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Bill Kerr
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Birthday
1922-06-10,Cape Town, South Africa
Gender
Male
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Kerr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.1

Gallipoli
1981-08-13

The Pirate Movie

4.9

The Pirate Movie
1982-08-06

5.854

Razorback
1984-04-19

6.7

Vigil
1984-10-01

The Wrong Arm of the Law

6.4

The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963-03-17

7

Save the Lady
1981-12-28

The Night My Number Came Up

6.8

The Night My Number Came Up
1955-03-22

6

Bushfire Moon
1987-12-10

Let's Get Skase

6

Let's Get Skase
2001-10-18

6

Dusty
1983-04-21

6

Rob Roy
1987-01-01

A Pair of Briefs

5.7

A Pair of Briefs
1962-03-01

4.6

Sweet Talker
1991-05-10

0

The Settlement
1984-07-19

Kokoda Crescent

0

Kokoda Crescent
1989-06-01

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

4.2

Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973-01-01

The Captain's Table

5.8

The Captain's Table
1959-01-06

The Coca-Cola Kid

5.5

The Coca-Cola Kid
1985-07-14

Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court

0

Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
1985-04-26

6

Deadline
1982-01-01

0

Platypus Cove
1986-01-01

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

7.4

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968-01-27

0

Harmony Row
1933-02-11

House of Mortal Sin

6.6

House of Mortal Sin
1976-02-03

House of Mortal Sin

6.6

House of Mortal Sin
1976-02-03

The Year of Living Dangerously

6.6

The Year of Living Dangerously
1982-12-17

Doctor in Distress

6.2

Doctor in Distress
1963-07-30

Mortuary Academy

3.3

Mortuary Academy
1988-05-08

Girls Come First

2.8

Girls Come First
1975-06-06

5.4

Port of Escape
1956-05-01

Appointment in London

6.2

Appointment in London
1953-02-17

Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value

0

Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
1961-09-05

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

6

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16

7.2

Peter Pan
2003-12-18

The Dam Busters

6.8

The Dam Busters
1955-05-16

My Death Is a Mockery

5

My Death Is a Mockery
1952-08-01

0

Double Sculls
1986-10-09

Penny Points to Paradise

4.1

Penny Points to Paradise
1951-04-25

4.2

Over the Hill
1992-06-30

A Pair of Briefs

5.7

A Pair of Briefs
1962-03-01

The Lighthorsemen

6.1

The Lighthorsemen
1987-09-10

5.1

The Shiralee
1957-07-11

Doctor in Clover

6

Doctor in Clover
1966-03-08

Great Expectations

2

Great Expectations
1983-03-31

Running from the Guns

4.5

Running from the Guns
1987-09-16

6.8

Return to Eden
1983-09-27

7.864

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

2

Ship to Shore
1993-11-01

0

Glenview High
1977-09-27

Hancock's Half Hour

7.5

Hancock's Half Hour
1956-07-06

3

Compact
1962-01-02

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

6.5

Changi
2001-10-14

The New Adventures of Black Beauty

8

The New Adventures of Black Beauty
1990-09-01

7.6

Citizen James
1960-11-24

0

Garry Halliday
1959-02-28

0

Animal X
1997-01-01

A Fortunate Life

4

A Fortunate Life
1986-04-27

The River Kings

8

The River Kings
1991-11-10

6.5

Anzacs
1985-10-27

Father, Dear Father

5

Father, Dear Father
1978-06-25

6

Snowy
1993-09-08

The Private War of Lucinda Smith

0

The Private War of Lucinda Smith
1991-03-20