 A short, lugubrious-looking player whose easily stirred anxiety contributed regularly to the comedy of the Carry On series. Born in London on 6 June 1918, he had a small role in Poison Pen (d. Paul L.Stein, 1939) before war service intervened; after this, he made a name for funny voices on radio, re-entered films with Don't Say Die (d. Vivian Milroy, 1950), and appeared in such 50s TV as A Show Called Fred (ITV, 1956). Carry On took up most of the rest of his film career, but he was also briefly funny as a distraught expectant father in Make Mine a Million (d. Lance Comfort, 1959). His 'Carry Ons' (all d. Gerald Thomas) were: ...Sergeant (1958), ...Nurse (1958), ...Teacher (1959), ...Constable (1960), ...Regardless (1961), ...Cruising (1962), ...Cabby (1963), ...Cleo (1964), ...Up the Jungle (1970), ...Henry (1971), ...Matron (1972), ...Abroad (1972), ...Girls (1973), ...Dick (1974), ...Behind (1975), ...England (1976), ...Emmanuelle (1978). He was on stage during the later '60s and TV in the '80s. His son, Jeremy Connor, is an actor. Brian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of British Film
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