Occupation Actor Parents John Dyer | Role Film actor Name Leslie Dwyer | |
 | ||
Full Name Leslie Gilbert Dwyer Born 28 August 1906 ( 1906-08-28 ) Catford, London, England Died December 26, 1986, Truro, United Kingdom Movies and TV shows Hi‑de‑Hi!, Hindle Wakes, Midnight Episode, The Black Rider, Double Confession Similar People Felix Bowness, Arthur Crabtree, Jimmy Perry, David Croft, Maurice Elvey | ||
Resting place East London Cemetery | ||
Leslie Dwyer (28 August 1906 – 26 December 1986) was an English film and television character actor.
Contents
He was born in Catford, the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. Film roles included In Which We Serve (1942), The Way Ahead (1944), the 1952 remake of Hindle Wakes, Room in the House (1955), the 1959 remake of Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, and Die, Monster, Die! (1966).
He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's play Flare Path.
His most notable television role was as Mr Partridge the miserable Punch and Judy man with an aversion to children in the British sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. He took roles in Doctor Who (as Vorg in Carnival of Monsters in 1973), and in Steptoe and Son, Terry and June, The Sweeney, Wodehouse Playhouse, and Z-Cars.
Death
Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80. (pulmonary embolism and congestive cardiac failure). His grave is located in the East London Cemetery.
Filmography
Actor
1980
Hi-de-Hi! (TV Series) as
Mr. Partridge
- Hey Diddle Diddle, Who's on the Fiddle (1984) - Mr. Partridge
- Off with the Motley (1984) - Mr. Partridge
- Opening Day (1984) - Mr. Partridge
- The Epidemic (1984) - Mr. Partridge
- Peggy's Pen Friend (1984) - Mr. Partridge
- The Graven Image (1984) - Mr. Partridge
- The Marriage Settlement (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- Empty Saddles (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- Save Our Heritage (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- Concessions (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- All Change (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- Maplin Intercontinental (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- Sing You Sinners (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- The Society Entertainer (1983) - Mr. Partridge
- Eruptions (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- It's a Blue World (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- Co-Respondent's Course (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- Stripes (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- Trouble and Strife (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- The Pay-Off (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- A Matter of Conscience (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- Carnival Time (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- Nice People with Nice Manners (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- Sausages or Limelight (1982) - Mr. Partridge
- A Night Not to Remember (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- On with the Motley (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- Lift Up Your Minds (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- Peggy's Big Chance (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- If Wet-In the Ballroom (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- No Dogs Allowed (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- Charity Begins at Home (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- The Day of Reckoning (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- The Partridge Season (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- The Beauty Queen Affair (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- Desire in the Mickey Mouse Grotto (1981) - Mr. Partridge
- Pilot (1980) - Mr. Partridge
1980
Time of My Life (TV Series) as
Mr. Archer
- Episode #1.5 (1980) - Mr. Archer
1979
Terry and June (TV Series) as
Uncle Vernon
- Flying Carpets (1979) - Uncle Vernon
1979
Maggie and Her (TV Series) as
Gus
- The Good Old Days (1979) - Gus
1979
Dominique as
Cemetary Supervisor
1979
The Other One (TV Series) as
Mr. Collins
- Episode #2.2 (1979) - Mr. Collins
1978
The Famous Five (TV Series) as
Grandad
- Five on Finniston Farm (1978) - Grandad
1978
Leave It to Charlie (TV Series) as
Arnold Merryweather
- Love and Mrs. McGee (1978) - Arnold Merryweather
1968
Coronation Street (TV Series) as
Ernie Sutton / Jacko Dugdale / Eddie Sutton
- Episode #1.1795 (1978) - Jacko Dugdale
- Episode #1.1794 (1978) - Jacko Dugdale
- Episode #1.1307 (1973) - Ernie Sutton
- Episode #1.1306 (1973) - Ernie Sutton
- Episode #1.778 (1968) - Eddie Sutton
- Episode #1.777 (1968) - Ernie Sutton
1977
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt (TV Series) as
Mr. Goodall
- Occupational Hazard (1977) - Mr. Goodall
1977
Lord Tramp (TV Series) as
The Bishop
- Episode #1.6 (1977) - The Bishop
- Episode #1.4 (1977) - The Bishop
- Episode #1.3 (1977) - The Bishop
1977
The Common Lot (TV Movie) as
Arthur
1977
Jubilee (TV Series) as
Grandad
- Street Party (1977) - Grandad
1976
The Squirrels (TV Series) as
Ted
- The X Factor (1976) - Ted
1976
Operation Patch (TV Series) as
Ferry Skipper
- The Assassin (1976) - Ferry Skipper
1976
Angels (TV Series) as
Patrick
- Concert (1976) - Patrick
1976
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Alec's Father
- The Peddler (1976) - Alec's Father
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Joe / Lagan / Ginger / ...
- The Frighteners (1976) - Joe
- The Sledgehammer and the Nut: Part 2 (1967) - Lagan
- With a Pin (1965) - Ginger
- Happy Birthday (1964) - Tom Wilkinson
- A La Carte (1963) - Malcolm Wright
- Business Trip (1962) - Sadler
1975
Comedy Premiere (TV Series) as
Dad
- Milk-O (1975) - Dad
1975
The Sweeney (TV Series) as
Ted Greenhead
- Trojan Bus (1975) - Ted Greenhead
1975
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) as
Uncle Jeffrey
- Captive Audience (1975) - Uncle Jeffrey
1975
Wodehouse Playhouse (TV Series) as
Joe Boffin
- Romance at Droitgate Spa (1975) - Joe Boffin
1975
Late Call (TV Mini Series) as
Arthur Calvert
- Episode #1.4 (1975) - Arthur Calvert
- Episode #1.3 (1975) - Arthur Calvert
- Episode #1.2 (1975) - Arthur Calvert
- Episode #1.1 (1975) - Arthur Calvert
1975
Crown Court (TV Series) as
Victor Pritchett
- The Quest: Part 1 (1975) - Victor Pritchett
1973
Beryl's Lot (TV Series) as
Dave Gold
- Sixes and Sevens (1973) - Dave Gold
1973
Oranges and Lemons (TV Series) as
Les Penny
- Brenda (1973) - Les Penny
1973
7 of 1 (TV Series) as
Willie
- My Old Man (1973) - Willie
1973
Doctor Who (TV Series) as
Vorg
- Carnival of Monsters: Episode Four (1973) - Vorg
- Carnival of Monsters: Episode Three (1973) - Vorg
- Carnival of Monsters: Episode Two (1973) - Vorg
- Carnival of Monsters: Episode One (1973) - Vorg
1973
After Loch Lomond (TV Movie) as
Mr. Maystead
1967
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Jack / Charlie Woodburn
- A Touch of the Victorians (1972) - Jack
- The Floating Population (1967) - Charlie Woodburn
1972
Follyfoot (TV Series) as
Mr. Wimble
- The Debt (1972) - Mr. Wimble
1962
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) as
Mr. Grange / Goddard / Joe Cook / ...
- Sgt. George Dixon (1972) - Mr. Grange
- Georgina (1965) - Goddard
- The Night Man (1964) - Joe Cook
- Fish on the Hook (1964) - Jemmy Sloane
- The High Price of Freedom (1962) - Joe Lane
1971
Up in the Air as
Driver
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) as
Lost Property Man
- The Case of Laker, Absconded (1971) - Lost Property Man
1971
Now, Take My Wife (TV Series)
- Housewives' Choice (1971)
1971
You're Only Young Twice (TV Series) as
Reg
- Collapse of the Stout Party (1971) - Reg
- Bomb-Didi-Bomb-Bomb (1971) - Reg
- Born Again (1971) - Reg
- Conspiracy of Silence (1971) - Reg
- Innocents in Peril (1971) - Reg
- Home Sweet Homicide (1971) - Reg
1971
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
Fred
- The Room They Left (1971) - Fred
1971
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (TV Series) as
Parsons
- Man with a Strange Tattoo (1971) - Parsons
1971
A Hole Lot of Trouble (Short) as
Evangelist
1965
The Worker (TV Series) as
Witchdoctor / Bill Hoskins
- Hallo Cobbler (1969) - Witchdoctor
- No Automation Without Representation (1965) - Bill Hoskins
1968
Public Eye (TV Series) as
Arthur Mack / Arthur
- The Comedian's Graveyard (1969) - Arthur Mack
- Memories of Meg (1968) - Arthur
1969
Life with Johnny (TV Series) as
Man in Pub
- Johnny Up the Creek (1969) - Man in Pub
1968
Oh Brother! (TV Series)
- Thine House in Order (1969)
- The Sins of the Father (1968)
1969
Sophie's Place as
Henry
1968
Lionheart as
Carpenter
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as
Bookshop assistant
1968
You and the World (TV Series) as
Johnny
- Terry (1968) - Johnny
- Situation Vacant (1968) - Johnny
1968
The Newcomers (TV Series) as
Finch
- Episode #1.240 (1968) - Finch
- Episode #1.239 (1968) - Finch
1967
The Charlie Drake Show (TV Series)
- Episode #1.2 (1967)
1967
Theatre 625 (TV Series) as
Stan
- Stan's Day Out (1967) - Stan
1967
Sanctuary (TV Series) as
Mr Larch
- Sisters & Brothers (1967) - Mr Larch
1967
Mickey Dunne (TV Series) as
Taxi Driver
- Yes - But Can He Go the Distance? (1967) - Taxi Driver
1967
Mrs Thursday (TV Series) as
Joe Sedgley
- No Tea for the Tallyman (1967) - Joe Sedgley
1967
Who Is Sylvia? (TV Series)
- A Pool of Blood and a Red Carnation (1967)
- The Great Lover (1967)
1966
King of the River (TV Series) as
The Ganger
- Sunset for a Sailorman (1966) - The Ganger
1966
Cooperama (TV Series)
- Episode #1.2 (1966)
1966
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) as
Jack Benton
- Episode #1.919 (1966) - Jack Benton
- Episode #1.917 (1966) - Jack Benton
- Episode #1.916 (1966) - Jack Benton
1966
Hugh and I (TV Series)
- With a Pinch of Salt (1966)
1966
Softly Softly (TV Series) as
Alf Morris
- Off Beat (1966) - Alf Morris
1965
Ways with Words (TV Series)
1965
Die, Monster, Die! as
Potter
1965
I've Gotta Horse as
Bert
1964
Fire Crackers (TV Series) as
Lord Gus Tarrington
- Blue Blooded Buddy (1964) - Lord Gus Tarrington
1964
Diary of a Young Man (TV Series) as
Mr. Gold
- Life, or a Girl Called Fred (1964) - Mr. Gold
- Marriage (1964) - Mr. Gold
- Money (1964) - Mr. Gold
1964
Sergeant Cork (TV Series) as
Gafy Carter / Best
- The Case of the Wounded Warder (1964) - Gafy Carter
- The Case of the Silent Suffragette (1964) - Best
1964
Seventy Deadly Pills as
Police Constable Robinson
1960
No Hiding Place (TV Series) as
Charlie Gibbons / Jackie Scobie
- Always a Copper (1963) - Charlie Gibbons
- The Long Day (1960) - Jackie Scobie
1959
Boyd Q.C. (TV Series) as
Jimmy Burns / James Burris / James Burriss
- The Fourteen Hundred Dollar Question (1963) - Jimmy Burns
- Findings Keepings (1961) - James Burris
- The Dog with the Bad Name (1960) - James Burriss
- A Question of Talking Turkey (1959)
1959
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Arthur Jilkes / Billy Williams
- The Eve of St. Marks (1963) - Arthur Jilkes
- Deep and Crisp and Even (1959) - Billy Williams
1963
Steptoe and Son (TV Series) as
Lionel Sturgis
- Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat (1963) - Lionel Sturgis
1962
Citizen James (TV Series)
- The Librarian (1962)
- A Perfect Friendship? (1962)
- The Transistor (1962)
- It's Not Cricket (1962)
1962
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) as
Alf Jesty
- Dackson's Wharf (1962) - Alf Jesty
1962
Suspense (TV Series) as
George Carter
- Virus X (1962) - George Carter
1962
Dinner with the Family (TV Movie) as
Emile
1961
Jacks and Knaves (TV Series) as
Grocer
- The Interrogation (1961) - Grocer
1961
Echo Four Two (TV Series) as
Cyril Skinner
- The Kite Dropper (1961) - Cyril Skinner
1961
The Jelly End Strike (TV Movie) as
Tom Potter
1961
The Money (TV Movie) as
Henry Peacey
1959
Rendezvous (TV Series) as
Driver / Gordini
- The Road Between (1961) - Driver
- The Immortal Gordini (1959) - Gordini
1959
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Mr. Ryder / Joe Braithwaite / Sgt-Maj. Doubleday
- The New Man (1960) - Mr. Ryder
- The Ostrich (1960) - Joe Braithwaite
- Movement of Troops (1959) - Sgt-Maj. Doubleday
1960
The Champion (TV Movie) as
Edgar Pook, bus inspector
1959
Left Right and Centre as
Left - Alf Stoker
1959
Theatre Night (TV Series) as
Sidney Pudney
- How Say You? (1959) - Sidney Pudney
1959
The 39 Steps as
Milkman
1959
The Nightwatchman's Stories (TV Series) as
Bob Grummit
- The Constable's Move (1959) - Bob Grummit
1958
Black Tide as
Bill Harris
1958
Ivanhoe (TV Series) as
Will-A-Loom
- The Weavers (1958) - Will-A-Loom
1958
White Hunter (TV Series) as
Stacey Clarke
- The Jackals (1958) - Stacey Clarke
1957
Dick and the Duchess (TV Series) as
Basil
- The Dress (1957) - Basil
1957
Menace in the Night as
Toby
1956
Eyewitness as
Henry Cammon
1956
Madame Clara (TV Movie) as
Fred
1956
The End Begins (TV Movie) as
Sgt. Marks
1956
Not So Dusty as
Nobby
1956
Operation Conspiracy as
Fred Borcombe
1955
Our Mr. Dundas (TV Movie) as
Ralph Dundas
1955
Rheingold Theatre (TV Series) as
Will Potter
- The Milkman (1955) - Will Potter
1955
The Slackering Field (TV Movie) as
George Sykes
1955
Room in the House as
Benji Pugh
1955
The Vise (TV Series) as
Joe Markham
- Murder of a Ham (1955) - Joe Markham
1955
Where There's a Will as
Alfie Brewer
1954
The Black Rider as
Robert Plack
1951
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
George Day / Bert Bolton / Mr. Blanquet / ...
- Love and Miss Figgis (1954) - George Day
- Britannia of Billingsgate (1953) - Bert Bolton
- Bird in Hand (1952) - Mr. Blanquet
- Shout Aloud Salvation (I) (1951) - Lovelace Dashworth
1954
The Good Die Young as
Stookey
1953
Follow the Plough (TV Movie) as
Alfie Brewer
1953
Act of Love as
Le sergent anglais
1953
Roadhouse Girl as
George Saunders
1953
Captain Brassbound's Conversion (TV Movie) as
Drinkwater
1952
Holiday Week as
Chris Hawthorn
1952
My Wife's Lodger as
Roger the Lodger
1952
The Hour of 13 as
Ernie Perker
1952
Judgment Deferred as
Flowers
1951
Wall of Death as
Foley
1951
Laughter in Paradise as
Police Sergeant
1951
Smart Alec as
Gossage
1951
And No Birds Sing (TV Movie) as
Albert Briggs
1950
Midnight Episode as
Albert
1950
Lilli Marlene as
Berry
1950
Double Confession as
Leonard
1949
Poet's Pub as
Holly
1949
Now Barabbas as
Brown
1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as
Steve Hall
1949
It's Not Cricket as
Batman
1949
The Bad Lord Byron as
Fletcher
1948
Bond Street as
Barman
1948
The Calendar as
Sam Hillcott
1947
When the Bough Breaks as
George
1947
The Little Ballerina as
Barney
1947
Temptation Harbor as
Reg Slater
1946
Stairway to Heaven as
ARP Warden (uncredited)
1946
This Man Is Mine as
Van Driver (uncredited)
1946
They Met at Midnight as
Sam
1946
I See a Dark Stranger as
Soldier in Cafe (uncredited)
1946
Night Boat to Dublin as
George Leggett
1945
Vacation from Marriage as
Stripey (uncredited)
1945
Great Day as
Pub Customer
1944
The Way Ahead as
Pte. Sid Beck
1943
The Lamp Still Burns as
Siddons
1943
Yellow Canary as
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
1943
It Started at Midnight as
Prisoner
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt as
Servant at Lord Auckland's (uncredited)
1942
In Which We Serve as
Parkinson
1942
The Goose Steps Out as
German Soldier on Train (uncredited)
1942
Wings and the Woman as
Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
1936
Cheer Up! as
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Self
1982
Hi There '82! (TV Special) as
Self / Mr. Partridge
1981
This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Paul Shane (1981) - Self
1958
Under Night Streets (Documentary short) as
Jack Bedwell (voice, uncredited)
1952
Dodging the Column (Documentary short) as
Narrator (uncredited)
1944
United States (Documentary) as
British soldier (uncredited)
Archive Footage
1995
Omnibus (TV Series documentary) as
Mr. Partridge
- Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms (1995) - Mr. Partridge
References
Leslie Dwyer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA