' (1975) as Various
49	* ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' (1983–84) as Whatsisname Smith
50	* ''Series/AlloAllo'' (1984–92) as Monsieur Alfonse
51	* ''Series/HiDeHi'' (1986–88) as Uncle Sammy Morris
52	* ''[[Series/{{Blackadder}} Blackadder the Third]]'' (1987) as Enoch Mossop (episode "Sense and Senility")
53	* ''Series/YouRangMLord'' (1990) as Professor Heinrich Van Manheim (episode "Labour or Love")
54	* ''[[Series/SherlockHolmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1994) as Mr Warren (episode "The Red Circle")
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