Percy Herbert has grown into a veteran British actor who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. Another entry worth naming is 'The Guns of Navarone'. Whatever else appears, adventure runs right through the filmography. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. The most visible line on the filmography is 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (Grogan).
Percy Herbert
72 years (Jul 31, 1920 – Dec 6, 1992)London, England, UK
67 Movies10 Series
Percy Herbert has grown into a veteran British actor who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. Another entry worth naming is 'The Guns of Navarone'. Whatever else appears, adventure runs right through the filmography. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. The most visible line on the filmography is 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (Grogan).
Percy Herbert (31 July 1920 - 6 December 1992) was an English character actor who often played soldiers, most notably in The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Geese and Tunes of Glory. However, he was equally at home in comedies (Barnacle Bill, Call Me Bwana, two Carry On films) and science fiction (One Million Years B.C., Mysterious Island). He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived series Cimarron Strip, starring Stuart Whitman.
Herbert was a soldier and prisoner of war during World War II, captured by the Japanese when they took Singapore.
He was discovered by Dame Sybil Thorndike.
Herbert died of a heart attack on 6 December 1992.Percy Herbert (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.