Charles Hawtrey
Biography
Charles Hawtrey was an English actor and comedian who also sang, played piano and directed for the stage. He started as a boy soprano, made records, and moved into radio. After study at the Italia Conti Academy he worked in theater as an actor and director, appearing in Peter Pan, Bats in the Belfry and The Taming of the Shrew, and later directed 19 plays. On screen he was a foil to Will Hay in 1930s and 1940s films such as Good Morning, Boys and Where's That Fire?, and had an early role in Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage (1936). He became a regular in the Carry On series with Carry On Sergeant (1958) and appeared in more than twenty others, among them Carry On Spying (1964) and Carry On Cowboy (1965). His other films included Passport to Pimlico (1949). On television he played Private Professor Hatchett in The Army Game and had regular roles in Our House and Best of Friends.
73years old at death
- Born Hounslow
- Died Deal
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- George Frederick Joffe Hartree (birth name)Also credited as George Hartree
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 52 years1936 to 1988
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First role
Hawtrey made his first stage appearance in Boscombe, a Bournemouth suburb, as early as 1925, playing a street Arab in Frederick Bowyer's fairy play The Windmill Man at the age of 11.
Early training
Hawtrey studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London before starting his career in the theater as both actor and director.
Beyond film
Hawtrey sang as a boy soprano and was known as 'The Angel-Voiced Choirboy' at 15. In 1930 he made several duets for the Regal label with Evelyn Griffiths, a girl soprano.
Behind the camera
Charles Hawtrey directed a pair of 1946 films. One, What Do We Do Now?, is thought to be lost, while the other, Dumb Dora Discovers Tobacco, had Flora Robson in it.
A role that slipped away
Hawtrey appeared in Carry On Abroad in 1972, his final film, and was then dropped from the series. He pulled out of the TV show Carry On Christmas just days before, wanting higher billing.
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Gerald Thomas directed nineteen of these films. Kenneth Williams appears in eighteen of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Gerald ThomasDirector, 19 films, 1958 to 1971
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