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person_profile-Bill Kerr

Bill Kerr Died at age: 92

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bill Kerr

Date of Birth:

Jun 10, 1922

Country of birth:

South Africa

Died:

Aug 28, 2014

Biography of

Bill Kerr

    ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

    William Henry Kerr (10 June 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a British and Australian film and television actor. He was born into a performing arts family in Cape Town, South Africa, but grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

    He began working as a child actor in depression era Australia, taking his first major role in The Silence of Dean Maitland, one of Australia's first talking films.

    After serving in the Second World War, Kerr moved to England to further his acting career, and during the 1940s he was regularly featured in the BBC radio series Variety Bandbox. His trademark was his catch phrase "I'm only here for 4 minutes..."

    In the 1950s, he had a recurring role as an Australian lodger in the BBC radio comedy series Hancock's Half Hour. Initially sharper than Hancock's characterisation, it was developed into a more dim-witted character who became the butt of Hancock's jokes. His television appearances in Britain include a 1968 Doctor Who story called The Enemy of the World, with Patrick Troughton, and a long running part in the early 1960s BBC-TV soap, Compact.

    Bill Kerr had much theatrical success in Britain, playing The Devil in the original West End production of Damn Yankees, directed by Bob Fosse, and Cole. He also worked with Spike Milligan. He appeared in Milligan and John Antrobus's stage play The Bed-Sitting Room, which opened at the Mermaid Theatre on 31 January 1963. A subsequent production opened on 3 May 1967 at the Saville Theatre, and "a cast containing an unusually high proportion of Australian actors including Bill Kerr and David Nettheim." Then in 1972 he co-starred with Anthony Newley in the long running Newley/Bricusse musical, The Good Old Bad Old Days. In 1975, Kerr took the part of Bluey Notts, described as "an Australian bookie's clerk, a crude racialist", in The Melting Pot. This was a sitcom written by Spike Milligan and Neil Shand, which was cancelled by the BBC after just one episode had been broadcast.

    He also appeared in several British films, including The Dam Busters and The Wrong Arm of the Law, before moving back to Australia. Although probably best known as a comic actor, and especially for his appearances in Hancock's Half Hour, he has since played a number of serious roles, notably in Peter Weir's films Gallipoli (1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). He also worked on the Australian stage in the 1980s, in musicals such as My Fair Lady, where he received excellent reviews as Alfred Doolittle. In 2001, he appeared in the Australian comedy Let's Get Skase.

    Kerr also appeared in Glenview High and the 1998 television comedy series Minty.

    Kerr has also been involved in documentaries, providing the narration for No Survivor - The Mysterious Loss of HMAS Sydney Nine Network Australia (1995), Malice or Mutiny for the ABC Australia 2003 and Animal X Natural Mystery Unit series for Discovery in the US, TV2 Norway and many others.

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Bill Kerr

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Filmography of

Bill Kerr

Found 43 Movies in total

Peter Pan

Fairy Guide ( Actor )

... 2003

Let's Get Skase

Mitchell Vendieks ( Actor )

... 2001

Over the Hill

Maurice ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1991

Kokoda Crescent

Russ ( Actor )

... 1989

Mortuary Academy

Brody ( Actor )

... 1988

Bushfire Moon

Trevor Watson ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

The Lighthorsemen

Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel ( Actor )

... 1987

Rob Roy

Actor

... 1987

Double Sculls

Curly ( Actor )

... 1986

Platypus Cove

Mr. Anderson ( Actor )

... 1986

The Coca-Cola Kid

T. George McDowell ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Vigil

Birdie ( Actor )

... 1984

The Settlement

Kearney ( Actor )

... 1984

Razorback

Jake Cullen ( Actor )

... 1984

Dusty

Tom Lincoln ( Actor )

... 1983

Great Expectations

(Voice) ( Actor )

... 1983

The Year of Living Dangerously

Colonel Henderson ( Actor )

... 1982

The Pirate Movie

Major General ( Actor )

... 1982

Deadline

Willliam Ashby ( Actor )

... 1982

Save the Lady

MacDuff ( Actor )

... 1981

Gallipoli

Jack ( Actor )

... 1981

House of Mortal Sin

Mrs. Davey ( Actor )

... 1976

Girls Come First

Hugh Jampton ( Actor )

... 1975

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Giacomo ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1968

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Gladiator-in-Training ( Actor )

... 1966

Doctor in Clover

Digger ( Actor )

... 1966

Doctor in Distress

Australian Sailor ( Actor )

... 1963

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Jack Coombes ( Actor )

... 1963

A Pair of Briefs

Victor ( Actor )

... 1962

The Captain's Table

Bill Coke ( Actor )

... 1959

The Shiralee

Shopkeeper (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

Port of Escape

Dinty Missouri ( Actor )

... 1956

The Dam Busters

Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. ( Actor )

... 1955

... 1955

Appointment in London

Bill Brown ( Actor )

... 1953

My Death Is a Mockery

Hansen ( Actor )

... 1952

Penny Points to Paradise

Digger Graves ( Actor )

... 1951