Percy Herbert

from London, England, UK

Artwork for The Bridge on the River KwaiImage of Percy Herbert

Biography

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Percy Herbert (31 July 1920 - 6 December 1992) was an English character actor who often played soldiers, most notably in The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Geese and Tunes of Glory. However, he was equally at home in comedies (Barnacle Bill, Call Me Bwana, two Carry On films) and science fiction (One Million Years B.C., Mysterious Island). He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived series Cimarron Strip, starring Stuart Whitman.

Herbert was a soldier and prisoner of war during World War II, captured by the Japanese when they took Singapore.

He was discovered by Dame Sybil Thorndike.

Herbert died of a heart attack on 6 December 1992.

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Timeline

1998Aged 78

  • Poster for What's a Carry On?

    Charlie (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988Aged 68

  • Poster for The Love Child

    Maurice

1980Aged 60

  • Poster for The Sea Wolves

    Dennison

1979Aged 59

  • Poster for The London Connection

    Ship's Captain

1978Aged 58

  • Poster for The Wild Geese

    Keith

1977Aged 57

  • Poster for Hardcore

    Hubert

  • Poster for Valentino

    Studio Guard

  • Poster for That's Carry On!

    Mr. Angel / Charlie (archive footage)

1975Aged 55

  • Poster for One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

    Mr Gibbons

1974Aged 54

  • Poster for Craze

    Detective Constable Russet

1973Aged 53

  • Poster for Black Snake

    Joxer Tierney

  • Poster for The MacKintosh Man

    Taafe

1972Aged 52

  • Poster for Doomwatch

    Hartwell

  • Poster for The Fiend

    Commissionaire Jim Hudson

  • Poster for Up the Front

    Corporal Lovechild

1971Aged 51

  • Poster for Captain Apache

    Moon

  • Poster for Man in the Wilderness

    Fogarty

1970Aged 50

  • Poster for Too Late the Hero

    Sgt. Johnstone

  • Poster for One More Time

    Mander

1969Aged 49

  • Poster for The Royal Hunt of the Sun

    Diego

1968Aged 48

  • Poster for El juicio

    MacGregor

1967Aged 47

  • Poster for Mister Ten Per Cent

    Inspector Greet

  • Poster for Tobruk

    Dolan

  • Poster for The Viking Queen

    Catus

  • Poster for Casino Royale

    1st Piper

  • Poster for Night of the Big Heat

    Gerald Foster

  • Poster for The Hunted

    MacGregor

1966Aged 46

  • Poster for One Million Years B.C.

    Sakana

1965Aged 45

  • Poster for Joey Boy

    Mad George Long

  • Poster for Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Policeman at Station

  • Poster for Carry On Cowboy

    Charlie

1964Aged 44

  • Poster for Carry On Jack

    Mr. Angel

  • Poster for Becket

    Baron

  • Poster for The Counterfeit Constable

    L'agent Baxter

  • Poster for Guns at Batasi

    Parkin

1963Aged 43

  • Poster for The Cracksman

    Nosher

  • Poster for Call Me Bwana

    First Henchman

  • Poster for Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

    Dover Castle Jailer

1962Aged 42

  • Poster for Mutiny on the Bounty

    Matthew Quintal

  • Poster for Conquered City

    Sgt. Maj. Reed

1961Aged 41

  • Poster for The Guns of Navarone

    Sgt. Grogan

  • Poster for Mysterious Island

    Sgt. Pencroft

1960Aged 40

  • Poster for The Challenge

    Shop Steward

  • Poster for There Was a Crooked Man

    Prison Warden

  • Poster for Tunes of Glory

    RSM Riddick

1959Aged 39

  • Poster for Idol on Parade

    Sergeant Hebrides

  • Poster for Serious Charge

    Mr Thompson

  • Poster for The Devil's Disciple

    Edict Sergeant

  • Poster for Yesterday's Enemy

    Wilkins

  • Poster for Don't Panic Chaps

    Bolter

1958Aged 38

  • Poster for The Steel Bayonet

    Pte. Clark

  • Poster for The Safecracker

    Sergeant Harper

  • Poster for Tank Force!

    1st English Soldier

  • Poster for Sea Fury

    Walker

  • Poster for Sea of Sand

    White

1957Aged 37

  • Poster for Quatermass 2

    Paddy Gorman

  • Poster for The Bridge on the River Kwai

    Grogan

  • Poster for Night of the Demon

    Farmer

  • Poster for Barnacle Bill

    Tommy

1956Aged 36

  • Poster for Lost

    Police Constable in Phone Box

  • Poster for Child in the House

    Det. Sgt. Taylor

  • Poster for A Hill in Korea

    Pvt. Moon

  • Poster for Tiger in the Smoke

    Copper

1955Aged 35

  • Poster for One Good Turn

    "Seen Enough" Boxing Spectator (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Night My Number Came Up

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Prisoner

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Confession

    The Barman

  • Poster for Doctor at Sea

    Helmsman (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Gold Express

    Garage Employee

  • Poster for The Cockleshell Heroes

    Marine Lomas

1954Aged 34

  • Poster for The Young Lovers

    Richards (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Green Buddha

    Casey O'Rourke