Wensley Pithey
Biography
Wensley Pithey was a South African-born character actor who built a long career on the British stage and screen. Born in Cape Town, he studied music and drama at the University of Cape Town before traveling to Britain in 1947. He took on many Shakespearean parts over the years, most memorably Sir Toby Belch, and appeared in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, while also directing and producing plays in the West End. On television he played Detective Superintendent Charlesworth in the BBC series Charlesworth at Large in 1958 and its sequel the following year, and in 1964 he portrayed a ballistics expert in Call the Gun Expert. Other small-screen work included Danger Man in 1961, Special Branch, Poldark, and Winston Churchill in Edward and Mrs Simpson and the miniseries Ike. He died in 1993.
79years old at death
- Born Cape Town
- Died London
- Star sign: CancerFirst day of the sign, on the Gemini cusp
- Also credited as Wensley Ivan William Frederick Pithey
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 15 years1953 to 1968
Every film, newest first
- 1968Oliver!IMDb rating 7.4
- 1965The Knack... and How to Get ItIMDb rating 6.2
- 1957Hell DriversIMDb rating 7.2
- 1957The Long HaulIMDb rating 6.7
- 1953The Titfield ThunderboltIMDb rating 7.0
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A change of course
Between 1961 and 1976, Pithey played a fake coffee expert in German television commercials for Tchibo, a long-running side job alongside his acting work.
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Worked with
Wensley Pithey shares two films with Sidney James, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Hugh Griffith's page
Sean Connery's page
Charlotte Rampling's page
Oliver Reed's page
Jacqueline Bisset's page
All films by Carol Reed
Cy EndfieldDirector, 1 film, 1957
All films by Cy Endfield
All films by Richard Lester
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