Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

1920-07-31 London, England, UK 70 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Percy Herbert (31 July 1920 - 6 December 1992) was an English character actor who often played soldiers, most notably in The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Geese and Tunes of Glory. However, he was equally at home in comedies (Barnacle Bill, Call Me Bwana, two Carry On films) and science fiction (One Million Years B.C., Mysterious Island). He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived series Cimarron Strip, starring Stuart Whitman. H...

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What's a Carry On?

What's a Carry On?

1998

as Charlie, the Bartender (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the ca...

The Love Child

The Love Child

1988

as Maurice

7.0
Acting

When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more t...

The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves

1980

as Dennison

5.9
Acting

A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to un...

The London Connection

The London Connection

1979

as Ship's Captain

7.8
Acting

A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of ...

The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

1978

as Keith

6.8
Acting

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and s...

That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!

1977

as Various Characters

5.7
Acting

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...

Valentino

Valentino

1977

as Studio Guard

5.9
Acting

The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.

Hardcore

Hardcore

1977

as Hubert

3.3
Acting

Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fion...

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975

as Mr Gibbons

5.7
Acting

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese...

Craze

Craze

1974

as Detective Constable Russet

5.0
Acting

A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimag...

The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

1973

as Taafe

6.0
Acting

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate ...

Black Snake

Black Snake

1973

as Joxer Tierney

5.4
Acting

On a 19th century Caribbean island, slaves revolt against their beautiful and sadistic mistress.

The Fiend

The Fiend

1972

as Commissionaire Jim Hudson

5.0
Acting

Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, ...

Doomwatch

Doomwatch

1972

as Hartwell

6.0
Acting

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

Man in the Wilderness

Man in the Wilderness

1971

as Fogarty

6.2
Acting

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to be...

Captain Apache

Captain Apache

1971

as Moon

4.6
Acting

The title character is a US army Captain of Native American descent who is asked to investigate the murder of an Indian agent. His only clue is "April...

Too Late the Hero

Too Late the Hero

1970

as Sgt. Johnstone

6.5
Acting

A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a m...

One More Time

One More Time

1970

as Mander

4.3
Acting

London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

1969

as Diego

5.9
Acting

The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds hi...

El juicio

El juicio

1968

as MacGregor

Acting
The Hunted

The Hunted

1967

as MacGregor

Acting
Night of the Big Heat

Night of the Big Heat

1967

as Gerald Foster

5.3
Acting

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea...

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

as 1st Piper

5.2
Acting

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...

The Viking Queen

The Viking Queen

1967

as Catus

4.9
Acting

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the inva...

Tobruk

Tobruk

1967

as Dolan

6.3
Acting

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which th...

Mister Ten Per Cent

Mister Ten Per Cent

1967

as Inspector Greet

4.2
Acting

Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. When it's finished it arrives on the desk...

One Million Years B.C.

One Million Years B.C.

1966

as Sakana

6.1
Acting

As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they comp...

Carry On Cowboy

Carry On Cowboy

1965

as Charlie, the Bartender

6.3
Acting

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mist...

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965

as Policeman at Station

7.2
Acting

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Joey Boy

Joey Boy

1965

as Mad George Long

5.8
Acting

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish s...

Carry On Cleo

Carry On Cleo

1964

as Guard (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their ...

Guns at Batasi

Guns at Batasi

1964

as Parkin

7.1
Acting

An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.

The Counterfeit Constable

The Counterfeit Constable

1964

as L'agent Baxter

5.6
Acting

An extremely funny film about a group of French rugby supporters who go to see a match at Twickenham and one of them inadvertently receives a blow in ...

Becket

Becket

1964

as Baron

7.2
Acting

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of C...

Carry On Jack

Carry On Jack

1964

as Mr. Angel, the Bos'un

5.9
Acting

Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing t...

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963

as Dover Castle Jailer

7.0
Acting

English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.

Call Me Bwana

Call Me Bwana

1963

as First Henchman

5.7
Acting

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—t...

The Cracksman

The Cracksman

1963

as Nosher

6.3
Acting

Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable as...

Conquered City

Conquered City

1962

as Sgt. Maj. Reed

4.3
Acting

Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed), Conquered City is an all-star World War II drama financed i...

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

as Matthew Quintal

7.0
Acting

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as ...

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

1961

as Sgt. Pencroft

6.5
Acting

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They mus...

The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961

as Sgt. Grogan

7.3
Acting

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range fiel...

Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

1960

as RSM Riddick

7.1
Acting

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, wit...

There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

1960

as Prison Warden

6.1
Acting

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight a...

The Challenge

The Challenge

1960

as Shop Steward

5.3
Acting

Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.

Yesterday's Enemy

Yesterday's Enemy

1959

as Wilkins

7.2
Acting

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enem...

The Devil's Disciple

The Devil's Disciple

1959

as Edict Sergeant

6.6
Acting

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Re...

Serious Charge

Serious Charge

1959

as Mr Thompson

6.4
Acting

Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears bei...

Idol on Parade

Idol on Parade

1959

as Sergeant Hebrides

7.0
Acting

A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.

Don't Panic Chaps!

Don't Panic Chaps!

1959

as Bolter

5.6
Acting

During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However...

Sea of Sand

Sea of Sand

1958

as White

6.5
Acting

A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North A...

Sea Fury

Sea Fury

1958

as Walker

6.0
Acting

The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the ho...

Tank Force!

Tank Force!

1958

as 1st English Soldier

6.2
Acting

During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.

The Safecracker

The Safecracker

1958

as Sergeant Harper

5.8
Acting

Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.

The Steel Bayonet

The Steel Bayonet

1958

as Pte. Clark

5.4
Acting

Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post...

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill

1957

as Tommy

6.4
Acting

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'

Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon

1957

as Farmer

7.0
Acting

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was ki...

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

as Grogan

7.8
Acting

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence...

Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

1957

as Paddy Gorman

6.4
Acting

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly...

Tiger in the Smoke

Tiger in the Smoke

1956

as Copper

7.1
Acting

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he ta...

A Hill in Korea

A Hill in Korea

1956

as Pvt. Moon

6.6
Acting

Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the...

Child in the House

Child in the House

1956

as Det. Sgt. Taylor

5.8
Acting

A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive. For love and companion...

Lost

Lost

1956

as Police Constable in Phone Box

7.0
Acting

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London...

The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955

as Marine Lomas

6.0
Acting

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

The Gold Express

The Gold Express

1955

as Garage Employee

5.0
Acting

Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold shipment...

Confession

Confession

1955

as The Barman

6.2
Acting

A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

1955

as Soldier (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his ...

The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up

1955

6.8
Acting

British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small D...

The Green Buddha

The Green Buddha

1954

as Casey O'Rourke

5.4
Acting

Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He tr...

The Young Lovers

The Young Lovers

1954

as Richards (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective coun...