Biography: life and films
Charles Hawtrey was an English actor. He was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England on 30th November 1914 and died in Deal, Kent, England on 27th October 1988, aged 73.His best films as an actor include Gerald Thomas's comedy Carry on Nurse (1959), Carry on Cleo (1964), Carry On Screaming (1966), Don't Lose Your Head (1966) and Carry on Doctor (1967).
Charles Hawtrey appeared in 77 films, was cinematographer on 1 film and directed 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Gerald Thomas (24 films), Marcel Varnel (5), George King (4), Montgomery Tully (3), Maclean Rogers (3), William Beaudine (2), Muriel Box (2), Michael Powell (2), Maurice Elvey (2), Henry Cornelius (2), C.M. Pennington-Richards (2) and Basil Dearden (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (53 films), drama (16), comedy-romance (7), history (5), Thriller (5), comedy-thriller (3), comedy-drama (3) and War (3).
Our average rating for Charles Hawtrey over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor; w = writer; c = cinematographer; d = director
Honeymoon for Three (1915) [a]
Tell Your Children (1922) [a]
This Freedom (1923) [a]
Marry Me (1932) [a]
As Good As New (1933) [a]
High Finance (1933) [a]
Mayfair Girl (1933) [a]
Smithy (1933) [a]
The Melody-Maker (1933) [a]
Hyde Park (1934) [a]
Little Stranger (1934) [a]
Murder at Monte Carlo (1934) [a]
Get Off My Foot (1935) [a]
Man of the Moment (1935) [a]
The Private Secretary (1935) [w]
Windfall (1935) [a]
Cheer Up (1936) [a]
Sabotage (1936) [a]
The Brown Wallet (1936) [a]
Well Done, Henry (1936) [a]
Melody and Romance (1937) [a]
Jailbirds (1940) [a]
Where's That Fire? (1940) [a]
The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) [a]
Let the People Sing (1942) [a]
Much Too Shy (1942) [a]
The Goose Steps Out (1942) [a]
Bell-Bottom George (1944) [a]
What Do We Do Now? (1945) [d,c]
Meet Me at Dawn (1947) [a]
The End of the River (1947) [a]
The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948) [a]
Dark Secret (1949) [a]
Passport to Pimlico (1949) [a]
The Lost People (1949) [a]
Room to Let (1950) [a]
The Galloping Major (1951) [a]
The Smart Aleck (1951) [a]
Brandy for the Parson (1952) [a]
Hammer the Toff (1952) [a]
You're Only Young Twice (1952) [a]
Five Days (1954) [a]
To Dorothy a Son (1954) [a]
Timeslip (1955) [a]
The March Hare (1956) [a]
Who Done It? (1956) [a]
I Only Arsked! (1958) [a]
Please Turn Over (1959) [a]
Inn for Trouble (1960) [a]
Carry on Regardless (1961) [a]
Dentist on the Job (1961) [a]
What a Whopper (1961) [a]
Don't Lose Your Head (1966) [a]
The Terrornauts (1967) [a]
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) [a]
Carry on Again Doctor (1969) [a]
Zeta One (1969) [a]
Carry on Up the Jungle (1970) [a]
The best French Films of the 1920s
The best of British film comedies
The very best of Italian cinema
