James Hayter
Born: 1907-04-23 in Lonavala, India
Died: 1983-03-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
James Hayter (23 April 1907 – 27 March 1983) was a British actor. He was born in Lonavala, India, brought up in Scotland and died in Spain. His best remembered film roles include Friar Tuck in the 1952 film The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men and Samuel Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers of the same year. His rotund appearance and fruity voice made him a natural choice for such roles. A pupil of Dollar Academy, he became a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, his film career began in 1936 in Sensation, but was interrupted by World War II during which he served in the Royal Armoured Corps. His later career included roles in TV series such as The Forsyte Saga (1967), The Onedin Line and Are You Being Served?. His 1946 television series Pinwright's Progress, shown on the BBC, is recognised as the first real example of the half-hour situation comedy format in the history of British television. He was also the original narrator of the UK television advertisements for Mr. Kipling cakes. In fact, these ads led to his departure from Are You Being Served?; the cake company paid him a significant bonus to withdraw from the series, as they felt his reputation lent an air of dignity to their snack advertisements. In the film Oliver!, he played Mr Jessop the book shop owner. He appeared in scenes when Dodger steals a gentleman's wallet outside the book shop and also when Oliver is in court charged with the robbery. Hayter used to have a tree house in his back garden where he would retire of an evening to learn and practise his lines from his current script. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Hayter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2005
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Mr. Percival Tebbs (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1978
- The Light Princess as Owl (voice)
1976
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones as Briggs
1974
1972
- Are You Being Served? as Mr. Tebbs
- Burke & Hare as Dr. Selby
1971
- The Onedin Line as Captain Webster
- The Blood on Satan's Claw as Squire Middleton
- Not Tonight, Darling as Mr. Finlay / grocer owner
- The Firechasers as Inspector Herman
1970
- The Horror of Frankenstein as Bailiff
- The Adventures of Don Quick as Hendenno
- Song of Norway as Butler to Berg
1969
- The Flaxton Boys as Nathan
- David Copperfield as Porter
1968
- Oliver! as Mr. Jessop
1967
- The World of Wodehouse as Smithers
- Stranger in the House as Harry Hawkins
- A Challenge for Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
1962
- Lawrence of Arabia as Sheik in Arab Council (uncredited)
- Out of the Fog as Daniels
- Go to Blazes as Pipe Smoker
1961
- The Avengers as Ticket Collector
1959
- The 39 Steps as Mr Memory
- The Captain's Table as Chief Engineer Earnshaw
- The Boy and the Bridge as Tugboat Skipper
- You'll Never See Me Again as Joe Alden
1958
- Gideon's Day as Robert Mason
- Fair Game as Mr Shaw
- I Was Monty's Double as Sgt. Adams
- The Big Money as Mr Frith
1957
- Carry On Admiral as Sir Henry Tomkinson (uncredited)
- Seven Waves Away as 'Cookie' Morrow
- Huntingtower as Dickson McCunn
- Sail Into Danger as Monty
- Mañana... as Silvestre
- The Heart Within as Grandfather Willard
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Bert Taylor
- Port Afrique as Nino
- It's a Wonderful World as Bert Fielding
- Keep It Clean as Mr. Bouncenboy
1955
- Land of the Pharaohs as Mikka
- Touch and Go as Kimball
1954
- Mark Saber as Longhair Smith
- Beau Brummell as Mortimer
- For Better, for Worse as Plumber
- The Awakening as The Chief
1953
- Always a Bride as Dutton
- Will Any Gentleman...? as Dr. Smith
- Four Sided Triangle as Dr. Harvey
- The Great Game as Joe Lawson
- A Day to Remember as Fred Collins
- Royal Review as Commentator (voice)
1952
- The Crimson Pirate as Prof. Prudence
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men as Friar Tuck
- The Pickwick Papers as Samuel Pickwick
- I'm A Stranger as Horatio Flowerdew
1951
- Tom Brown's Schooldays as Old Thomas
- Calling Bulldog Drummond as Bill
- Flesh and Blood as Sir Douglas Manley
1950
- Night and the City as Figler (uncredited)
- Morning Departure
- Waterfront as Ship's Captain
- Trio as Albert Foreman (segment "The Verger")
- Your Witness as Prouty
- Scrapbook for 1933 as (voice)
- The Woman with No Name as Captain Bradshawe
1949
- Passport to Pimlico as Commissionaire
- The Blue Lagoon as Dr Murdock
- Once a Jolly Swagman as Pa Fox
- Silent Dust as Pringle
- The Spider and the Fly as Mayor
- Helter Skelter as Inn Landlord (uncredited)
- All Over the Town as Councillor Baines
- For Them That Trespass as John Craigie 'Jocko' Glenn
- Don't Ever Leave Me as Man with Summons
- Dear Mr. Prohack as Carrell Quire
1948
- The Fallen Idol as Perry
- Vice Versa as Bandmaster
- Bonnie Prince Charlie as Kingsburgh
- Woman Hater as Mr. Burrell
- Quartet as Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn")
- My Brother Jonathan as Tom Morse
- No Room at the Inn as Councilor Trouncer
- A Song for Tomorrow as Nicholas Klausmann
1947
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Ned and Charles Cheeryble
- Captain Boycott as Music Hall Comic (uncredited)
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as Capt. Dodds (uncredited)
- The October Man as Garage Man
- The End of the River as Chico
- The Mark of Cain as Dr. White
1946
- School for Secrets as Warrant Officer
- The Laughing Lady as Ostler
1940
- Sailors Three as Hans
- Band Waggon as (uncredited)
1939
- Murder in Soho as Nick Green
- Come on George! as Barker
1938
- Marigold as Peter Gloag
- The Moon in the Yellow River as Captain Potts
- Big Fella as Chuck
1937
- Aren't Men Beasts! as Minor Role
1936
- Sensation as Jock