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	~~{{short description\|English actor (1906–1986)}}~~
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Leslie Dwyer		\| name = Leslie Dwyer
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	\| birth_name = Leslie Gilbert Dwyer		\| birth_name = Leslie Gilbert Dwyer
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[w:Catford\|Catford]], [[w:London\|London]], England		\| birth_place = [[Catford\|Catford]], [[London\|London]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1986\|12\|26\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1986\|12\|26\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[w:Truro\|Truro]], [[w:Cornwall\|Cornwall]], England		\| death_place = [[Truro\|Truro]], [[Cornwall\|Cornwall]], England
	\| restingplace = [[w:East London Cemetery\|East London Cemetery]]		\| restingplace = [[East London Cemetery\|East London Cemetery]]
	\| occupation = Actor}}		\| occupation = Actor}}

	'''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>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5c662b BFI]</ref>) was an English [[w:film\|film]] and [[w:television\|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>		'''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>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5c662b BFI]</ref>) was an English [[film\|film]] and [[television\|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 [[w:Catford\|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\|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 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>
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	==Death==		==Death==
	Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80 (respiratory failure due to [[w:pulmonary embolism\|pulmonary embolism]]). His grave is located in the [[w:East London Cemetery\|East London Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/359/000279519/ NNDB]</ref>		Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80 (respiratory failure due to [[pulmonary embolism\|pulmonary embolism]]). His grave is located in the [[East London Cemetery\|East London Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/359/000279519/ NNDB]</ref>

	==Selected filmography==		==Selected filmography==

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Portal\|Biography}}~~
	* {{IMDb name\|0245510}}		* {{IMDb name\|0245510}}
	* {{Find a Grave\|grid=12938819}}		* {{Find a Grave\|grid=12938819}}

	~~{{authority control}}~~

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	==Death==		==Death==
	Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80 (respiratory failure due to [[pulmonary embolism]]). His grave is located in the [[East London Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/359/000279519/ NNDB]</ref>		Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80 (respiratory failure due to [[w:pulmonary embolism\|pulmonary embolism]]). His grave is located in the [[w:East London Cemetery\|East London Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/359/000279519/ NNDB]</ref>

	==Selected filmography==		==Selected filmography==

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	'''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>[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>		'''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>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5c662b BFI]</ref>) was an English [[w:film\|film]] and [[w:television\|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 [[w:Catford\|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 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>

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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Leslie Dwyer		\| name = Leslie Dwyer
	\| image = ~~Actor_Leslie_Dwyer~~.jpg		\| image = Leslie Dwyer.jpg
	\| caption = ~~in ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944)~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_name = Leslie Gilbert Dwyer		\| birth_name = Leslie Gilbert Dwyer
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Catford]], [[London]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Catford\|Catford]], [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1986\|12\|26\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1986\|12\|26\|1906\|08\|28\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Truro]], [[Cornwall]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Truro\|Truro]], [[w:Cornwall\|Cornwall]], England
	\| restingplace = [[East London Cemetery]]		\| restingplace = [[w:East London Cemetery\|East London Cemetery]]
	\| occupation = Actor}}		\| occupation = Actor}}

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{{short description|English actor (1906–1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Leslie Dwyer
| image = Actor_Leslie_Dwyer.jpg
| caption = in ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944)
| birth_name = Leslie Gilbert Dwyer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|08|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Catford]], [[London]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|12|26|1906|08|28|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Truro]], [[Cornwall]], England
| restingplace = [[East London Cemetery]]
| occupation = Actor}}

'''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>[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==
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 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 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==
Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80 (respiratory failure due to [[pulmonary embolism]]). His grave is located in the [[East London Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/359/000279519/ NNDB]</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Cheer Up (film)|Cheer Up]]'' (1936) - Hotel Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (1942) - Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
* ''[[The Goose Steps Out]]'' (1942) - German Soldier on Train (uncredited)
* ''[[Schweik's New Adventures]]'' (1943) - Prisoner
* ''[[Yellow Canary (film)|Yellow Canary]]'' (1943) - Ship's Steward (uncredited)
* ''[[The Lamp Still Burns]]'' (1943) - Siddons
* ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944) - Pte. Sid Beck
* ''[[Great Day (1945 film)|Great Day]]'' (1945) - Pub Customer
* ''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1945) - Stripey
* ''[[Night Boat to Dublin]]'' (1946) - George Leggett
* ''[[I See a Dark Stranger]]'' (1946) - Soldier in Cafe (uncredited)
* ''[[This Man Is Mine (1946 film)|This Man Is Mine]]'' (1946) - Van Driver (uncredited)
* ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'' (1946) - Sam
* ''[[Temptation Harbour]]'' (1947) - Reg
* ''[[The Little Ballerina]]'' (1947) - Barman
* ''[[When the Bough Breaks (1947 film)|When the Bough Breaks]]'' (1947) - George
* ''[[The Calendar (1948 film)|The Calendar]]'' (1948) - Sam Hillcott
* ''[[Bond Street (film)|Bond Street]]'' (1948) - Barman
* ''[[The Bad Lord Byron]]'' (1949) - Fletcher
* ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949) - Batman
* ''[[A Boy, a Girl and a Bike]]'' (1949) - Steve Hall
* ''[[Now Barabbas]]'' (1949) - Brown
* ''[[Poet's Pub]]'' (1949) - Holly
* ''[[Double Confession]]'' (1950) - Leonard
* ''[[Lilli Marlene (film)|Lilli Marlene]]'' (1950) - Berry
* ''[[Midnight Episode]]'' (1950) - Albert
* ''[[Smart Alec (1951 UK film)|Smart Alec]]'' (1951) - Gossage
* ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951) - Police Sergeant
* ''[[There Is Another Sun]]'' (1951) - Foley
* ''[[Judgment Deferred]]'' (1952) - Flowers
* ''[[The Hour of 13]]'' (1952) - Ernie Perker
* ''[[My Wife's Lodger]]'' (1952) - Roger the Lodger
* ''[[Hindle Wakes (1952 film)|Hindle Wakes]]'' (1952) - Chris Hawthorn
* ''[[Marilyn (1953 film)|Marilyn]]'' (1953) - George Saunders
* ''[[Act of Love (1953 film)|Act of Love]]'' (1953) - Le sergent anglais
* ''[[The Good Die Young]]'' (1954) - Stookey
* ''[[The Black Rider (film)|The Black Rider]]'' (1954) - Robert Plack
* ''[[Where There's a Will (1955 film)|Where There's a Will]]'' (1955) - Alfie Brewer
* ''[[Room in the House]]'' (1955) - Benji Pugh
* ''[[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
* ''Seventy Deadly Pills'' (1964) - Police Constable Robinson
* ''[[I've Gotta Horse]]'' (1965) - Bert
* ''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (1965) (UK title: ''Monster of Terror'') - Potter
* ''[[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]]'' (1968) - Bookshop assistant
* ''Lionheart'' (1968) - Carpenter
* ''[[Crooks and Coronets]]'' (1969) - Henry
* ''Up in the Air'' (1969) - Driver
* ''[[Dominique (1978 film)|Dominique]]'' (1978) - Cemetery Supervisor
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{IMDb name|0245510}}
* {{Find a Grave|grid=12938819}}

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