- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Died
- August 28, 2014
Bill Kerr
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 chara…
Filmography
moviePeter Pan
2003 · Fairy Guide
movieLet's Get Skase
2001 · Mitchell Vendieks
tvChangi
2001 · Older Eddie
tvAnimal X
1997
tvShip to Shore
1993
tvSnowy
1993 · Stuart McLachlan
movieOver the Hill
1992 · Maurice
tvThe River Kings
1991 · Captain Elijah
movieSweet Talker
1991 · 'Uncle' Cec
The Private War of Lucinda Smith
tvThe Private War of Lucinda Smith
1991 · Scotty
tvThe New Adventures of Black Beauty
1990 · Samuel Burton
movieKokoda Crescent
1989 · Russ
movieMortuary Academy
1988 · Brody
movieThe Christmas Visitor
1987 · Trevor Watson
movieRunning from the Guns
1987
movieThe Lighthorsemen
1987 · Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel
movieRob Roy
1987
movieDouble Sculls
1986 · Curly
tvA Fortunate Life
1986 · Narrator (voice)
moviePlatypus Cove
1986 · Mr. Anderson
tvAnzacs
1985 · General Monash
movieThe Coca-Cola Kid
1985 · T. George McDowell
movieTony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
1985 · Self
movieVigil
1984 · Birdie
movieThe Settlement
1984 · Kearney
movieRazorback
1984 · Jake Cullen
tvReturn to Eden
1983
movieDusty
1983 · Tom Lincoln
movieGreat Expectations
1983 · (Voice)
movieThe Year of Living Dangerously
1982 · Colonel Henderson
movieThe Pirate Movie
1982 · Major-General Stanley
movieDeadline
1982 · Willliam Ashby
movieSave the Lady
1981 · MacDuff
movieGallipoli
1981 · Jack
tvFather, Dear Father
1978 · Customs Man
Glenview High
tvGlenview High
1977
movieHouse of Mortal Sin
1976 · Mr. Davey
movieGirls Come First
1975 · Hugh Jampton
movieGhost in the Noonday Sun
1973 · Giacomo
movieDoctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968 · Giles Kent
movieA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Gladiator-in-Training
movieDoctor in Clover
1966 · Digger
It's Not Me - It's Them!
tvIt's Not Me - It's Them!
1965 · Len
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Giles Kent
movieDoctor in Distress
1963 · Australian Sailor
movieThe Wrong Arm of the Law
1963 · Jack Coombes
movieA Pair of Briefs
1962 · Victor - Club Owner
tvCompact
1962
Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
movieSpike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
1961 · Various
tvCitizen James
1960 · William Montmorency Beaumont Kerr / 'Billy the Kerr'
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
Garry Halliday
tvGarry Halliday
1959
movieThe Captain's Table
1959 · Bill Coke
movieThe Shiralee
1957 · Shopkeeper (uncredited)
tvHancock's Half Hour
1956
moviePort of Escape
1956 · Dinty Missouri
movieThe Dam Busters
1955 · Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
movieThe Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Soldier
movieAppointment in London
1953 · Bill Brown
movieMy Death Is a Mockery
1952 · Hansen
moviePenny Points to Paradise
1951 · Digger Graves
movieThe Silence of Dean Maitland
1934 · Cyril Maitland Jr.
Harmony Row
movieHarmony Row
1933 · Leonard