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	~~{{short description\|English actor and comedian (1926–1988)}}~~
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	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1926\|02\|22}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1926\|02\|22}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Kings Cross, London\|~~Kings Cross, London]]		\| birth_place = [[Kings Cross, London]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1988\|04\|15\|1926\|02\|22}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1988\|04\|15\|1926\|02\|22}}
	\| death_place = [[~~w:Bloomsbury\|~~Bloomsbury]], London		\| death_place = [[Bloomsbury]], London
	\| death_cause = Barbiturate overdose		\| death_cause = Barbiturate overdose
	\| occupation = Comic actor, raconteur		\| occupation = Comic actor, raconteur
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	'''Kenneth Williams''' (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 [[Carry On (franchise)\|''Carry On'' films]], and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with [[Tony Hancock]] and [[Kenneth Horne]],<ref>{{cite web \|author=Born: 22 February 1926, London Died: 15 April 1988, London \|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba1d037a2 \|title=Kenneth Williams \| BFI \|publisher=British Film Institute \|access-date=30 June 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719003639/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba1d037a2 \|archive-date=19 July 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/487102/ \|title=BFI Screenonline: Williams, Kenneth (1926–1988) Biography \|publisher=Screenonline.org.uk \|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> as well as being a regular panellist on [[~~w:BBC Radio 4\|~~BBC Radio 4]]'s comedy panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' from its second series in 1968 until his death 20 years later.		'''Kenneth Williams''' (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 [[Carry On (franchise)\|''Carry On'' films]], and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with [[Tony Hancock]] and [[Kenneth Horne]],<ref>{{cite web \|author=Born: 22 February 1926, London Died: 15 April 1988, London \|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba1d037a2 \|title=Kenneth Williams \| BFI \|publisher=British Film Institute \|access-date=30 June 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719003639/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba1d037a2 \|archive-date=19 July 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/487102/ \|title=BFI Screenonline: Williams, Kenneth (1926–1988) Biography \|publisher=Screenonline.org.uk \|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> as well as being a regular panellist on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s comedy panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' from its second series in 1968 until his death 20 years later.

	Williams grew up in [[~~w:Central London\|~~Central London]] in a working-class family; he claimed his father spoke [[~~w:cockney\|~~cockney]]. He served in the [[~~w:Royal Engineers\|~~Royal Engineers]] during World War II, where he first became interested in becoming an entertainer. After a short spell in [[~~w:repertory theatre\|~~repertory theatre]] as a serious actor, he turned to comedy and achieved national fame in ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. He sustained continued success throughout the 1960s and 1970s with his regular appearances in ''Carry On'' films, and subsequently kept himself in the public eye with chat shows and other television work.		Williams grew up in [[Central London]] in a working-class family; he claimed his father spoke [[cockney]]. He served in the [[Royal Engineers]] during World War II, where he first became interested in becoming an entertainer. After a short spell in [[repertory theatre]] as a serious actor, he turned to comedy and achieved national fame in ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. He sustained continued success throughout the 1960s and 1970s with his regular appearances in ''Carry On'' films, and subsequently kept himself in the public eye with chat shows and other television work.

	Williams was fondly regarded in the entertainment industry; in private life, however, he suffered from depression. He kept a series of diaries throughout his life that achieved posthumous acclaim.		Williams was fondly regarded in the entertainment industry; in private life, however, he suffered from depression. He kept a series of diaries throughout his life that achieved posthumous acclaim.

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February 1926 in Bingfield Street, [[w:Kings Cross, London\|Kings Cross]], London.<ref>GRO Register of Births: March 1926 1b 408 Islington – Kenneth C. Williams</ref> His parents were Charles George Williams, who managed a hairdressers in the Kings Cross area, and Louisa Alexandra (''{{nee}}'' Morgan), who worked in the salon. Charles was a Methodist who had "a hatred of loose morals and effeminacy", according to [[Barry Took]], Williams's biographer. Charles thought the theatre immoral and effeminate, although his son aspired to be involved in the profession from an early age.<ref>{{cite ODNB\|title=Williams, Kenneth Charles (1926–1988)\|year=2009\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39951}}</ref> Between 1935 and 1956, Williams lived with his parents in a flat above his father's barber shop at 57 [[~~w:Marchmont Street\|~~Marchmont Street]], [[~~w:Bloomsbury\|~~Bloomsbury]].<ref name=bbc_plaque/>		Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February 1926 in Bingfield Street, [[Kings Cross, London\|Kings Cross]], London.<ref>GRO Register of Births: March 1926 1b 408 Islington – Kenneth C. Williams</ref> His parents were Charles George Williams, who managed a hairdressers in the Kings Cross area, and Louisa Alexandra (''{{nee}}'' Morgan), who worked in the salon. Charles was a Methodist who had "a hatred of loose morals and effeminacy", according to [[Barry Took]], Williams's biographer. Charles thought the theatre immoral and effeminate, although his son aspired to be involved in the profession from an early age.<ref>{{cite ODNB\|title=Williams, Kenneth Charles (1926–1988)\|year=2009\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39951}}</ref> Between 1935 and 1956, Williams lived with his parents in a flat above his father's barber shop at 57 [[Marchmont Street]], [[Bloomsbury]].<ref name=bbc_plaque/>

	Williams stated in his diaries that he believed he was of [[w:Welsh people\|Welsh]] extraction because of his parents' surnames (Williams was later proven correct; both his parents were born in Wales). Williams had a half-sister, Alice Patricia "Pat", born in 1923 before Louie had met Charlie Williams and three years before Kenneth was born.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Stevens\|first1=Christopher\|title=Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams\|date=2011\|publisher=John Murray\|location=London\|isbn=978-1-84854-195-5\|pages=7–9\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Qf8vhBh4JsC}}</ref> He was educated at The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries - Kenneth Williams\|website=BritishComedy.org.uk\|date=April 1988\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230237/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=3 March 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|title=The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School\|publisher=The National Archives\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145545/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> a state-owned [[~~w:Central school\|~~Central school]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|title=Lyulph Stanley School, Camden Street: corner of Camden Street and Plender Street\|website=Collage – The London Picture Archive\|publisher=[[~~w:City of London Corporation\|~~City of London Corporation]]\|access-date=16 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142328/https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[~~w:Camden Town\|~~Camden Town]], north London and subsequently became apprenticed as a [[w:drawing\|draughtsman]] to a mapmaker. His apprenticeship was interrupted by [[~~w:the Blitz\|~~the Blitz]], and he was evacuated to [[~~w:Bicester\|~~Bicester]], and the home of a bachelor veterinary surgeon. It provided his first experience of an educated, middle-class life, and he loved it. He returned to London with a new, [[~~w:vowel\|~~vowel]]-elongated accent.<ref>Kenneth Williams: Reputations, BBC TV</ref> In 1944, aged 18, he was called up to the [[~~w:British Army\|~~British Army]]. He became a [[~~w:sapper\|~~sapper]] in the [[~~w:Royal Engineers\|~~Royal Engineers]] Survey Section, doing much the same work that he did as a civilian. When the war ended he was in [[~~w:Ceylon\|~~Ceylon]] and he opted to transfer to the [[w:BFBS Live Events\|Combined Services Entertainment Unit]], which put on revue shows. While in that unit he met [[Stanley Baxter]], [[~~w:Peter Vaughan\|~~Peter Vaughan]], [[w:Peter Nichols (playwright)\|Peter Nichols]] and [[~~w:John Schlesinger\|~~John Schlesinger]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries\|publisher=Britishcomedy.org.uk\|access-date=20 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194643/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=dead }}</ref>		Williams stated in his diaries that he believed he was of [[Welsh people\|Welsh]] extraction because of his parents' surnames (Williams was later proven correct; both his parents were born in Wales). Williams had a half-sister, Alice Patricia "Pat", born in 1923 before Louie had met Charlie Williams and three years before Kenneth was born.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Stevens\|first1=Christopher\|title=Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams\|date=2011\|publisher=John Murray\|location=London\|isbn=978-1-84854-195-5\|pages=7–9\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Qf8vhBh4JsC}}</ref> He was educated at The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries - Kenneth Williams\|website=BritishComedy.org.uk\|date=April 1988\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230237/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=3 March 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|title=The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School\|publisher=The National Archives\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145545/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> a state-owned [[Central school]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|title=Lyulph Stanley School, Camden Street: corner of Camden Street and Plender Street\|website=Collage – The London Picture Archive\|publisher=[[City of London Corporation]]\|access-date=16 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142328/https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Camden Town]], north London and subsequently became apprenticed as a [[drawing\|draughtsman]] to a mapmaker. His apprenticeship was interrupted by [[the Blitz]], and he was evacuated to [[Bicester]], and the home of a bachelor veterinary surgeon. It provided his first experience of an educated, middle-class life, and he loved it. He returned to London with a new, [[vowel]]-elongated accent.<ref>Kenneth Williams: Reputations, BBC TV</ref> In 1944, aged 18, he was called up to the [[British Army]]. He became a [[sapper]] in the [[Royal Engineers]] Survey Section, doing much the same work that he did as a civilian. When the war ended he was in [[Ceylon]] and he opted to transfer to the [[BFBS Live Events\|Combined Services Entertainment Unit]], which put on revue shows. While in that unit he met [[Stanley Baxter]], [[Peter Vaughan]], [[Peter Nichols (playwright)\|Peter Nichols]] and [[John Schlesinger]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries\|publisher=Britishcomedy.org.uk\|access-date=20 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194643/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

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	== Personal life and death ==		== Personal life and death ==
	On 14 October 1962, Kenneth's father, Charlie Williams, was taken to hospital after drinking [[w:carbon tetrachloride\|carbon tetrachloride]] that had been stored in a cough-mixture bottle. Kenneth, who had never got on well with his father, refused to visit him. Charlie died the following day and, an hour after being given the news, Kenneth went on stage in the West End. The [[w:coroner's court\|coroner's court]] recorded a verdict of accidental death due to corrosive poisoning by carbon tetrachloride. Kenneth believed his father had committed suicide, because the circumstances leading to the poisoning seemed unlikely to have happened by bad luck.{{sfn\|Stevens\|2010\|p=219}} Williams was later denied a [[w:Visa policy of the United States\|visa to the United States]], when it emerged that [[w:Scotland Yard]] kept a file on him relating to his father's death – the suspicion being that he had poisoned his father.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/stars-carry-happened-next/kenneth-williams/ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/stars-carry-happened-next/kenneth-williams/ \|archive-date=12 January 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, and the cast of Carry On: what happened next?\|newspaper=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|]] \|date=10 May 2018 \|access-date=26 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>		On 14 October 1962, Kenneth's father, Charlie Williams, was taken to hospital after drinking [[w:carbon tetrachloride\|carbon tetrachloride]] that had been stored in a cough-mixture bottle. Kenneth, who had never got on well with his father, refused to visit him. Charlie died the following day and, an hour after being given the news, Kenneth went on stage in the West End. The [[w:coroner's court\|coroner's court]] recorded a verdict of accidental death due to corrosive poisoning by carbon tetrachloride. Kenneth believed his father had committed suicide, because the circumstances leading to the poisoning seemed unlikely to have happened by bad luck.{{sfn\|Stevens\|2010\|p=219}} Williams was later denied a [[w:Visa policy of the United States\|visa to the United States]], when it emerged that [[w:Scotland Yard\|Scotland Yard]] kept a file on him relating to his father's death – the suspicion being that he had poisoned his father.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/stars-carry-happened-next/kenneth-williams/ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/stars-carry-happened-next/kenneth-williams/ \|archive-date=12 January 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, and the cast of Carry On: what happened next?\|newspaper=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]] \|date=10 May 2018 \|access-date=26 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

	Williams often said that he was [[w:asexuality\|asexual]] and celibate, and his diaries appear to substantiate his claims — at least from his early forties onwards. He lived alone all his adult life and had few close companions apart from his mother, and no significant romantic relationships. His diaries contain references to unconsummated or barely consummated homosexual dalliances, which he describes as "traditional matters" or "tradiola". He befriended gay playwright [[w:Joe Orton\|Joe Orton]], who wrote the role of Inspector Truscott in ''[[w:Loot (play)\|Loot]]'' (1965) for him, and had holidays in [[w:Morocco\|Morocco]] with Orton and his lover, [[w:Kenneth Halliwell\|Kenneth Halliwell]]. Other close friends included [[Stanley Baxter]], [[w:Gordon Jackson (actor)\|Gordon Jackson]] and his wife [[w:Rona Anderson\|Rona Anderson]], [[w:Sheila Hancock\|Sheila Hancock]], and [[w:Maggie Smith\|Maggie Smith]] and her playwright husband, [[w:Beverley Cross\|Beverley Cross]].<ref name="Davies">{{cite book \| last = Davies \| first = Russell \| year = 1993 \| title = The Kenneth Williams diaries \| publisher = HarperCollins \| isbn = 978-0-00-255023-9 }}</ref> Williams was also fond of fellow ''Carry On'' regulars [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Bernard Bresslaw]], [[Peter Butterworth]], [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Hattie Jacques]] and [[Joan Sims]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Williams\|first1=Kenneth\|title=Just Williams}}</ref>		Williams often said that he was [[w:asexuality\|asexual]] and celibate, and his diaries appear to substantiate his claims — at least from his early forties onwards. He lived alone all his adult life and had few close companions apart from his mother, and no significant romantic relationships. His diaries contain references to unconsummated or barely consummated homosexual dalliances, which he describes as "traditional matters" or "tradiola". He befriended gay playwright [[w:Joe Orton\|Joe Orton]], who wrote the role of Inspector Truscott in ''[[w:Loot (play)\|Loot]]'' (1965) for him, and had holidays in [[w:Morocco\|Morocco]] with Orton and his lover, [[w:Kenneth Halliwell\|Kenneth Halliwell]]. Other close friends included [[Stanley Baxter]], [[w:Gordon Jackson (actor)\|Gordon Jackson]] and his wife [[w:Rona Anderson\|Rona Anderson]], [[w:Sheila Hancock\|Sheila Hancock]], and [[w:Maggie Smith\|Maggie Smith]] and her playwright husband, [[w:Beverley Cross\|Beverley Cross]].<ref name="Davies">{{cite book \| last = Davies \| first = Russell \| year = 1993 \| title = The Kenneth Williams diaries \| publisher = HarperCollins \| isbn = 978-0-00-255023-9 }}</ref> Williams was also fond of fellow ''Carry On'' regulars [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Bernard Bresslaw]], [[Peter Butterworth]], [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Hattie Jacques]] and [[Joan Sims]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Williams\|first1=Kenneth\|title=Just Williams}}</ref>
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	Williams rarely revealed details of his private life although, in two half-hour documentary programmes in 1977 on [[w:BBC Radio London\|BBC Radio London]]<ref>''Radio Times'' (London edition) 23–29 July 1977</ref> entitled ''Carry On Kenneth'', he spoke openly to Owen Spencer-Thomas about his loneliness, despondency and sense of underachievement.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuuBU_WKlrQ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/uuuBU_WKlrQ\| archive-date=2021-12-11 \|url-status=live\|title=Kenneth Williams – Interview by Owen Spencer Thomas – BBC London Radio\|publisher=Video Curios \|date=27 April 2015 \|access-date=21 September 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>		Williams rarely revealed details of his private life although, in two half-hour documentary programmes in 1977 on [[w:BBC Radio London\|BBC Radio London]]<ref>''Radio Times'' (London edition) 23–29 July 1977</ref> entitled ''Carry On Kenneth'', he spoke openly to Owen Spencer-Thomas about his loneliness, despondency and sense of underachievement.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuuBU_WKlrQ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/uuuBU_WKlrQ\| archive-date=2021-12-11 \|url-status=live\|title=Kenneth Williams – Interview by Owen Spencer Thomas – BBC London Radio\|publisher=Video Curios \|date=27 April 2015 \|access-date=21 September 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
	He died on 15 April 1988 in his flat. His last words, recorded in his diary, were "Oh, what's the bloody point?"<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1988 14 1873 CAMDEN – Kenneth Charles Williams, DoB = 22 February 1926 aged 62</ref> and the cause of death was an overdose of [[w:barbiturate\|barbiturate]]s.<ref name="britmovie1" /> An inquest recorded an [[w:open verdict\|open verdict]], because it was not possible to establish whether his death was suicide or an accident.<ref>{{cite news\|work=The Guardian \| location=London\|date=17 June 1988\|title=Open verdict recorded on Williams\|quote=Dr John Elliott, deputy coroner for inner north London said: "The cause of death was a barbiturate overdose. Where Mr Williams would have got these from we would not be able to establish. There is no indication given as to why he should have taken this overdose and therefore I record an open verdict."}}</ref> His diaries reveal that he had often had suicidal thoughts, and some of his earliest diaries record periodic feelings that there was no point in living. His authorised biography argues that Williams did not take his own life but died of an accidental overdose. The actor had doubled his dosage of antacid without discussing it with his doctor. That, combined with the mixture of medication, is the widely accepted cause of death. He had a stock of painkilling tablets and it is argued that he would have taken more of them if he had been intending suicide.{{sfn\|Stevens\|2010~~}}{{page needed\|date=December 2021~~}} He was cremated at [[East Finchley Cemetery]], and his ashes were scattered in the memorial gardens. Williams left an estate worth just under £540,000 ({{Inflation\|UK\|540000\|1988\|fmt=eq\|cursign=£}}).<ref>{{cite book \|title=Kenneth Williams: A Biography \|first=Michael \|last=Freeland \|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd \|year=1993 \|isbn=978-0297812258}}</ref>		He died on 15 April 1988 in his flat. His last words, recorded in his diary, were "Oh, what's the bloody point?"<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1988 14 1873 CAMDEN – Kenneth Charles Williams, DoB = 22 February 1926 aged 62</ref> and the cause of death was an overdose of [[w:barbiturate\|barbiturate]]s.<ref name="britmovie1" /> An inquest recorded an [[w:open verdict\|open verdict]], because it was not possible to establish whether his death was suicide or an accident.<ref>{{cite news\|work=The Guardian \| location=London\|date=17 June 1988\|title=Open verdict recorded on Williams\|quote=Dr John Elliott, deputy coroner for inner north London said: "The cause of death was a barbiturate overdose. Where Mr Williams would have got these from we would not be able to establish. There is no indication given as to why he should have taken this overdose and therefore I record an open verdict."}}</ref> His diaries reveal that he had often had suicidal thoughts, and some of his earliest diaries record periodic feelings that there was no point in living. His authorised biography argues that Williams did not take his own life but died of an accidental overdose. The actor had doubled his dosage of antacid without discussing it with his doctor. That, combined with the mixture of medication, is the widely accepted cause of death. He had a stock of painkilling tablets and it is argued that he would have taken more of them if he had been intending suicide.{{sfn\|Stevens\|2010}} He was cremated at [[w:East Finchley Cemetery\|East Finchley Cemetery]], and his ashes were scattered in the memorial gardens. Williams left an estate worth just under £540,000 ({{Inflation\|UK\|540000\|1988\|fmt=eq\|cursign=£}}).<ref>{{cite book \|title=Kenneth Williams: A Biography \|first=Michael \|last=Freeland \|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd \|year=1993 \|isbn=978-0297812258}}</ref>

	== Legacy ==		== Legacy ==

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	Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February 1926 in Bingfield Street, [[w:Kings Cross, London\|Kings Cross]], London.<ref>GRO Register of Births: March 1926 1b 408 Islington – Kenneth C. Williams</ref> His parents were Charles George Williams, who managed a hairdressers in the Kings Cross area, and Louisa Alexandra (''{{nee}}'' Morgan), who worked in the salon. Charles was a Methodist who had "a hatred of loose morals and effeminacy", according to [[Barry Took]], Williams's biographer. Charles thought the theatre immoral and effeminate, although his son aspired to be involved in the profession from an early age.<ref>{{cite ODNB\|title=Williams, Kenneth Charles (1926–1988)\|year=2009\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39951}}</ref> Between 1935 and 1956, Williams lived with his parents in a flat above his father's barber shop at 57 [[w:Marchmont Street\|Marchmont Street]], [[w:Bloomsbury\|Bloomsbury]].<ref name=bbc_plaque/>		Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February 1926 in Bingfield Street, [[w:Kings Cross, London\|Kings Cross]], London.<ref>GRO Register of Births: March 1926 1b 408 Islington – Kenneth C. Williams</ref> His parents were Charles George Williams, who managed a hairdressers in the Kings Cross area, and Louisa Alexandra (''{{nee}}'' Morgan), who worked in the salon. Charles was a Methodist who had "a hatred of loose morals and effeminacy", according to [[Barry Took]], Williams's biographer. Charles thought the theatre immoral and effeminate, although his son aspired to be involved in the profession from an early age.<ref>{{cite ODNB\|title=Williams, Kenneth Charles (1926–1988)\|year=2009\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39951}}</ref> Between 1935 and 1956, Williams lived with his parents in a flat above his father's barber shop at 57 [[w:Marchmont Street\|Marchmont Street]], [[w:Bloomsbury\|Bloomsbury]].<ref name=bbc_plaque/>

	Williams stated in his diaries that he believed he was of [[w:Welsh people\|Welsh]] extraction because of his parents' surnames (Williams was later proven correct; both his parents were born in Wales). Williams had a half-sister, Alice Patricia "Pat", born in 1923 before Louie had met Charlie Williams and three years before Kenneth was born.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Stevens\|first1=Christopher\|title=Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams\|date=2011\|publisher=John Murray\|location=London\|isbn=978-1-84854-195-5\|pages=7–9\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Qf8vhBh4JsC}}</ref> He was educated at The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries - Kenneth Williams\|website=BritishComedy.org.uk\|date=April 1988\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230237/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=3 March 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|title=The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School\|publisher=The National Archives\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145545/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> a state-owned [[w:Central school\|Central school]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|title=Lyulph Stanley School, Camden Street: corner of Camden Street and Plender Street\|website=Collage – The London Picture Archive\|publisher=[[City of London Corporation]]\|access-date=16 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142328/https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[w:Camden Town\|Camden Town]], north London and subsequently became apprenticed as a [[w:drawing\|draughtsman]] to a mapmaker. His apprenticeship was interrupted by [[w:the Blitz\|the Blitz]], and he was evacuated to [[w:Bicester\|Bicester]], and the home of a bachelor veterinary surgeon. It provided his first experience of an educated, middle-class life, and he loved it. He returned to London with a new, [[w:vowel\|vowel]]-elongated accent.<ref>Kenneth Williams: Reputations, BBC TV</ref> In 1944, aged 18, he was called up to the [[w:British Army\|British Army]]. He became a [[w:sapper\|sapper]] in the [[w:Royal Engineers\|Royal Engineers]] Survey Section, doing much the same work that he did as a civilian. When the war ended he was in [[w:Ceylon\|Ceylon]] and he opted to transfer to the [[w:BFBS Live Events\|Combined Services Entertainment Unit]], which put on revue shows. While in that unit he met [[Stanley Baxter]], [[w:Peter Vaughan\|Peter Vaughan]], [[w:Peter Nichols (playwright)\|Peter Nichols]] and [[w:John Schlesinger\|John Schlesinger]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries\|publisher=Britishcomedy.org.uk\|access-date=20 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194643/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=dead }}</ref>		Williams stated in his diaries that he believed he was of [[w:Welsh people\|Welsh]] extraction because of his parents' surnames (Williams was later proven correct; both his parents were born in Wales). Williams had a half-sister, Alice Patricia "Pat", born in 1923 before Louie had met Charlie Williams and three years before Kenneth was born.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Stevens\|first1=Christopher\|title=Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams\|date=2011\|publisher=John Murray\|location=London\|isbn=978-1-84854-195-5\|pages=7–9\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Qf8vhBh4JsC}}</ref> He was educated at The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries - Kenneth Williams\|website=BritishComedy.org.uk\|date=April 1988\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230237/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=3 March 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|title=The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School\|publisher=The National Archives\|access-date=9 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145545/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5239183\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> a state-owned [[w:Central school\|Central school]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|title=Lyulph Stanley School, Camden Street: corner of Camden Street and Plender Street\|website=Collage – The London Picture Archive\|publisher=[[w:City of London Corporation\|City of London Corporation]]\|access-date=16 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142328/https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=108986&WINID=1528538097620\|archive-date=12 June 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[w:Camden Town\|Camden Town]], north London and subsequently became apprenticed as a [[w:drawing\|draughtsman]] to a mapmaker. His apprenticeship was interrupted by [[w:the Blitz\|the Blitz]], and he was evacuated to [[w:Bicester\|Bicester]], and the home of a bachelor veterinary surgeon. It provided his first experience of an educated, middle-class life, and he loved it. He returned to London with a new, [[w:vowel\|vowel]]-elongated accent.<ref>Kenneth Williams: Reputations, BBC TV</ref> In 1944, aged 18, he was called up to the [[w:British Army\|British Army]]. He became a [[w:sapper\|sapper]] in the [[w:Royal Engineers\|Royal Engineers]] Survey Section, doing much the same work that he did as a civilian. When the war ended he was in [[w:Ceylon\|Ceylon]] and he opted to transfer to the [[w:BFBS Live Events\|Combined Services Entertainment Unit]], which put on revue shows. While in that unit he met [[Stanley Baxter]], [[w:Peter Vaughan\|Peter Vaughan]], [[w:Peter Nichols (playwright)\|Peter Nichols]] and [[w:John Schlesinger\|John Schlesinger]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|title=Obituaries\|publisher=Britishcomedy.org.uk\|access-date=20 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194643/http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/obit.html\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

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Recordings

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	=== Recordings ===		=== Recordings ===
	* ''Kenneth Williams on Pleasure Bent'' 1967, Decca LK 4856. Music by [[Ted Dicks]], lyrics by [[Myles Rudge]]. Arrangements and musical direction by Barry Booth, sound supervision by Roger Cameron.		* ''Kenneth Williams on Pleasure Bent'' 1967, Decca LK 4856. Music by [[w:Ted Dicks\|Ted Dicks]], lyrics by [[w:Myles Rudge\|Myles Rudge]]. Arrangements and musical direction by Barry Booth, sound supervision by Roger Cameron.
	* ''The World of Kenneth Williams'' 1970, Decca SPA 64. Stereo edition of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s.		* ''The World of Kenneth Williams'' 1970, Decca SPA 64. Stereo edition of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s.
	* ''The Bona World of Julian and Sandy'' 1976, DJM DJF20487		* ''The Bona World of Julian and Sandy'' 1976, DJM DJF20487
	* ''Castle on Luke Street'' 1978, Sanctuary Records, SU0803. [[Roy Castle]] narrated eight stories from the David Lewis Series of books on Side 1. Williams recorded "Lost and Found" on Side 2. [[Dora Bryan]], [[Derek Nimmo]] and [[Thora Hird]] narrated one story each.		* ''Castle on Luke Street'' 1978, Sanctuary Records, SU0803. [[Roy Castle]] narrated eight stories from the David Lewis Series of books on Side 1. Williams recorded "Lost and Found" on Side 2. [[Dora Bryan]], [[Derek Nimmo]] and [[Thora Hird]] narrated one story each.
	* Williams also released several albums as [[Rambling Syd Rumpo]].		* Williams also released several albums as [[Rambling Syd Rumpo]].
	* Kenneth Williams read eight ''[[Just William]]'' stories for Argo in the early 1980s.		* Kenneth Williams read eight ''[[w:Just William\|Just William]]'' stories for Argo in the early 1980s.
	* An audio reading of ''[[Monkey (novel)\|Monkey]]'', Arthur Waley's translation of [[Journey to the West]], for [[Nimbus Records]] (1981). Re-released on MP3 CD:NI5888, in 2008.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kenneth-Williams-Monkey/release/11350924 \|title= Kenneth Williams – Monkey \|publisher=Discogs \|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>		* An audio reading of ''[[w:Monkey (novel)\|Monkey]]'', Arthur Waley's translation of [[w:Journey to the West\|Journey to the West]], for [[w:Nimbus Records\|Nimbus Records]] (1981). Re-released on MP3 CD:NI5888, in 2008.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kenneth-Williams-Monkey/release/11350924 \|title= Kenneth Williams – Monkey \|publisher=Discogs \|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
	* ''Parlour Poetry: Comic, Patriotic and Improving Verse from the Victorian Age'': (1978): Saydisc Label: SDL294: CD Re-release : 2009.		* ''Parlour Poetry: Comic, Patriotic and Improving Verse from the Victorian Age'': (1978): Saydisc Label: SDL294: CD Re-release : 2009.

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Television

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	* ''The Kenneth Williams Show'' (1970–1976) as Himself		* ''The Kenneth Williams Show'' (1970–1976) as Himself
	* ''[[w:Jackanory\|Jackanory]]'' (1968–1986) as Storyteller		* ''[[w:Jackanory\|Jackanory]]'' (1968–1986) as Storyteller
	* ''[[w:Willo the ~~Wisp~~]]'' (all voices)		* ''[[w:Willo the Wispw:]]'' (all voices)
	* ''[[w:Galloping Galaxies\|Galloping Galaxies]]'' (1985–1986)		* ''[[w:Galloping Galaxies\|Galloping Galaxies]]'' (1985–1986)
	* ''[[w:An Audience with Kenneth Williams\|An Audience with Kenneth Williams]]'' (1983) as Himself		* ''[[w:An Audience with Kenneth Williams\|An Audience with Kenneth Williams]]'' (1983) as Himself

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Television

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	* ''International Cabaret'' (1966–1974) as Himself – Host		* ''International Cabaret'' (1966–1974) as Himself – Host
	* ''The Kenneth Williams Show'' (1970–1976) as Himself		* ''The Kenneth Williams Show'' (1970–1976) as Himself
	* ''[[Jackanory]]'' (1968–1986) as Storyteller		* ''[[w:Jackanory\|Jackanory]]'' (1968–1986) as Storyteller
	* ''[[Willo the Wisp]]'' (all voices)		* ''[[w:Willo the Wisp]]'' (all voices)
	* ''[[Galloping Galaxies]]'' (1985–1986)		* ''[[w:Galloping Galaxies\|Galloping Galaxies]]'' (1985–1986)
	* ''[[An Audience with Kenneth Williams]]'' (1983) as Himself		* ''[[w:An Audience with Kenneth Williams\|An Audience with Kenneth Williams]]'' (1983) as Himself
	* ''Bilko on Parade'' (1984) as Narrator ''([[Phil Silvers]])''		* ''Bilko on Parade'' (1984) as Narrator ''([[w:Phil Silvers\|Phil Silvers]])''
	* ''Parkinson in Australia'' (1981) as Himself/Singer		* ''Parkinson in Australia'' (1981) as Himself/Singer
	* ''[[What's My Line#United Kingdom\|What's My Line]]?''		* ''[[w:What's My Line#United Kingdom\|What's My Line]]?''
	* ''Some You Win'' as Himself		* ''Some You Win'' as Himself
	* ''Whizzkids Guide'' (1981) as Himself		* ''Whizzkids Guide'' (1981) as Himself
	* ''[[Tomorrow's World]]'' (1981) as Himself		* ''[[w:Tomorrow's World\|Tomorrow's World]]'' (1981) as Himself
	* ''Let's Make a Musical'' (1977) as Himself		* ''Let's Make a Musical'' (1977) as Himself
	* ''Going Places'' (1975) as Presenter		* ''Going Places'' (1975) as Presenter
	* ''Meanwhile, on BBC2'' (1971)		* ''Meanwhile, on BBC2'' (1971)
	* ''Join [[Jim Dale]]'' (1969) as Himself		* ''Join [[w:Jim Dale\|Jim Dale]]'' (1969) as Himself
	* ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' (1964) as Himself		* ''[[w:The Wednesday Play\|The Wednesday Play]]'' (1964) as Himself
	* ''BBC Sunday Night Theatre'' (1952–1958) as Captain Chalford / The Angel		* ''BBC Sunday Night Theatre'' (1952–1958) as Captain Chalford / The Angel
	* ''[[Saint Joan (play)\|Saint Joan]]'' (1958) as [[Charles VII of France\|The Dauphin]]		* ''[[w:Saint Joan (play)\|Saint Joan]]'' (1958) as [[w:Charles VII of France\|The Dauphin]]
	* ''[[Sword of Freedom]]''		* ''[[w:Sword of Freedom\|Sword of Freedom]]''
	* ''The School''		* ''The School''
	* ''[[Dick and the Duchess]]'' (1957) as Clive		* ''[[w:Dick and the Duchess\|Dick and the Duchess]]'' (1957) as Clive
	* ''The Armoured Car''		* ''The Armoured Car''
	* ''[[Misalliance]]'' (1954) as Bentley Summerhays		* ''[[w:Misalliance\|Misalliance]]'' (1954) as Bentley Summerhays
	* ''[[Countdown (game show)\|Countdown]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b866e1641\|title = Countdown [26/04/83] (1983)\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>		* ''[[w:Countdown (game show)\|Countdown]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b866e1641\|title = Countdown [26/04/83] (1983)\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
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Kurt: /* Films */

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Films

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Films

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	* ''[[w:Trent's Last Case (1952 film)\|Trent's Last Case]]'' (1952) as Horace Evans, the gardener (uncredited)		* ''[[w:Trent's Last Case (1952 film)\|Trent's Last Case]]'' (1952) as Horace Evans, the gardener (uncredited)
	* ''[[~~w:Valley of Song\|~~Valley of Song]]'' (1953) as Lloyd The Haulage		* ''[[Valley of Song]]'' (1953) as Lloyd The Haulage
	* ''[[w:The Beggar's Opera (film)\|The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1953) as Jack The Pot Boy		* ''[[w:The Beggar's Opera (film)\|The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1953) as Jack The Pot Boy
	* ''[[~~w:Innocents in Paris\|~~Innocents in Paris]]'' (1953) as Window dresser at London airport (uncredited)		* ''[[Innocents in Paris]]'' (1953) as Window dresser at London airport (uncredited)
	* ''[[w:The Seekers (1954 film)\|The Seekers]]'' (1954) as Peter Wishart		* ''[[w:The Seekers (1954 film)\|The Seekers]]'' (1954) as Peter Wishart
	* ''[[w:Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)\|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1956) as [[w:Hampton Court Maze\|Hampton Court Maze]] Attendant (uncredited)		* ''[[Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)\|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1956) as [[w:Hampton Court Maze\|Hampton Court Maze]] Attendant (uncredited)
	* ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' (1958) as James Bailey		* ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' (1958) as James Bailey
	* ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1958) as Oliver Reckitt		* ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1958) as Oliver Reckitt
	* ''[[Carry On Teacher]]'' (1959) as Edwin Milton		* ''[[Carry On Teacher]]'' (1959) as Edwin Milton
	* ''[[~~w:Tommy the Toreador\|~~Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959) as Vice-Consul		* ''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959) as Vice-Consul
	* ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' (1960) as Constable Stanley Benson		* ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' (1960) as Constable Stanley Benson
	* ''[[~~w:Make Mine Mink\|~~Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960) as Freddie Warrington		* ''[[Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960) as Freddie Warrington
	* ''[[w:His and Hers (film)\|His and Hers]]'' (1961) as Policeman; (uncredited airport Reporter's overdubbed voice)		* ''[[His and Hers (film)\|His and Hers]]'' (1961) as Policeman; (uncredited airport Reporter's overdubbed voice)
	* ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)\|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961) as Harold Chesney		* ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)\|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961) as Harold Chesney
	* ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) as Francis Courtenay		* ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) as Francis Courtenay
	* ''[[~~w:Twice Round the Daffodils\|~~Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962) as Henry Halfpenny		* ''[[Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962) as Henry Halfpenny
	* ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962) as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks		* ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962) as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks
	* ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1963) as Captain Fearless		* ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1963) as Captain Fearless

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	* ''[[Trent's Last Case (1952 film)\|Trent's Last Case]]'' (1952) as Horace Evans, the gardener (uncredited)		* ''[[w:Trent's Last Case (1952 film)\|Trent's Last Case]]'' (1952) as Horace Evans, the gardener (uncredited)
	* ''[[Valley of Song]]'' (1953) as Lloyd The Haulage		* ''[[w:Valley of Song\|Valley of Song]]'' (1953) as Lloyd The Haulage
	* ''[[The Beggar's Opera (film)\|The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1953) as Jack The Pot Boy		* ''[[w:The Beggar's Opera (film)\|The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1953) as Jack The Pot Boy
	* ''[[Innocents in Paris]]'' (1953) as Window dresser at London airport (uncredited)		* ''[[w:Innocents in Paris\|Innocents in Paris]]'' (1953) as Window dresser at London airport (uncredited)
	* ''[[The Seekers (1954 film)\|The Seekers]]'' (1954) as Peter Wishart		* ''[[w:The Seekers (1954 film)\|The Seekers]]'' (1954) as Peter Wishart
	* ''[[Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)\|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1956) as [[Hampton Court Maze]] Attendant (uncredited)		* ''[[w:Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)\|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1956) as [[w:Hampton Court Maze\|Hampton Court Maze]] Attendant (uncredited)
	* ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' (1958) as James Bailey		* ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' (1958) as James Bailey
	* ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1958) as Oliver Reckitt		* ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1958) as Oliver Reckitt
	* ''[[Carry On Teacher]]'' (1959) as Edwin Milton		* ''[[Carry On Teacher]]'' (1959) as Edwin Milton
	* ''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959) as Vice-Consul		* ''[[w:Tommy the Toreador\|Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959) as Vice-Consul
	* ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' (1960) as Constable Stanley Benson		* ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' (1960) as Constable Stanley Benson
	* ''[[Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960) as Freddie Warrington		* ''[[w:Make Mine Mink\|Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960) as Freddie Warrington
	* ''[[His and Hers (film)\|His and Hers]]'' (1961) as Policeman; (uncredited airport Reporter's overdubbed voice)		* ''[[w:His and Hers (film)\|His and Hers]]'' (1961) as Policeman; (uncredited airport Reporter's overdubbed voice)
	* ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)\|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961) as Harold Chesney		* ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)\|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961) as Harold Chesney
	* ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) as Francis Courtenay		* ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) as Francis Courtenay
	* ''[[Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962) as Henry Halfpenny		* ''[[w:Twice Round the Daffodils\|Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962) as Henry Halfpenny
	* ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962) as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks		* ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962) as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks
	* ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1963) as Captain Fearless		* ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1963) as Captain Fearless
	* ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964) as Desmond Simpkins		* ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964) as Desmond Simpkins
	* ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964) as [[Julius Caesar]]		* ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964) as [[w:Julius Caesar\|Julius Caesar]]
	* ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' (1965) as Judge Burke		* ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' (1965) as Judge Burke
	* ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'' (1966) as Dr Watt		* ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'' (1966) as Dr Watt
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	* ''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' (1969) as Frederick Carver		* ''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' (1969) as Frederick Carver
	* ''[[Carry On Loving]]'' (1970) as Percival Snooper		* ''[[Carry On Loving]]'' (1970) as Percival Snooper
	* ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971) as [[Thomas Cromwell]]		* ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971) as [[w:Thomas Cromwell\|Thomas Cromwell]]
	* ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971) as WC Boggs		* ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971) as WC Boggs
	* ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972) as Sir Bernard Cutting		* ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972) as Sir Bernard Cutting
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	* ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975) as Professor Roland Crump		* ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975) as Professor Roland Crump
	* ''[[That's Carry On!]]'' (1977) as Presenter		* ''[[That's Carry On!]]'' (1977) as Presenter
	* ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)\|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1978) as Sir Henry Baskerville		* ''[[w:The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)\|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1978) as Sir Henry Baskerville
	* ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' (1978) as Emile Prevert		* ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' (1978) as Emile Prevert
	* ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'' (1993) as Goblet / Tickle (voice) (final film role)		* ''[[w:The Thief and the Cobbler\|The Thief and the Cobbler]]'' (1993) as Goblet / Tickle (voice) (final film role)
	{{div col end}}		{{div col end}}