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Jerold Wells

Acting · Born August 8, 1908 · Wallington, Hampshire, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerold Wells, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jerold Wells movies and shows

  • BBC Play of the Month1965
  • No Hiding Place1959
  • Softly, Softly1966
  • The Troubleshooters1965
  • Dixon of Dock Green1955
  • Maigret1960
  • The Champions1968
  • Sykes1972
  • The New Avengers1976
  • Till Death Us Do Part1966
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971
  • Sergeant Cork1963
  • Man in a Suitcase1967
  • Catweazle1970
  • All Gas and Gaiters1967
  • Cribb1980
  • The Black Arrow1972
  • Carry On Laughing1975
  • The Old Curiosity Shop1979
  • Time Bandits1981
  • Hark at Barker1969
  • Number 101983
  • Cousin Bette1971
  • Anne of the Thousand Days1969