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<p>116.254.17.233: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|English actor (1908–1999)}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}<br /> {{Refimprove|date=June 2009}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = Jerold Wells<br /> | image =<br /> | caption =<br /> | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1908|8|8}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Wallington, Hampshire]], England, UK<br /> | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1999|7|19|1908|8|8}}<br /> | death_place = [[Bath, Somerset]], England, UK<br /> | occupation = Actor<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Jerold Wells''' (8 August 1908 – 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He was born in [[Wallington, Hampshire]], and died in [[Bath, Somerset]].<br /> <br /> He appeared primarily in British comedies. Films included ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' and the TV-made 'Carry On Kitchener'. Two of his best-known roles were in ''[[Time Bandits]]'', where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower of Evil, and in ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'', in which he played a footless man known as &quot;Wat Dabney&quot;. He also appeared on television, in ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'', [[Catweazle]] and ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''.<br /> <br /> ==Partial filmography==<br /> * ''[[Three in One (1957 film)|Three in One]]'' (1957) - Wally (segment &quot;Joe Wilson's Mates&quot;)<br /> * ''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)|The Naked Truth]]'' (1957) - 1st Irishman (uncredited)<br /> * ''[[High Hell]]'' (1958) - Charlie Spence<br /> * ''Law and Disorder'' (1958) - Cell Warder (uncredited)<br /> * ''[[Passport to Shame]]'' (1958) - Taxi Driver in Office (uncredited)<br /> * ''[[The Criminal (1960 film)|The Criminal]]'' (1960) - Warder Brown<br /> * ''[[Dangerous Afternoon]]'' (1961) - George 'Butch' Birling<br /> * ''[[Playback (1962 film)|Playback]]'' (1962) - Insp. Parkes<br /> * ''[[Crooks Anonymous]]'' (1962) - Sydney - Large Nightwatchman<br /> * ''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]] - 'Candidate for Murder', episode - (1962) - Police Inspector<br /> * ''[[The Pirates of Blood River]]'' (1962) - Penal Colony Master<br /> * ''[[Maniac (1963 film)|Maniac]]'' (1963) - Giles<br /> * ''[[The Cracksman]]'' (1963) - Chief Prison Officer<br /> * ''[[Masquerade (1965 film)|Masquerade]]'' (1965) - Brindle (uncredited)<br /> * ''[[Smashing Time]]'' (1967) - Man in Cafe No. 6<br /> * ''The Ghost of Monk's Island'' (1967) - Convict<br /> * ''A Ghost of a Chance'' (1968)<br /> * ''[[Journey into Darkness (film)|Journey into Darkness]]'' (1968) - Mayhew (episode 'Paper Dolls')<br /> * ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' (1969) - Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)<br /> * ''[[Burke &amp; Hare (1971 film)|Burke &amp; Hare]]'' (1971) - Landlord<br /> * ''[[Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width (film)|Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]'' (1973) - Tramp<br /> * ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (1973) - Waiter (segment 1 &quot;Midnight Mess&quot;)<br /> * ''[[Gawain and the Green Knight (1973 film)|Gawain and the Green Knight]]'' (1973) - Sergeant<br /> * ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' (1974) - Landlord<br /> * ''[[Barry McKenzie Holds His Own]]'' (1974) - Quiz Panel Judge (uncredited)<br /> * ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' (1977) - Wat Dabney<br /> * ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' (1978) - Stropper<br /> * ''A Hitch in Time'' (1978) - The King (uncredited)<br /> * ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981) - Benson<br /> * ''[[The Element of Crime]]'' (1984) - Kramer<br /> * ''[[Sword of the Valiant]]'' (1984) - 1st Torturer<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{IMDb name|id=0920266|name=Jerold Wells}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, Jerold}}<br /> [[Category:1908 births]]<br /> [[Category:1999 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:People from Fareham]]<br /> [[Category:English male film actors]]<br /> [[Category:English male television actors]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{England-screen-actor-stub}}</div>

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