Bill Fraser
Date of birth: 1908-06-05
Place of birth: Perth, Scotland, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William Simpson Fraser
Biography
William Simpson Fraser was a Scottish actor known for his roles in television and film from 1938 to 1987, particularly for his character Snudge in the sitcoms "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge". He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1986 for his role in the play "When We Are Married".
Movie Credits
Masquerade
1965-04-13
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Alias John Preston
1955-12-14
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impressi
Up the Chastity Belt
1972-01-14
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lur
Up Pompeii
1971-03-11
A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious sc
The Barefoot Contessa
1954-09-29
A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Varga
The Captain's Paradise
1953-06-09
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English
Up the Front
1972-07-14
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er cowa
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
1969-12-01
Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an
Puccini
1984-01-01
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his
Moments
1974-11-21
A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encoun
Love Thy Neighbour
1973-08-26
Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their w
Orders Are Orders
1954-10-01
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a l
That's Your Funeral
1972-12-01
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
The Corn Is Green
1979-01-29
A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Wels
Time Bomb
1953-02-05
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bo
Pickwick
1969-06-11
Pickwick is a British television musical made by the BBC in 1969 and based on the 1963 stage musical
Joey Boy
1965-01-01
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it
All the Way Up
1970-06-01
Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can ga
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970-12-26
An evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter Sel
Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980-12-15
During a game of golf between a police inspector and a vicar the inspector cheats by having a consta
Diamonds for Breakfast
1968-12-01
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were over
The Americanization of Emily
1964-10-27
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless an
Comedians
1979-10-25
Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring wor
All Good Men
1974-01-31
On the eve of an in-depth television interview, Edward Waite, former Labour cabinet minister, calls
The Best House in London
1969-06-01
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of street prostitutio
Lady in the Fog
1952-10-13
In this murder mystery, a woman's brother is killed in a freak accident, or so she believes. Fortuna
Funeral Games
1968-08-26
Pringle, leader of the Brotherhood, recieves an anonymous letter accusing his wife of adultery. He e
Little Dorrit
1987-12-11
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a
Charley Moon
1956-05-01
A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a uni
The Apple Cart
1975-01-19
Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as th
Second Fiddle
1957-06-10
Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
1973-08-21
A film tycoon hires the wrong writer. Instead of getting the writer of Lawrence of Arabia, he gets s
Doctor in Love
1960-07-12
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping
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
Dead Cert
1974-05-01
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill
Doctor Who: Meglos
1980-10-18
On the lush planet Tigella, two opposing factions are divided over the usage of the Dodecahedron, an
The Common Touch
1941-11-15
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the C
East of Piccadilly
1941-06-23
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the inte
The Man Who Liked Funerals
1959-01-01
A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
1981-12-28
Sarah Jane Smith arrives at the home of her Aunt Lavinia in the cozy village of Moreton Harwood, onl
Christmas Present
1985-12-19
A Christmas black comedy based on the tradition in Hammond's Bank that a member of the board should
Meet Me Tonight
1952-09-09
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel
A Home of Your Own
1964-12-11
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a
Another Time, Another Place
1958-05-02
In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent
Helter Skelter
1949-08-07
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
A Clean Sweep
1958-01-01
George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never
Duel in the Jungle
1954-06-30
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diam
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976-02-24
Trilogy of one-act plays based on short stories by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. ‘Clay’ is the story of a me
What a Crazy World
1963-07-02
Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dr
Forbidden
1949-02-28
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in bu
Davy
1958-01-02
The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the s
Eye of the Needle
1981-07-24
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber th
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953-11-30
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
The Amorous Milkman
1975-01-01
Davey's milk delivery job offers him scant excitement. But when a few of the lonely housewives, incl
Just My Luck
1957-11-14
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dre
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957-12-16
Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comed
The Fast Lady
1962-12-14
A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father