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Scottish actor (1908–1987)
Bill Fraser
Fraser in 1966
Born
William Simpson Fraser
(1908-06-05 ) 5 June 1908
Died 9 September 1987(1987-09-09) (aged 79 )
Resting place St. Paul's Churchyard , London , EnglandOccupation Actor Years active 1938–1987 Spouse
(m. 1981)
William Simpson Fraser (5 June 1908 – 9 September 1987) was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage, screen and television for many years.[1] In 1986 he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for his stage role in the play When We Are Married .[1]
Early life
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Fraser was born in Perth and educated at Strathallan School .[1] He began his career as a clerk in a bank before beginning to act.[2] In the early days when acting work was scarce, Fraser was often penniless, frequently sleeping rough on the Embankment in London.[1] Before the Second World War , he ran the Connaught Theatre in Worthing ; when called up he served in a Royal Air Force Special Liaison Unit , reaching the rank of flight lieutenant , where he met and became friends with Eric Sykes .[1] Just after the war a chance meeting in a London street led to Fraser's giving Sykes his first work as a writer for radio comedy[3] and the two friends worked together many times over the following years. Fraser is also credited with giving Peter Cushing his first acting job.
Career
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Fraser often played irascible or belligerent characters on screen and had many roles as a policeman, soldier or judge.[1] His first television appearance was on The Tony Hancock Show in 1956, after which he briefly became a regular actor on Hancock's Half Hour .[1] He then joined The Army Game as Sgt Claude Snudge, followed by a sequel called Bootsie and Snudge .[1] He also played Snudge in the 1964 series Foreign Affairs . Later comedic roles included parts in the TV dramatisation of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ as well as Ripping Yarns , The Train Now Standing , The Corn is Green and Father, Dear Father .[1]
He also appeared in the comedy films The Amorous Milkman and Doctor at Large ; the big-screen version of Love Thy Neighbour ; and the Frankie Howerd trilogy Up Pompeii! , Up the Front and Up the Chastity Belt .[1]
He had a recurring role on Rumpole of the Bailey as Judge Roger Bullingham, an unsympathetic judge privately nicknamed "the Mad Bull" by defence barrister Horace Rumpole .[1]
Fraser's straight parts included Boanerges in The Apple Cart and Eddie Waters in Comedians , both for the BBC , and appearances on The Professionals and The Avengers .[1] He also featured in the Doctor Who story Meglos in 1980, and appeared in the spin-off show K-9 and Company the following year.[1] In the early 1980s, he was in two series of a straight drama on BBC1, Flesh and Blood ; his performance in its first episode of an industrialist sitting at the bedside of his dying wife was regarded by many as a tour de force .[1]
He appeared as Mr Micawber in the TV dramatisation of David Copperfield in 1966. He played Serjeant Buzzfuzz in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969; and his last role was as Mr Casby in the film version of Little Dorrit (1988).[1]
He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1981 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Royalty Theatre in London.[citation needed ]
Fraser also appeared in an early advertisement for the Austin Metro .[1] In 1985 he was cast as Bert Baxter in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole .[1]
During those periods when Fraser was not acting, he ran a small sweetshop and tobacconists at Ilford Lane in Ilford , Essex .[1]
Bill Fraser played husband to Googie Withers in the Chichester Theatre production of Maugham 's The Circle . It transferred to the West End and played at the Haymarket, and then toured Britain. Also in the cast were Susan Hampshire and John McCallum , who was married to Googie Withers.
Awards
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In 1986 he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for his stage role in the play When We Are Married .[1]
Death
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He died from emphysema in Bushey , Hertfordshire , aged 79, leaving a widow, the actress Pamela Cundell , whom he had married in 1981.[1]
Selected filmography
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East of Piccadilly (1941) - Maxie
The Common Touch (1941) - Harris
Forbidden (1949) - Railway Porter (uncredited)
Helter Skelter (1949) - Oliver Cromwell
Meet Me Tonight (1952) - Bert Bentley: Red Peppers
Lady in the Fog (1952) - Sales Manager
Time Bomb (1953) - Constable J. Reed
The Captain's Paradise (1953) - Absalom (taxi driver)
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) - Band Leader
Duel in the Jungle (1954) - Smith - Hotel Clerk
The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - J. Montague Brown
Orders Are Orders (1954) - Private Slee
Alias John Preston (1955) - Joe Newton
Jumping for Joy (1956) - Drunk in Pool Hall (uncredited)
Charley Moon (1956) - Marber
Doctor at Large (1957) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Second Fiddle (1957) - Nixon
Just My Luck (1957) - Powell (uncredited)
Three Sundays to Live (1957) - Prison Warder (uncredited)
Another Time, Another Place (1958) - R.E. Sergeant
The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959) - Jeremy Bentham
Doctor in Love (1960) - Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Fast Lady (1962) - 3rd Golfer (uncredited)
What a Crazy World (1963) - Milligan
The Americanization of Emily (1964) - Port Commander
Joey Boy (1965) - Sgt. Maj. Dobbs
A Home of Your Own (1965) - The Shop Steward
Masquerade (1965) - Dunwoody
A Touch of Uplift (1965) - Charles Trotter
I've Gotta Horse (1965) - Mr. Bartholemew
David Copperfield (1966) - Mr. Micawber
Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) - Bookseller
The Best House in London (1969) - Inspector MacPherson
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) - Barnaby Bath
All the Way Up (1970) - Arnold Makepiece
Up Pompeii (1971) - Prosperus Maximus
Up the Chastity Belt (1971) - Sir Braggart
Up the Front (1972) - Groping
That's Your Funeral (1972) - Basil Bulstrode
Go for a Take (1972) - TV Studio Doorman
Not Now Darling (1973) - Commissionaire
Love Thy Neighbour (1973) - Mr. Granger (uncredited)
Dead Cert (1974) - Uncle George
Moments (1974) - Mr. Fleming
The Amorous Milkman (1975) - Gerald
Eye of the Needle (1981) - Mr. Porter
Pirates (1986) - Governor
Little Dorrit (1987) - Mr. Casby (final film role)
References
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^ "Bill Fraser (1908-87)" . The Times . 7 September 1987. Retrieved 21 January 2013 .
^ "Television Heaven - TV Greats - Eric Sykes" . Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009 .
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