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'''Leslie Dwyer''' (28 August 1906 &ndash; 26 December 1986<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: DEC 1986 21 674 TRURO - Leslie Gilbert Dwyer, DoB = 28 Aug 1906, aged 80</ref><ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5c662b BFI]</ref>) was an English [[film]] and [[television]] [[character actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f5c662b|title=Leslie Dwyer|work=BFI}}</ref>
'''Leslie Gilbert Dwyer''' (28 August 1906 – 26 December 1986<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: DEC 1986 21 674 TRURO - Leslie Gilbert Dwyer, DoB = 28 Aug 1906, aged 80</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309070316/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5c662b BFI]</ref>) was an English [[film]] and [[television]] actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f5c662b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716031733/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f5c662b|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-16|title=Leslie Dwyer|work=BFI}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
He was born in [[Catford]], the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''. Film roles included ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (1942), ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944), the 1952 remake of ''[[Hindle Wakes (1952 film)|Hindle Wakes]]'', ''[[Act of Love (1953 film)|Act of Love]]'' (1953) in which he played a two hander scene opposite the young [[Brigitte Bardot]], ''[[Room in the House]]'' (1955), the [[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|1959 remake]] of Hitchcock's ''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)|The 39 Steps]]'', and ''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (1966).<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0245510}}</ref>
He was born in [[Catford]], the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known to television audiences for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''. Film roles included ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (1942), ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944), the 1952 remake of ''[[Hindle Wakes (1952 film)|Hindle Wakes]]'', ''[[Act of Love (1953 film)|Act of Love]]'' (1953) in which he played a two hander scene opposite the young [[Brigitte Bardot]], ''[[Room in the House]]'' (1955), the [[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|1959 remake]] of Hitchcock's ''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)|The 39 Steps]]'', and ''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (1966).<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0245510}}</ref>


He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s play ''[[Flare Path (play)|Flare Path]]''.<ref>Rattigan, Terence (2001). ''The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan, Volume One, The Early Plays 1936-1952'', p. 80. The Paper Tiger; {{ISBN|978-1-889439-27-3}}.</ref>
He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s play ''[[Flare Path (play)|Flare Path]]''.<ref>Rattigan, Terence (2001). ''The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan, Volume One, The Early Plays 1936-1952'', p. 80. The Paper Tiger; {{ISBN|978-1-889439-27-3}}.</ref>


His most notable television role was as Mr Partridge the miserable [[Punch and Judy]] man with an aversion to children in the British [[sitcom]] ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''. He took roles in ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'' in 1969, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (as Vorg in ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'' in 1973), and in ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', ''[[Terry and June]]'', ''[[The Sweeney]]'', ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', and ''[[Z-Cars]]''.<ref name="imdb"/>
He played Drinkwater in the 1953 television production of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''Captain Brassbound's Conversion''. His most notable television role was as Mr. Partridge, the miserable, hard-drinking [[Punch and Judy]] man with an aversion to children, in the British [[sitcom]] ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''. He took roles in ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'' in 1969, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (as Vorg in ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'' in 1973) and in ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', ''[[Terry and June]]'', ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]''<ref name="imdb"/> and ''[[The Sweeney]],'' in which he played "old sea dog" Ted Greenhead in the episode ''Trojan Bus''.


==Death==
==Death==
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The Goose Steps Out]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Cheer Up (film)|Cheer Up]]'' (1936) - Hotel Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (1942)
* ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (1942) - Parkinson
* ''[[The Lamp Still Burns]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Goose Steps Out]]'' (1942) - German Soldier on Train (uncredited)
* ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Schweik's New Adventures]]'' (1943) - Prisoner
* ''[[Great Day (1945 film)|Great Day]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Yellow Canary (film)|Yellow Canary]]'' (1943) - Ship's Steward (uncredited)
* ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Lamp Still Burns]]'' (1943) - Siddons
* ''[[Night Boat to Dublin]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944) - Pte. Sid Beck
* ''[[When the Bough Breaks (1947 film)|When the Bough Breaks]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Great Day (1945 film)|Great Day]]'' (1945) - Pub Customer
* ''[[Bond Street (film)|Bond Street]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1945) - Stripey
* ''[[The Calendar (1948 film)|The Calendar]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Night Boat to Dublin]]'' (1946) - George Leggett
* ''[[The Little Ballerina]]'' (1948)
* ''[[I See a Dark Stranger]]'' (1946) - Soldier in Cafe (uncredited)
* ''[[This Man Is Mine (1946 film)|This Man Is Mine]]'' (1946) - Van Driver (uncredited)
* ''[[The Bad Lord Byron]]'' (1949)
*) ''[[Poet's Pub]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'' (1946) - Sam
* ''[[A Boy, a Girl and a Bike]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Temptation Harbour]]'' (1947) - Reg
* ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Little Ballerina]]'' (1947) - Barman
* ''[[When the Bough Breaks (1947 film)|When the Bough Breaks]]'' (1947) - George
* ''[[Double Confession]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Smart Aleck]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Calendar (1948 film)|The Calendar]]'' (1948) - Sam Hillcott
* ''[[There Is Another Sun]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Bond Street (film)|Bond Street]]'' (1948) - Barman
* ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Bad Lord Byron]]'' (1949) - Fletcher
* ''[[Hindle Wakes (1952 film)|Hindle Wakes]]'' (1952)
* ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949) - Batman
* ''[[Judgment Deferred]]'' (1952)
* ''[[A Boy, a Girl and a Bike]]'' (1949) - Steve Hall
* ''[[The Hour of 13]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Now Barabbas]]'' (1949) - Brown
* ''[[My Wife's Lodger]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Poet's Pub]]'' (1949) - Holly
* ''[[Act of Love (1953 film)|Act of Love]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Double Confession]]'' (1950) - Leonard
* ''[[Marilyn (1953 film)|Marilyn]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Lilli Marlene (film)|Lilli Marlene]]'' (1950) - Berry
* ''[[The Good Die Young]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Midnight Episode]]'' (1950) - Albert
* ''[[The Black Rider (film)|The Black Rider]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Smart Alec (1951 British film)|Smart Alec]]'' (1951) - Gossage
* ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951) - Police Sergeant
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* ''[[Where There's a Will (1955 film)|Where There's a Will]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Room in the House]]'' (1955)
* ''[[There Is Another Sun]]'' (1951) - Foley
* ''[[Cloak Without Dagger]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Judgment Deferred]]'' (1952) - Flowers
* ''[[Not So Dusty (1956 film)|Not So Dusty]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Hour of 13]]'' (1952) - Ernie Perker
* ''[[Eyewitness (1956 film)|Eyewitness]]'' (1956)
* ''[[My Wife's Lodger]]'' (1952) - Roger the Lodger
* ''[[Face in the Night]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Hindle Wakes (1952 film)|Hindle Wakes]]'' (1952) - Chris Hawthorn
* ''[[Stormy Crossing]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Marilyn (1953 film)|Marilyn]]'' (1953) - George Saunders
* ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Act of Love (1953 film)|Act of Love]]'' (1953) - Le sergent anglais
* ''[[Left Right and Centre]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Good Die Young]]'' (1954) - Stookey
* ''[[The Black Rider (film)|The Black Rider]]'' (1954) - Robert Plack
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* ''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (1965) (UK title: ''Monster of Terror'')
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* ''[[Where There's a Will (1955 film)|Where There's a Will]]'' (1955) - Alfie Brewer
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* ''[[I've Gotta Horse]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Crooks and Coronets]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Room in the House]]'' (1955) - Benji Pugh
* ''[[Dominique (1978 film)|Dominique]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Not So Dusty (1956 film)|Not So Dusty]]'' (1956) - Nobby
* ''[[Cloak Without Dagger]]'' (1956) - Fred Borcombe
* ''[[Eyewitness (1956 film)|Eyewitness]]'' (1956) - Henry Cammon
* ''[[Face in the Night]]'' (1957) - Toby
* ''[[Stormy Crossing]]'' (1958) - Bill Harris
* ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959) - Milkman
* ''[[Left Right and Centre]]'' (1959) - Left - Alf Stoker
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* ''[[I've Gotta Horse]]'' (1965) - Bert
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* ''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (1965) (UK title: ''Monster of Terror'') - Potter
* ''[[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]]'' (1968) - Bookshop assistant
* ''[[Lionheart (1968 film)|Lionheart]]'' (1968) - Carpenter
* ''[[Crooks and Coronets]]'' (1969) - Henry
* ''[[Dominique (1978 film)|Dominique]]'' (1978) - Cemetery Supervisor
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* {{IMDb name|0245510}}
*{{Find a Grave|grid=12938819}}


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Latest revision as of 10:08, 27 March 2024

Leslie Dwyer
in The Way Ahead (1944)
Born
Leslie Gilbert Dwyer

(1906-08-28)28 August 1906
Catford, London, England
Died26 December 1986(1986-12-26) (aged 80)
Truro, Cornwall, England
Resting placeEast London Cemetery
OccupationActor

Leslie Gilbert Dwyer (28 August 1906 – 26 December 1986[1][2]) was an English film and television actor.[3]

Career[edit]

He was born in Catford, the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known to television audiences for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. Film roles included In Which We Serve (1942), The Way Ahead (1944), the 1952 remake of Hindle Wakes, Act of Love (1953) in which he played a two hander scene opposite the young Brigitte Bardot, Room in the House (1955), the 1959 remake of Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, and Die, Monster, Die! (1966).[4]

He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's play Flare Path.[5]

He played Drinkwater in the 1953 television production of George Bernard Shaw's Captain Brassbound's Conversion. His most notable television role was as Mr. Partridge, the miserable, hard-drinking Punch and Judy man with an aversion to children, in the British sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. He took roles in Public Eye in 1969, Doctor Who (as Vorg in Carnival of Monsters in 1973) and in Steptoe and Son, Terry and June, Wodehouse Playhouse, Z-Cars[4] and The Sweeney, in which he played "old sea dog" Ted Greenhead in the episode Trojan Bus.

Death[edit]

Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80 (respiratory failure due to pulmonary embolism). His grave is located in the East London Cemetery.[6]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ GRO Register of Deaths: DEC 1986 21 674 TRURO - Leslie Gilbert Dwyer, DoB = 28 Aug 1906, aged 80
  2. ^ BFI
  3. ^ "Leslie Dwyer". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b Leslie Dwyer at IMDb
  5. ^ Rattigan, Terence (2001). The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan, Volume One, The Early Plays 1936-1952, p. 80. The Paper Tiger; ISBN 978-1-889439-27-3.
  6. ^ NNDB

External links[edit]

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