James Hayter

James Hayter (23 April 1907 – 27 March 1983) was a British actor. He was born in Lonavala, India, brought up in Scotland and died in Spain. His best remembered film roles include Friar Tuck in the 1952 film The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men and Samuel Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers of the same year. His rotund appearance and fruity voice made him a natural choice for such roles. A pupil of Dollar Academy, he became a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, his film career began in 1936 in Sensation, but was interrupted by World War II during which he served in the Royal Armoured Corps. His later career included roles in TV series such as The Forsyte Saga (1967), The Onedin Line and Are You Being Served?. His 1946 television series Pinwright's Progress, shown on the BBC, is recognised as the first real example of the half-hour situation comedy format in the history of British television. He was also the original narrator of the UK television advertisements for Mr. Kipling cakes. In fact, these ads led to his departure from Are You Being Served?; the cake company paid him a significant bonus to withdraw from the series, as they felt his reputation lent an air of dignity to their snack advertisements. In the film Oliver!, he played Mr Jessop the book shop owner. He appeared in scenes when Dodger steals a gentleman's wallet outside the book shop and also when Oliver is in court charged with the robbery. Hayter used to have a tree house in his back garden where he would retire of an evening to learn and practise his lines from his current script. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Hayter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Lonavala, India, 1907-04-23

Died: 1983-03-27

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	Sensation	Jock	50
2	1937	Aren't Men Beasts!	Minor Role	0
3	1938	Big Fella	Chuck	70
4	1938	Marigold	Peter Gloag	0
5	1938	The Moon in the Yellow River	Captain Potts	0
6	1939	Murder in Soho	Nick Green	50
7	1939	Come on George!	Barker	54
8	1940	Band Waggon	(uncredited)	50
9	1940	Sailors Three	Hans	72
10	1946	The Laughing Lady	Ostler	70
11	1946	School for Secrets	Warrant Officer	70
12	1947	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Ned and Charles Cheeryble	65
13	1947	The Mark of Cain	Dr. White	60
14	1947	Captain Boycott	Music Hall Comic (uncredited)	67
15	1947	The October Man	Garage Man	62
16	1947	The End of the River	Chico	50
17	1948	Vice Versa	Bandmaster	63
18	1948	My Brother Jonathan	Tom Morse	66
19	1948	A Song for Tomorrow	Nicholas Klausmann	60
20	1948	The Fallen Idol	Perry	72
21	1948	Woman Hater	Mr. Burrell	70
22	1948	Bonnie Prince Charlie	Kingsburgh	47
23	1948	Quartet	Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn")	62
24	1948	No Room at the Inn	Councilor Trouncer	70
25	1949	Helter Skelter	Inn Landlord	62
26	1949	Silent Dust	Pringle	73
27	1949	Once a Jolly Swagman	Pa Fox	54
28	1949	The Blue Lagoon	Dr Murdock	60
29	1949	For Them That Trespass	John Craigie 'Jocko' Glenn	52
30	1949	All Over the Town	Councillor Baines	62
31	1949	Don't Ever Leave Me	Man with Summons	75
32	1949	Dear Mr. Prohack	Carrell Quire	60
33	1949	Passport to Pimlico	Commissionaire	69
34	1949	The Spider and the Fly	Mayor	68
35	1950	Morning Departure		66
36	1950	Your Witness	Prouty	60
37	1950	Night and the City	Figler (uncredited)	75
38	1950	Waterfront	Ship's Captain	64
39	1950	Trio	Albert Foreman (segment "The Verger")	63
40	1951	Flesh and Blood	Sir Douglas Manley	0
41	1951	Tom Brown's Schooldays	Old Thomas	69
42	1951	Calling Bulldog Drummond	Bill	58
43	1952	The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men	Friar Tuck	61
44	1952	I'm A Stranger	Horatio Flowerdew	50
45	1952	The Crimson Pirate	Prof. Prudence	70
46	1952	The Pickwick Papers	Samuel Pickwick	67
47	1953	Royal Review	Commentator (voice)	0
48	1953	The Great Game	Joe Lawson	60
49	1953	Four Sided Triangle	Dr. Harvey	60
50	1953	Always a Bride	Dutton	59
51	1953	Will Any Gentleman...?	Dr. Smith	56
52	1953	A Day to Remember	Fred Collins	71
53	1954	For Better, for Worse	The Plumber	56
54	1954	The Awakening	The Chief	60
55	1954	Beau Brummell	Mortimer	65
56	1955	Land of the Pharaohs	Mikka	63
57	1955	Touch and Go	Kimball	63
58	1956	Keep It Clean	Mr. Bouncenboy	46
59	1956	Port Afrique	Nino	53
60	1956	It's a Wonderful World	Bert Fielding	53
61	1957	Abandon Ship	'Cookie' Morrow	74
62	1957	Mañana...	Silvestre	64
63	1957	The Heart Within	Grandfather Willard	85
64	1957	Sail Into Danger	Monty	0
65	1958	Gideon's Day	Robert Mason	64
66	1958	Gideon's Day	Mason	64
67	1958	The Big Money	Mr Frith	64
68	1958	I Was Monty's Double	Sgt. Adams	69
69	1959	The Captain's Table	Earnshaw	58
70	1959	The 39 Steps	Mr Memory	62
71	1959	The Boy and the Bridge	Tugboat Skipper	50
72	1962	Go to Blazes	Pipe Smoker	63
73	1962	Out of the Fog	Daniels	65
74	1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Sheik in Arab Council (uncredited)	80
75	1967	Cop-Out	Harry Hawkins	53
76	1967	A Challenge for Robin Hood	Friar Tuck	62
77	1968	Oliver!	Mr. Jessop	70
78	1969	David Copperfield	Porter	54
79	1970	Song of Norway	Butler to Berg	46
80	1970	The Horror of Frankenstein	Bailiff	58
81	1971	The Firechasers	Inspector Herman	72
82	1971	The Blood on Satan's Claw	Squire Middleton	62
83	1971	Not Tonight, Darling	Mr. Finlay / grocer owner	51
84	1972	Burke & Hare	Dr. Selby	52
85	1978	The Light Princess	Owl (voice)	70

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	Fair Game		0
2	1961	The Avengers	Ticket Collector	77
3	1969	The Flaxton Boys	Nathan	55
4	1971	The Onedin Line	Captain Webster	68
5	1972	Are You Being Served?	Mr. Tebbs	73
6	1974	Father Brown		66

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