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William Simpson Fraser was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage, screen and television for many years. In 1986 he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for his stage role in the play When We Are Married.
Birth Name
William Simpson Fraser
Born
Friday, 05 June 1908
Died
Saturday, 05 September 1987
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Little Dorrit | Mr. Casby | 1987 |
| The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | Bert Baxter / Bert Fraser | 1987 |
| Pirates | Governor | 1986 |
| The Giddy Game Show | Gus | 1985 |
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ | Bert Baxter | 1985 |
| Cover Her Face | Sir Reynold Price | 1985 |
| Puccini | Fucini, the Lawyer | 1984 |
| Wagner | Mayor of Bayreuth | 1983 |
| Eye of the Needle | Mr. Porter | 1981 |
| Doctors' Daughters | Dr. Freddie Fellows-Smith | 1981 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Little Dorrit | Mr. Casby | 1987 |
| The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | Bert Baxter / Bert Fraser | 1987 |
| Pirates | Governor | 1986 |
| The Giddy Game Show | Gus | 1985 |
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ | Bert Baxter | 1985 |
| Cover Her Face | Sir Reynold Price | 1985 |
| Puccini | Fucini, the Lawyer | 1984 |
| Wagner | Mayor of Bayreuth | 1983 |
| Eye of the Needle | Mr. Porter | 1981 |
| Doctors' Daughters | Dr. Freddie Fellows-Smith | 1981 |
| Rhubarb Rhubarb | Golf Club Secretary | 1980 |
| The Corn Is Green | The Squire | 1979 |
| The Professionals | Col. Summerville | 1977 |
| Ripping Yarns | Mr. Foggen | 1976 |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | Judge Bullingham / Judge Roger Bullingham | 1975 |
| Arena | Himself (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Amorous Milkman | Gerald | 1975 |
| Love Thy Neighbour | Mr. Granger | 1973 |
| Black and Blue | N.J. | 1973 |
| Not Now Darling | Commissionaire Frank | 1973 |
| Whoops Baghdad! | The Wizard Prang / The Caliph | 1973 |
| Double Take | TV Studio Doorman | 1972 |
| That's Your Funeral | Basil Bulstrode | 1972 |
| Up the Front | Groping | 1972 |
| The Chastity Belt | Sir Braggart de Bombast | 1972 |
| Up Pompeii | Prosperus Maximus | 1971 |
| The Goodies | Army Sergeant | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Murdoch / Edward Waite / Eddie Waters | 1970 |
| All the Way Up | Arnold Makepiece / Arnold Makepeace | 1970 |
| That's Your Funeral | Basil Bulstrode | 1970 |
| Captain Nemo and the Underwater City | Barnaby Bath | 1969 |
| Parkin's Patch | Tom Bryant | 1969 |
| Hadleigh | Lord Shawcliffe | 1969 |
| Dear Mother... ...Love Albert | Mr. Glossop | 1969 |
| Pickwick | Serjeant Buzzfuzz | 1969 |
| The Best House in London | Inspector Macpherson | 1969 |
| Diamonds for Breakfast | Bookseller | 1968 |
| Father, Dear Father | Waring | 1968 |
| Tom Grattan's War | Sergeant Major - Uncle Wally | 1968 |
| ITV Playhouse | McCorquodale | 1967 |
| David Copperfield | Mr. Micawber | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Boanerges | 1965 |
| Till Death Us Do Part | Mr. Williams | 1965 |
| Londoners | Henry Firth | 1965 |
| Masquerade | Dunwoody / Leslie Dunwoody | 1965 |
| Joey Boy | Sergeant Major Dobbs / Sgt. Maj. Dobbs | 1965 |
| I've Gotta Horse | Mr. Bartholemew | 1965 |
| The Americanization of Emily | Port Commander | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Lieutenant Colonel Svinin / Josh | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | The Nabob | 1964 |
| Detective | William Guppy | 1964 |
| Foreign Affairs | Claude Snudge | 1964 |
| A Home of Your Own | The Shop Steward | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | General Grugger | 1963 |
| What a Crazy World | Milligan / J. Mulligan | 1963 |
| The Fast Lady | 3rd Golfer | 1963 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Basil Bulstrode | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Colonel Rawlings | 1961 |
| Bootsie and Snudge | Claude Snudge / Claudio Snudge | 1960 |
| Doctor in Love | Police Sergeant | 1960 |
| The Man Who Liked Funerals | Jeremy Bentham | 1959 |
| Another Time, Another Place | R.E. Sergeant | 1958 |
| Sword of Freedom | Agnolo | 1958 |
| Davy | Man at bar | 1958 |
| Just My Luck | Powell | 1957 |
| Three Sundays to Live | Prison Warder | 1957 |
| O.S.S. | Pietro | 1957 |
| The Army Game | CSM Claude Snudge | 1957 |
| Second Fiddle | Nixon | 1957 |
| Doctor at Large | Police Sergeant | 1957 |
| You Pay Your Money | Fishing Boat Captain | 1957 |
| Hancock's Half Hour | Clerk in Estate Office / Educated Albert / Fred / Police Inspector / Police Sergeant | 1956 |
| Charley Moon | Marber | 1956 |
| The Tony Hancock Show | Various Characters | 1956 |
| Alias John Preston | Joe Newton | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | George Nibbs | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Orders Are Orders | Private Slee / Pvt. Slee | 1955 |
| The Vise | Bishop | 1954 |
| The Barefoot Contessa | J. Montague Brown | 1954 |
| Duel in the Jungle | Smith, Hotel Clerk | 1954 |
| Meet Mr. Lucifer | Band Leader | 1953 |
| The Captain's Paradise | Absalom / Absalom (taxi driver) | 1953 |
| Terror on a Train | Constable J. Reed | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Ringmaster / Mr. Taggoria | 1953 |
| Scotland Yard Inspector | Sales Manager | 1952 |
| Tonight at 8:30 | Bert Bentley (segment "Red Peppers") | 1952 |
| Forbidden | Railway Porter | 1949 |
| Helter Skelter | Oliver Cromwell | 1949 |
| The Common Touch | Harris | 1941 |
| The Strangler | Maxie | 1941 |
