Jerold Wells

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-08-08 (91 years old)

Deathday

1999-07-19

Place of Birth

Wallington, Hampshire, England

Jerold Wells

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 - 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Some of his best-known roles were in Time Bandits, where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower to Evil, and in Jabberwocky, where he played a footless man known as Wat Dabney. He also had a career in television, where he appeared in The Two Ronnies, The Old Curiosity Shop, and The Benny Hill Show. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire and died in Bath, Somerset. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerold Wells, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1957

Three in One

as Wally

1963

Maniac

as Giles

1958

High Hell

as Charlie Spence

1977

Jabberwocky

as Wat Dabney

1973

The Vault of Horror

as Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")

1969

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)

1981

Time Bandits

as Benson

1986

Fighting Back

as Herbert

1961

Dangerous Afternoon

as George Burling / Ned Barrett

1962

The Pirates of Blood River

as Penal Colony Master

1957

The Naked Truth

as 1st Irishman (uncredited)

1962

Crooks Anonymous

as Sydney - Large Nightwatchman

1973

1967

A Ghost of a Chance

as Ball and Chain Man

1972

Burke & Hare

as Landlord

1974

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Quiz Panel Judge

1963

The Cracksman

as Chief Prison Officer

1962

Candidate for Murder

as Police Inspector

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