Portrait of Jerold Wells

Jerold Wells

Acting

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.

Born: August 8, 1908

Place of Birth: Wallington, Hampshire, England

Filmography

1986
Fighting Back

as Herbert

1981
Time Bandits

as Benson

1977
Jabberwocky

as Wat Dabney

1976
1975
Carry On Laughing

as Black Cowl

1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Quiz Panel Judge

1973
1973
The Vault of Horror

as Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")

1972
Sykes

as Doorman

1972
Sykes

as Arthur

1972
1972
Burke & Hare

as Landlord

1971
Cousin Bette

as Police Superintendent

1970
Catweazle

as Publican

1969
Anne of the Thousand Days

as Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)

1968
1967
1967
A Ghost of a Chance

as Ball and Chain Man

1966
1965
Masquerade

as Brindle (uncredited)

1963
Maniac

as Giles

1963
The Cracksman

as Chief Prison Officer

1962
Playback

as Inspector Parkes

1962
The Pirates of Blood River

as Penal Colony Master

1962
Crooks Anonymous

as Sydney - Large Nightwatchman

1962
Candidate for Murder

as Police Inspector

1961
Dangerous Afternoon

as George Burling / Ned Barrett

1958
Tread Softly Stranger

as Constable at Racecourse

1958
High Hell

as Charlie Spence

1957
The Naked Truth

as 1st Irishman (uncredited)

1957
Three in One

as Wally

1955
1955
Dixon of Dock Green

as Trotter Kelly

1955
Dixon of Dock Green

as Henry Galloway