The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On. Richard Webber

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      Lewis (Richard O’Callaghan) talks tough with Bernie (Bernard Bresslaw)

      Back home, when Mr Coote, whose relationship with Agatha Spanner has blossomed, tells her they won’t be able to marry because the strikes have brought the company to its knees, action is called for; summoning the help of other frustrated wives, Agatha and the women march to the picket line and bring the strike to an abrupt end; everything now seems rosy until Bernie Hulke tells Vic there is no loo roll in the toilet, but even the militant Vic Spanner has turned over a new leaf and dips into his own pocket to buy a new packet.

      ARMY OFFICER

      Played by Cyril Raymond

      Seen in Regardless struggling to squeeze by Sam Twist in the corridor of the Scotland-bound train. Twist, who’s en route to the Forth Bridge in a parody of The 39 Steps, asks if he’s got some special orders for him, annoying the officer in the process.

      ARNALL, JULIA

      Role: Trudy Trelawney in Regardless

      Julia Arnall, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1931, moved to Britain in 1950 and began her career as a model before turning to acting.

      During the 1950s and ’60s she appeared in several films, including Simon and Laura, House of Secrets, The Quiller Memorandum and, most notably, Lost. However, when her Rank contract was terminated in 1957, her screen appearances became infrequent.

      Her television credits include Sword of Freedom, International Detective, Ghost Squad, The Saint and The Troubleshooters.

      ARTHUR

      Played by Derek Francis

      Arthur works as a security guard in the lobby of Finisham Maternity Hospital in Matron. A miserable-looking guy whose demeanour is remarked upon by Sid Carter, who’s pretending to be an expectant father in an attempt to find out where the contraceptive pills are kept. He comments he’ll christen his baby ‘Happy’ after him.

      ASKWITH, ROBIN

      Role: Larry in Girls

      Born in Southport, Lancashire, in 1950, Robin Askwith was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, Rickmansworth. Unable to take up a place at Bristol University, where he intended reading English and drama, he happened upon a career in acting, beginning with a margarine commercial, followed by, in 1968, the part of Keating in Lindsay Anderson’s film, If.

      He’s made over thirty films but is arguably best remembered for playing the lead in the Confessions sex comedies of the 1970s. Other film credits include Scramble; Hide and Seek; Bless This House; Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers; Brittania Hospital, again with Lindsay Anderson, and, in 2000, The Asylum. His television work over the years has seen him appear in, among others, The Borderers, Boon, Sunburn and Doctors.

      In 1977 he formed The Comedy Company and toured the world with various shows. Today, he lives on the island of Gozo.

      ASSISTANT MANAGER

      Played by Robin Ray

      The assistant manager of F.H. Rowse, a department store in Constable, isn’t informed by his manager of PC Benson and PC Gorse’s undercover work attempting to catch shoplifters in the store, which explains the confusion that ensues when they become suspects themselves.

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      ATKINS, JOHN

      Played by Paul Cole

      In Teacher, Atkins is a leading culprit among the kids who set out to cause havoc when a school inspector and child psychiatrist visit Maudlin Street Secondary Modern School.

      ATS GIRL

      Played by Barbara Rosenblat

      Based at the experimental 1313 anti-aircraft battery in England, she’s one of the shirkers who suffers a severe shock to the system when the tough-speaking Captain Melly is put in charge of the unit.

      ATTRACTIVE NURSE

      Played by Shane Cordell

      One of the nurses employed at Haven Hospital in Nurse.

      AU PAIR GIRL

      Played by Zena Clifton

      When the pregnant film star, Jane Darling, is rushed off in the back of an ambulance, Mr Darling can’t wait to wave his wife goodbye so he can return to the house and get his hands all over his au pair. Appears in Matron.

      AUBREY, DIANE

      Role: Honoria in Constable

      Diane Aubrey, born in Nottingham in 1939, joined LAMDA straight from school. By the time she graduated she’d already made her acting debut, appearing in a 1957 episode of the series The Vise and the film Grip of the Strangler, a year later.

      Although she worked in rep, most of her career was spent on the screen. As well as appearing in series like Moonstrike and Dixon of Dock Green, she played Sally Clarkson in Z Cars for several months during 1962, and Sandra in the 1963 series, Taxi!, with Sid James. On the big screen, her credits include Village of the Damned; Watch it, Sailor!; Petticoat Pirates;The Wild Affair and her last film, The Engagement in 1970.

      She retired from acting at the age of twenty-nine after her children were born. Now based in London, she’s been teaching the Alexander Technique for twenty-four years.

      AUNTIE

      Played by Lucy Griffiths

      Named as Aunt Acid in the Regardless script, she’s standing alongside Montgomery Infield-Hopping in the bachelor exhibit at the Ideal House Exhibition. She looks disapprovingly when Delia comes flying through the wall of the exhibit next-door, much to the delight of the raffish customer.

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