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Reginald Beckwith (1908–1965)

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Chubby, curly-haired British character actor and playwright, as well as movie and theatre critic. Worked as a BBC correspondent during the war years, afterwards alternating comic and dramatic performances as nervously befuddled businessmen, clergy, upper-class toffs or military officers. Had a hit play with "Boys in Brown". See more trivia »
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1965 The Big Job
Register Office Official
 
1965 The Secret of My Success
Gen. Ferdinand Velez
 
1965 Where the Spies Are (uncredited)
 
1965 Mister Moses
Parkhurst
 
1965 Thursday Theatre (TV series)
Monsieur Huspar
Traveller Without Luggage (1965) … Monsieur Huspar
 
1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce (uncredited)
 
1964 A Shot in the Dark
Receptionist
 
1964 Never Put It in Writing
Lombardi
 
1964 Kiss Me Kate (TV movie)
Cast Member
 
1964 The Saint (TV series)
Enderby
The High Fence (1964) … Enderby
 
1963 The Sentimental Agent (TV series)
Truman-Jones
Not Quite Fully Covered (1963) … Truman-Jones
 
1963 Maupassant (TV series)
Tonnelet
Bachelors (1963) … Tonnelet
 
1963 Doctor in Distress
Meyer
 
1963 The Dickie Henderson Show (TV series)
The Country Cottage (1963)
 
1963 Sword of Lancelot
Sir Dagonet
 
1963 The V.I.P.s
Head Waiter (uncredited)
 
1963 Just for Fun
Opposition Leader
 
1963 The King's Breakfast (short)
Magician
 
1962 The Password Is Courage
Unterofficer
 
1962 Saki (TV mini-series)
Septimus Brope
Episode #1.7 (1962) … Septimus Brope
 
1962 Sir Francis Drake (TV series)
Sir Henry Rainsford
The Fountain of Youth (1962) … Sir Henry Rainsford
 
1962 Burn, Witch, Burn
Harold Gunnison
 
1962 Hair of the Dog
Fred Tickle
 
1961 Dentist on the Job
Mr. Duff
 
1961 Double Bunk
Harper
 
1961 Five Golden Hours
Brother Geronimo
 
1961 The Night We Got the Bird
Chippendale Charlie
 
1961 The Girl on the Boat
Barman
 
1960 Theatre 70 (TV series)
Mr. Morecambe (1960)
 
1960 There Was a Crooked Man
Station Master
 
1960 Dentist in the Chair
Mr. Watling
 
1960 Doctor in Love
Wildewinde
 
1960 Fred Emney Picks a Pop (TV movie)
Signalman
 
1960 Bottoms Up
Bishop Wendover
 
1960 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Anglo-Saxon Joy
Anglo-Saxon Joy (1960) … Anglo-Saxon Joy
 
1959 Desert Mice
Fred
 
1959 Expresso Bongo
Reverend Tobias Craven
 
1959 Friends and Neighbours
Wilf Holmes
 
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs
Parson
 
1959 The Ugly Duckling
Reginald
 
1956-1959 Hancock's Half Hour (TV series)
Head of Council Tree Department / Mr. Witherspoon
The Oak Tree (1959) … Head of Council Tree Department
The Bequest (1956) … Mr. Witherspoon
 
1959 The 39 Steps
Lumsden
 
1959 The Captain's Table
Burtweed
 
1959 The Navy Lark
CNI
 
1959 Glencannon (TV series)
MacFidd
The Wailing Lady of Limehouse (1959) … MacFidd
 
1958 Mad Little Island
Mumford
 
1958 The Horse's Mouth
Capt. Jones
 
1958 Next to No Time
Warren
 
1958 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Biddle
Cornelius (1958) … Biddle
 
1958 Ivanhoe (TV series)
Abel
The Weavers (1958) … Abel
 
1958 Law and Disorder
Vickery
 
1958 Up the Creek
Publican
 
1958 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Sir Louis
Elixir of Youth (1958) … Sir Louis
 
1958 Sword of Freedom (TV series)
Sandro
Francesca (1958) … Sandro
 
1957 Curse of the Demon
Mr. Meek
 
1957 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
The Great City (1957)
 
1957 Lucky Jim
University Porter
 
1957 Light Fingers
Gates
 
1957 Sailor of Fortune (TV series)
Commissaire / Police Chief
The Million Dollar Rose Tree (1957) … Police Chief
Angelina's Adventure … Commissaire
 
1957 Dangerous Youth
Hairdresser
 
1957 The Ship Was Loaded
Receptionist
 
1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV series)
 
1956 The Adventures of Aggie (TV series)
1st Kidnapper / Captain Hoogli
Halvah (1956) … Captain Hoogli
Wedding in Corsica (1956) … 1st Kidnapper
 
1956 A Touch of the Sun
Herbert Hardcastle
 
1956 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Richard Lovelace
Morning Star (1956) … Richard Lovelace
 
1956 It's a Wonderful World
Professional Manager
 
1956 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Samuel Diamond
I Killed the Count (1956) … Samuel Diamond
 
1956 Charley Moon
Vicar
 
1956 The March Hare
Insurance Broker
 
1956 Jumping for Joy
Smithers
 
1955 They Can't Hang Me
Harold
 
1955 Break in the Circle
Dusty
 
1955 The Lyons Abroad
Captain le Grand
 
1955 A Yank in Ermine
Kimp
 
1954 Aunt Clara
Alfie Pearce
 
1954 Lease of Life
Journalist Foley
 
1954 Dance Little Lady
Poldi
 
1954 Fast and Loose
Reverend Tripp-Johnson
 
1954 The Runaway Bus
Telephone man
 
1954 Don't Blame the Stork
Jonathan
 
1953 Innocents in Paris
Photographer (uncredited)
 
1953 Genevieve
J. C. Callahan
 
1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
Coggett
 
1952 Without the Prince (TV movie)
Rev. Simon Peters
 
1952 Penny Princess
Minister of Finance - Blacksmith
 
1952 You're Only Young Twice
BBC Commentator
 
1952 Brandy for the Parson
Scoutmaster
 
1951 Another Man's Poison
Mr. Bigley
 
1951 Circle of Danger
Oliver
 
1951 Mister Drake's Duck
Mr. Boothby
 
1950 The Body Said No!
Benton
 
1950 Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Mr. Jenkins
 
1948 My Brother's Keeper
1st Barber (uncredited)
 
1946 This Man Is Mine (uncredited)
 
1941 A Voice in the Night
Emil Fenner
 
1938 Cornelius (TV movie)
 
1938 Doctor 'My Book' (TV movie)
The Rev. Nicodemus Athanasius Ignatius Brown (1939 version)
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
1956 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Boys in Brown (1956) (writer)
 
1949 Boys in Brown (play)
 
1947 Boys in Brown (TV movie) (play)
 
1946 This Man Is Mine (adaptation / play Soldier for Christmas)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1956) Stage: Appeared in Leslie Stokes' and Sewell Stokes' "Oscar Wilde," at the Gate Theatre Studio in London, England, with Robert Morley, John Bryning, Frith Banbury, Andrew Cruickshank and Harry Hutchinson in the cast. Norman Marshall was director. See more »

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Trivia:

Chubby, curly-haired British character actor and playwright, as well as movie and theatre critic. Worked as a BBC correspondent during the war years, afterwards alternating comic and dramatic performances as nervously befuddled businessmen, clergy, upper-class toffs or military officers. Had a hit play with "Boys in Brown". See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio