Leslie Dwyer
Date of birth: 1906-08-28
Place of birth: Catford, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Leslie Gilbert Dwyer
Biography
Leslie Dwyer was an English film and tv actor, best known to modern audiences for his role as Mr Partridge, the miserable Punch and Judy man with a dislike of children in television's Hi-de-Hi.
Movie Credits
The Way Ahead
1944-06-09
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and
Die, Monster, Die!
1965-10-26
A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has di
Double Confession
1950-04-30
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes i
United States
1944-08-01
Military training film, narrated by David Niven during his time away from Hollywood to serve in the
The Good Die Young
1954-03-02
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbe
Roadhouse Girl
1953-11-01
A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his s
Dominique
1980-03-06
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
Under Night Streets
1958-12-08
After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behin
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968-09-11
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra
Room in the House
1955-07-25
Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up son
There Is Another Sun
1951-06-12
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer'
Now Barabbas
1949-05-24
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
It's Not Cricket
1949-04-01
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The resul
Stormy Crossing
1958-08-01
After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to her
When The Bough Breaks
1947-11-19
The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.
Hindle Wakes
1952-11-10
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to ke
Poet's Pub
1949-07-05
A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn.
Piccadilly Incident
1946-08-24
A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical
Bond Street
1948-05-12
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Li
Lilli Marlene
1950-12-08
Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns out
In Which We Serve
1942-09-17
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action
The Hour of 13
1952-11-21
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief N
The Lamp Still Burns
1943-11-29
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
A Matter of Life and Death
1946-12-15
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping
Judgment Deferred
1952-02-01
A group of very strange men, refugees and casualties of the war, rally round when one of their numbe
Where There's a Will
1955-03-01
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949-05-23
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements
The Black Rider
1954-12-01
When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motor
Midnight Episode
1950-12-31
A panhandler who opens car doors for people in London's theatre district finds himself involved in a
Left Right and Centre
1959-06-23
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservativ
Temptation Harbour
1947-02-27
The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fa
My Wife's Lodger
1952-10-01
My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welco
Crooks and Coronets
1969-04-02
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can'
Not So Dusty
1956-02-16
Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of so
A Hole Lot of Trouble
1971-01-31
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local
Brenda
1973-11-11
Brenda is 20 and has moved back to her parents' house in an attempt for some stability in her life.
A Touch of the Victorians
1972-09-05
An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script wit
The 39 Steps
1959-03-13
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a sp
The Bad Lord Byron
1949-04-18
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to deter
Lionheart
1968-01-01
A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.
I've Gotta Horse
1965-04-25
A fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great lov
Waxworks
1976-01-01
The children visit a waxworks museum near closing time, whilst their grandmother does her shopping.
Smart Alec
1951-03-01
A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.
Night Boat to Dublin
1946-01-08
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Laughter in Paradise
1951-06-01
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can
Eyewitness
1956-08-14
After a fight with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads fo
The Goose Steps Out
1942-08-01
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by Brit
I See a Dark Stranger
1946-07-04
Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her
Great Day
1945-07-09
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with
Perfect Strangers
1945-10-15
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973-02-17
The Doctor and Jo find themselves trapped inside an alien peepshow machine which showman Vorg and hi
Dodging the Column
1952-01-02
The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grange
They Flew Alone
1942-06-29
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in t
Yellow Canary
1943-12-13
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
Cloak Without Dagger
1956-05-31
A woman reporter discovers a former lover and intelligence officer during WWII apparently working as
Seventy Deadly Pills
1963-01-01
A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a
Cheer Up
1936-02-01
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musica
The Calendar
1948-07-05
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer prove
The Peddler
1976-03-23
One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged,
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942-09-21
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Brit
After Loch Lomond
Mickey Grant is the life and soul of the many coach trips he has taken. After his latest journey, he
The End Begins
1957-05-17
On an island off the west coast of Great Britain, a group of survivors of World War Three struggle t
Street Party
1977-04-03
It's 1953 and a street party is held in Bethlehem Street, London, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's