Occupation Actor TV shows Private Investigator Spouse Gillian Maude | Role Character actor Name Campbell Singer | |
Full Name Jacob Kobel Singer Movies The Square Peg, Conflict of Wings, The Ringer, Dick Barton at Bay, Lady in the Fog Similar People John Paddy Carstairs, Ivor Dean, David Ryall, Leslie Charteris, John Gilling | ||
Campbell Singer (16 March 1909 - March 1976) was a British character actor who featured in a number of film and television roles during his long career.
He was a regular in British post-war comedy films, often playing policemen. He first appeared on television in 1946, making regular appearances in the following three decades including several episodes of 'Hancock's Half Hour', and played the lead, John Unthank, in the BBC drama series 'Private Investigator' in 1958/9. From the early 1960s he appeared more consistently on television. He played several roles in the 1966 Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker, and made two appearances in different roles in the popular television series Dad's Army, including as corrupt politician Sir Charles McAllister. He also featured as Mr Finney in a Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Christmas Special, played a lodger in an episode of On the Buses.