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Fat Scandinavian actors in the 1930s & 1940s
Benkt-Åke Benktsson (1 of 2) was a very large Swedish actor usually in co-starring or featured supporting roles.
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Fat actors in French movies in the early 20th century.
Jean Temerson & Leon Lavive
Jean Temerson (photos 1-6) often played secondary characters. Often second to French comedy star Fernandel.
Leon Larive (photos 7-10) played in comic roles from silents into the 1960s.
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British chub actors in movies in the 1960s
Robert Morley (2 of 2)
Photos #1 & #2, Topkapi, 1964, a crime/comedy/thriller starring Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell and Peter Ustinov.
Photos #3 & #4, The Alphabet Murders,1965, a comedy mystery starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot and co-starring Morley and Anita Ekberg.
Photo #5. Hotel Paradiso, 1966, a comedy starring Gina Lollobrigida and Alec Guinness
Photo #6. Way…Way Out, 1966, a Jerry Lewis Comedy
Photo #7. Finders Keepers, 1966, another comedy/musical for pop star Cliff Richard.
Photo #8. Hot Millions, 1968. a comedy starring Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith.
Photo #9. Some Girls Do 1969, a little bit of everything, comedy/spy spoof.
Photo #10 Sinful Davey. 1969, John Hurt stars. Comedy star including Morley support.
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Photos 1 thru 3 are Angelo Muscat. A chubby little person who is most known as the butler on The Prisoner. He has only a few credits, but they include British TV special movies, Alice in Wonderland and The Magical Mystery Tour and he was an Oompa Loompa in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Photos 4 thru 8 is Ken Parry. Personally, I’ve only seen him in The Baron, but in believe he specialized in nervous types. Photos 4 thru 7 are from The Baron and Photo 8 is from The Avengers.
Photos 9 & 10 are of Irish actor Declan Mulholland. Photo 9 is from his first screen role in 1962 Damn the Defiant and Photo 10 is of a deleted scene in The Avengers.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s
Roy Kinnear. (1 of 2) Roy Kinnear’s career started when he became a regular on David Frost’s satirical news show, That Was the Week That Was. Throughout the 1960′s Kinnear gained popularity in mostly comedy and worked in both movies and TV. On TV he appeared in World of His Own, A Slight Case Of, Inside George Webley as well as TV movies and guest-starring in other shows, including 4 appearances on The Avengers.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s.
Willoughby Goddard. English-born Willoughby Goodard often played heavyweight aristocratic villains, so TV crime dramas was a natural fit for him. He appeared in The Avengers, Danger Man, The Saint, The Baron and many others.
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Chub actors on British TV in the 1960s
Guy Deghy. Guy Deghy was born in 1912 in Austria-Hungary. He found a home acting in TV dramas, often playing Germans or Russian villains. The 1960s were particularly good to him as the Spy and Crime genres exploded on British TV kept him busy. He appeared in The Saint 4 times, Danger Man and Secret Agent twice, Espionage, The Avengers and The Champions, Department S as well as others.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s
Photos 1 thru 5 are Reg Pritchard. He usually played minor roles. Photo 1 is from The Saint, Photo 2 from The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder, Photos 3 & 4 from 2 different The Avengers episodes and Photo 5 from a Doctor Who episode.
Photos 6 thru 9 are Peter Stephens. His characters were usually sneaky and untrustworthy. Photos 6 thru 8 are from Danger Man and Photo 9 is from The Avengers.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s.
Photos 1 & 2 are Robert Cawdron from 1 of the 5 episodes of The Saint where he played Sergeant LeDuc. He also played Detective Inspector Cherry of long-running show, Dixon of Dock Green.
Photos 3 thru 8 are John Baskcomb in a 1964 episode of The Saint and Photo 9 is of Baskcomb in 1968s Oliver! musical.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s.
Photos 1 thru 4. Felix Felton, another Dickensian-type actor, round and pink. Photos 1, 3 and 4 are from Ring-A-Ding Rhythm in 1962 and Photo 2 is from the pilot episode of 1964 TV Show, Sherlock Holmes.
Photos 5 thru 7. Alastair Hunter. All photos are from a small role in a 1966 episode of The Saint.
Photos 8 and 9. James Hayter, Did some TV, some movies in the 60s. Photo 8 is from an Episode of The Avengers and Photo 9 is from the 1967 film The Challenge of Robin Hood, playing Friar Tuck. It wasn’t until 1978 when he joined the cast of Are You Being Served? as Mr. Tebbs.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s.
3 here, toward the ends of their careers.
Photos 1 thru 3, Fred Emney. Usually played a character representing Old British oppulance, complete with monicle and cigar. Photo 1 with long-time children’s show puppets, Pink & Perky. Photos 2 & 3 from The Italian Job heist movie.
Photos 4 thru 6, Thomas Gallagher. Usually played blue-collar types or thugs. These photos are from Danger Man with Patrick McGoohan.
Photos 7 thru 10 George Woodbridge. He was mostly known as an Innkeeper in the Hammer Horror/Monster Movies. Photo 7 is from TV show The Invisible Man. Photo 8 is from Jack the Ripper in 1959. He is in the middle, the chub on the right is Philip Leaver. Photo 9 is from The Curse of the Werewolf and Photo 10 is from the movie Heavens Above.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s.
Robert Bridges.
Robert Bridges only had 43 credits in his career. He did make one appearance in The Saint and these photos are from The Baron.
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Chubby actors on British TV in the 1960s
Gabor Baraker.
Gabor Baraker was born in Hungary and was used in the spy shows to play Eastern Europeans.
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Chubby actors in British TV in the 1960s
Gertan Klauber.
Gertan Kaluber was born in Czechoslovakia so he was often used in the spy shows for his eastern European accent,
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