Richard Webber - The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On

A barman at Belle’s Place, he remains in the job when Johnny Finger arrives in Stodge City and starts throwing his weight around, including taking over the hotel-cum-bar and renaming it Rumpo’s Place. He soon becomes Rumpo’s sidekick but ends up being shot accidentally by Annie Oakley. Seen in Cowboy .

CHARLIE PLATOON

Sergeant O’Brien’s platoon at Heathercrest National Service Depot in Sergeant .

CHAUFFEUR

Played by Frank Forsyth

This miserable-looking chauffeur is seen in Cabby waiting at a junction. Charlie Hawkins turns up in his cab, spots the sour-faced driver and asks him where the funeral is.

CHAYSTE PLACE

A finishing school, set in a sumptuous building, for young ladies. Seen in Camping , its principal is Dr Kenneth Soaper while the headmistress is Miss Haggerd.

CHEF

Played by Leon Greene

A monster of a man, the chef works at the Brighton hotel where the employees of W. C. Boggs and Son, out on their annual jolly, were intending to eat lunch. A strike, though, puts paid to their plans, infuriating, ironically, Vic Spanner, one of the most troublesome shop stewards around. He confronts the chef, who towers over him, and soon wishes he hadn’t.

CHERRILL, ROGER

Sound Editor on Nurse

Roger Cherrill entered films in the early 1940s, working as a production runner on 1943’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. He was working as an assistant editor a year later on A Canterbury Tale and, from the 1950s, as a sound editor on films such as A Day to Remember, Always a Bride, Doctor at Sea, Lost, Tiger in the Smoke and Rooney. As an editor his credits include Make Mine Mink, In the Doghouse, A Kind of Loving, Billy Liar, The Naked Prey and the television series, Interpol Calling.

CHIEF, THE

Played by Eric Barker

The Director of Security Operations seen in Spying is alarmed to hear that Professor Stark has been murdered and a secret formula stolen. He assembles a team of agents and sends them off to retrieve the formula at all costs; the trouble is the team is made up of a bunch of incompetents.

CHIEF CONSTABLE

(Voice only)

Heard in Constable, the Chief Constable phones to congratulate Inspector Mills on catching thieves who recently snatched some wages in the district.

CHILDS, GUNNER

Played by Billy J. Mitchell

Based at the experimental 1313 anti-aircraft battery featured in England, he’s one of the shirkers who suffers a severe shock to the system when the tough-speaking Captain Melly is put in charge of the unit.

CHINDI

Played by Michael Mellinger

Seen during the famous dinner-party scene in Up The Khyber, Chindi works for Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond, the British governor in the northwest province of India.

CHINESE LADY

Played by Madame Yang

In Regardless, the Chinese Lady hired an interpreter from Helping Hands but a mix-up finds Sam Twist calling instead of Francis Courtenay.

CHIPPING SODBURY LADIES’ GUILD

The Guild presented drainage, sanitation and garbage disposal engineer, Marshall Knutt, with a sink plunger in recognition of services rendered in Cowboy. He carries it with him when he visits the Bureau of Internal Affairs looking for a job, but probably wishes he hadn’t when it sticks so hard to a clerk’s desk that Knutt ends up tearing the tabletop off trying to release it.

CHIPPING SODBURY TECHNICAL COLLEGE

The college from which Marshall P. Knutt graduated as a drainage, sanitation and garbage disposal engineer. Mentioned in Cowboy.

CHRYSTAL, BIDDY

Hairdresser on Regardless , Cruising , Cabby , and Spying

Biddy Chrystal, head of Pinewood’s hairdressing department for many years, began her film career in the 1940s and proceeded to work on a multitude of films, including Blanche Fury, London Belongs to Me, Prelude to Fame, The Browning Version, Lost and The Early Bird.

She turned freelance and worked through until the 1970s, latterly on productions such as Young Winston, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and, in 1974, 11 Harrowhouse. Eventually moved to America and died in 1995.

CHUMLEY, CLAUDE

Played by Kenneth Connor

Professor Tinkle’s assistant in Up the Jungle, Chumley follows the highly respected ornithologist on his expeditions, including recent visits to the Virgin Isles and, now, the jungles of Africa. While on the trip, he has to fight his unbridled passion for Lady Bagley, another member of the jungle expedition.

CHURCH ROAD

The street in Constable where the criminals involved in the wages snatch abandoned their car, registration RGT 547.

CHURCH, TONY

Wrote the screenplay for That’s Carry On

C I CARAVANS

The company which supplied the caravans used in Behind.

CIGARETTE GIRL

Played by Jill Mai Meredith

Employed at the Café Mozart in Vienna, the Cigarette Girl is seen in Spying, taking a secret message concerning a rendezvous, which is concealed in a cigarette, from the Fat Man to Milchmann. But a mix-up sees Simkins take the cigarette instead.

CITIZENS

Played by Tom Gill, Frank Forsyth, Anthony Sagar, Eric Corrie and John Antrobus

The group of men is seen in Constable, complaining in the police station about various issues.

CITY GENT ON TUBE

Played by Michael Nightingale

You have to feel sorry for this guy, who’s seen in Girls standing reading his paper on his way to work. He’s just minding his own business when Paula Perkins, standing next to him, notices a photo of her fiancé, Peter Potter, on the front of the paper, showing her beloved apparently cavorting with some of the beauty contestants down in Fircombe, an event he’s been asked to promote. Paula makes a comment and the rest of the commuters turn to the City Gent in disgust, thinking he’s guilty of something improper towards Paula.

CLARK, CAPTAIN

Played by Hattie Jacques

Seen in Sergeant , the doctor is based at Heathercrest National Service Depot. Her patience is severely tested by the arrival of Horace Strong, the world’s worst hypochondriac. When she can take no more, she refers him to a team of specialists who examine every inch of his body, and in doing so help him realise that he’s actually in love.

CLARKE, NURSE

Played by Anita Harris

In Doctor, Nurse Clarke is a member of Borough County Hospital’s efficient nursing staff, and just one of the many admirers of Dr Kilmore.

CLARKE, RONALD

Role: 6th Storeman in Sergeant

Ronald Clarke’s other appearances include several roles over the years in Dixon of Dock Green, Gazette and The Gold Robbers. His film credits range from The Battle of the River Plate and Hell Drivers to Up the Junction and The Mackintosh Man.

CLEANER

Played by an uncredited actor

Seen briefly in Regardless, the cleaner at Helping Hands knocks the job allocation cards onto the floor causing chaos when the assignments are dished out the following day.

CLEGG, TERRY

Location Manager on Follow That Camel and Assistant Director on Doctor

Sheffield-born Terry Clegg worked as location manager on A Clockwork Orange and The Mackintosh Man , while as assistant director he’s worked on television series like The Saint and, among others, the films Lucky Lady and Circle of Friends. As a production manager and executive in charge of production his list of credits include A Bridge Too Far, The Elephant Man, Gandhi, Shadowlands and Yaadein. More recently he worked as producer on such films as Cry Freedom, Gorillas in the Mist and Breathtaking.