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{{short description|English actor}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Percy Herbert
| image = Percy Herbert 1967.JPG
| caption = Herbert in 1967
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|7|31}}
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1992|12|6|1920|7|31}}
| death_place = [[Kent]], England
| education = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| years_active = 1951–1987
| spouse = Amy Lindsay (m. 1947)
| children = 2
}}

'''Percy Herbert''' (31 July 1920 – 6 December 1992)<ref name=BFI>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/24840 | accessdate=24 May 2009 | publisher=BFI | title=Herbert, Percy | work=Film & TV Database | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505180403/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/24840 | archive-date=5 May 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> was an [[English people|English]] actor. He worked predominantly from the 1950s into the 1970s and became one of the most recognisable faces in [[Cinema of the United Kingdom#Post-war cinema|post-war British cinema]].

==Biography==
He served in the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]] during the [[Second World War]] and spent four years in the [[Japan]]ese [[Changi Prison|prisoner of war camp Changi]]. After the war, he was helped by Dame [[Sybil Thorndike]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wc03.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll |title=Percy Herbert Biography |publisher=[[Allmovie]] (allmovie.com) |accessdate=13 December 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
to secure an interview with the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] where he won a scholarship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/percy-herbert/|title=Percy Herbert – RADA|website=rada.ac.uk}}</ref> His acting career began in the theatre, which included working at [[John Gielgud]]'s [[Old Vic]] Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2c0/percy-herbert|title=Percy Herbert | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

Beginning in 1954, he went on to make nearly seventy films, often playing soldiers, most notably in ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'', ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (for which he also worked as consultant as well as suggesting the use of the well-known "Colonel Bogey March" which the prisoners whistled in the film), ''[[Sea of Sand]]'', ''[[Tunes of Glory]]'', ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'', ''[[Guns at Batasi]]'', ''[[Tobruk]]'' and ''[[The Wild Geese]].''<ref name=allmoviefilmography>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/percy-herbert-p31890/filmography|title=Percy Herbert | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> However, he was equally at home in comedies (''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'', ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'', two [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On films]]), fantasy (''[[One Million Years B.C.]]'', ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]''), drama (''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'', ''[[Bunny Lake is Missing]]''), and science fiction (''[[Quatermass 2]]'', ''[[Night of the Big Heat (film)|Night of the Big Heat]]'').<ref name=BFI/>

He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived American series ''[[Cimarron Strip]]'', during a brief foray to Hollywood. Other television work includes ''[[Danger Man]]'', ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' and ''[[Worzel Gummidge]]''.<ref name=allmoviefilmography/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=7872|title=Percy Herbert|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref>

Herbert was born in East London, and spent his youth learning to become a boxer at the Repton Boxing club. One of three siblings, he was the middle child. His father left home when he was a young boy and he was brought up by his mother Ann Herbert along with his brother Lawrence and his sister Maisie.
During World War II he joined the British Army as a young man and was sent to Singapore via ship to fight in the Pacific. The British ship miscalculated the timing of its entry into harbour, and sailed into Singapore Harbour in broad daylight. The British were immediately bombed by Japanese aircraft and Herbert jumped ship and swam to shore with a broken collar bone. He was picked up by British soldiers and taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where Herbert survived what was to be the massacre of doctors and patients of the Alexandria Hospital in Singapore. He was among 11 soldiers who survived and ultimately captured and sent to the notorious Japanese Prison Camp at Changi, where he remained as a POW for the duration of the war. He was assigned to work on the Burma Railway and was released from Changi at the end of the war by American troops, after which he returned to London. One of the first films he was cast in was [[Bridge on the River Kwai]] which was based on the experiences in Changi prison camp. David Lean, the producer of the classic film, paid Herbert a stipend to be a consultant on the film as he had been a POW there and was also cast in the role of Grogan, one of the first roles in which he was cast during his long and varied acting career.
Herbert died of a heart attack, aged 72, on the 6th of December 1992 in Broadstairs, Kent, which is on the south coast of England. He was survived by his childhood sweetheart and wife Amy and his two daughters Vanessa and Katrina .<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1992/scene/people-news/percy-herbert-101986/ |title=Percy Herbert |date=9 December 1992 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

==Complete filmography==
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* ''I Done a Murder'' (1951, TV film) - The Rev. Christopher Spoke
* ''[[The Young Lovers (1954 film)|The Young Lovers]]'' (1954) - Richards (uncredited)
* ''Montserrat'' (1954, TV film) - Morales
* ''[[The Green Carnation (film)|The Green Carnation]]'' (1954) - Casey O'Rourke
* ''[[One Good Turn (1955 film)|One Good Turn]]'' (1955) - "Seen Enough" Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
* ''[[The Night My Number Came Up]]'' (1955) - R.E.M.E. Sergeant
* ''[[The Prisoner (1955 film)|The Prisoner]]'' (1955) - Soldier (uncredited)
* ''[[Confession (1955 film)|Confession]]'' (1955) - Barman
* ''The Gold Express'' (1955)
* ''[[Timeslip (1955 film)|Timeslip]]'' (1955) - Assassin (uncredited)
* ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (1955) - Marine Lomas
* ''[[Doctor at Sea (film)|Doctor at Sea]]'' (1955) - Helmsman (uncredited)
* ''[[Lost (1956 film)|Lost]]'' (1956) - Police Constable in Phone Box (uncredited)
* ''[[Child in the House]]'' (1956) - Det. Sgt. Taylor
* ''[[A Hill in Korea]]'' (1956) - Pte. Moon
* ''[[Tiger in the Smoke]]'' (1956) - Copper
* ''[[Quatermass 2]]'' (1957) - Gorman
* ''[[The Steel Bayonet]]'' (1957) - Pte. Clark
* ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (1957) - Grogan
* ''[[Night of the Demon]]'' (1957) - Farmer (deleted from US print)
* ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'' (1957) - Tommy
* ''[[The Safecracker]]'' (1958) - Sergeant Harper
* ''[[No Time to Die (1958 film)|No Time to Die]]'' (1958) - 1st British soldier
* ''[[Sea Fury (1958 film)|Sea Fury]]'' (1958) - Walker
* ''[[Sea of Sand]]'' (1958) - 'Blanco' White
* ''[[Idol on Parade]]'' (1959) - Sgt. Hebrides
* ''The Hill'' (1959, TV film) - Reuben
* ''[[Serious Charge]]'' (1959) - Mr. Thompson
* ''[[Deadly Record]]'' (1959) - Belcher
* ''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (1959) - Wilson
* ''[[The Devil's Disciple (1959 film)|The Devil's Disciple]]'' (1959) - Edict Sergeant
* ''[[Don't Panic Chaps!]]'' (1959) - Bolter
* ''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (1959) - Wilson
* ''[[A Touch of Larceny]]'' (1960) - (uncredited)
* ''[[The Challenge (1960 film)|The Challenge]]'' (1960) - Shop Steward
* ''[[There Was a Crooked Man (film)|There Was a Crooked Man]]'' (1960) - Prison Warden
* ''[[Tunes of Glory]]'' (1960) - RSM Riddick
* ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' (1961) - Sgt. Grogan
* ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1961) - Sergeant Pencroft
* ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962) - Seaman Matthew Quintal
* ''[[The Captive City (1962 film)|The Captive City]]'' (1962) - Sgt. Maj. Reed
* ''[[Call Me Bwana]]'' (1963) - First Henchman
* ''[[The Cracksman]]'' (1963) - Nosher
* ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1963) - Mister Angel, Bo’sun
* ''[[Doctor Syn#The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963)|Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow]]'' (1963) - Dover Castle Jailer
* ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'' (1964) - Baron
* ''[[Guns at Batasi]]'' (1964) - Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin
* ''[[The Counterfeit Constable]]'' (1964) - L'agent Baxter
* ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964) - Guard (uncredited)
* ''[[Joey Boy (film)|Joey Boy]]'' (1965) - Mad George Long
* ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965) - Policeman at Station
* ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' (1965) - Charlie, the Bartender
* ''[[One Million Years B.C.]]'' (1966) - Sakana
* ''[[Tobruk (1967 film)|Tobruk]]'' (1967) - Dolan
* ''[[Mister Ten Per Cent]]'' (1967) - Inspector Great
* ''[[The Viking Queen]]'' (1967) - Catus
* ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967) - 1st Piper
* ''[[Night of the Big Heat (1967 film)|Night of the Big Heat]]'' (1967) - Gerald Foster
* ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (1969) - Diego
* ''[[One More Time (1970 film)|One More Time]]'' (1970) - Mander
* ''[[Too Late the Hero (film)|Too Late the Hero]]'' (1970) - Sergeant Johnstone
* ''The Other Reg Varney'' (1970, TV film) - Various characters
* ''[[Captain Apache]]'' (1971) - Moon
* ''[[Man in the Wilderness]]'' (1971) - Fogarty
* ''[[Doomwatch (film)|Doomwatch]]'' (1972) - Constable Hartwell
* ''[[The Fiend (film)|The Fiend]]'' (1972) - Commissionaire
* ''[[Up the Front]]'' (1972) - Cpl. Lovechild
* ''[[Black Snake (film)|Black Snake]]'' (1973) - Joker Tierney
* ''[[The Mackintosh Man]]'' (1973) - Taafe
* ''[[Craze (film)|Craze]]'' (1974) - Detective Constable Russet
* ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]'' (1975) - Mr. Gibbons
* ''Metamorphosis Alpha'' (1976, TV film) - Thargon Commander
* ''[[Hardcore (1977 film)|Hardcore]]'' (1977) - Hubert
* ''[[Valentino (1977 film)|Valentino]]'' (1977) - Studio Guard
* ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978) - Keith
* ''[[The London Connection]]'' (1979) - Ship's Captain
* ''[[The Sea Wolves]]'' (1980) - Dennison
* ''Rules of Justice'' (1981, TV film) - George Lattimore
* ''The Love Child'' (1988) - Maurice
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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