Jerold Wells

from Wallington, Hampshire, England

Artwork for Time Bandits

Biography

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Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 - 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Some of his best-known roles were in Time Bandits, where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower to Evil, and in Jabberwocky, where he played a footless man known as Wat Dabney. He also had a career in television, where he appeared in The Two Ronnies, The Old Curiosity Shop, and The Benny Hill Show. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire and died in Bath, Somerset.

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Timeline

1986Aged 78

  • Poster for Fighting Back

    Herbert

1984Aged 76

1981Aged 73

  • Poster for The Best of the Adventures

    Stropper (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Time Bandits

    Benson

1978Aged 70

  • Poster for Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

    Stropper

1977Aged 69

  • Poster for Jabberwocky

    Wat Dabney

1974Aged 66

  • Poster for Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

    Landlord

  • Poster for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    Quiz Panel Judge

1973Aged 65

  • Poster for Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

    Tramp

  • Poster for The Vault of Horror

    Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")

  • Poster for Gawain and the Green Knight

    Sergeant

  • Poster for The Death of Glory

    Foulkes

1972Aged 64

  • Poster for Burke & Hare

    Landlord

1969Aged 61

  • Poster for Anne of the Thousand Days

    Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)

1968Aged 60

  • Poster for Journey Into Darkness

    Mayhew

  • Poster for The Bells of Hell

    Don Pascoe

1967Aged 59

  • Poster for A Ghost of a Chance

    Ball and Chain Man

1966Aged 58

  • Poster for The Ghost of Monk's Island

    Convict

1965Aged 57

  • Poster for Masquerade

    Brindle (uncredited)

1963Aged 55

  • Poster for The Cracksman

    Chief Prison Officer

  • Poster for Maniac

    Giles

1962Aged 54

  • Poster for Candidate for Murder

    Police Inspector

  • Poster for Crooks Anonymous

    Sydney

  • Poster for The Pirates of Blood River

    Penal Colony Master

  • Poster for Playback

    Inspector Parkes

1961Aged 53

  • Poster for Dangerous Afternoon

    George Burling / Ned Barrett

1958Aged 50

  • Poster for High Hell

    Charlie Spence

  • Poster for Tread Softly Stranger

    Constable at Racecourse

  • Poster for Passport to Shame

    Taxi Driver in Office (uncredited)

1957Aged 49

  • Poster for Three in One

    Wally

  • Poster for The Naked Truth

    1st Irishman (uncredited)