Bill Blewitt
Bill Blewitt was a Cornish postman 'discovered' by film-maker Harry Watt and cast in his 1936 film The Saving of Bill Blewitt. The documentary was about the National [Savings and Investments|Post Office Savings Bank] and featured Blewitt and the villagers of Mousehole in Cornwall. Assistant director Pat Jackson remembered Blewitt's "mesmeric gift of the gab, a glorious Cornish accent, twinkling blue eyes, a grin as broad as 'Popeye' and the charismatic charm of the Celt." Charles Crichton remembered Blewitt as a natural actor and storyteller.
Blewitt went on to feature in several more films, sometimes as a supporting actor but also playing a major role, such as the father in the 1945 canal docu-drama Painted Boats.
Filmography
- The Saving of Bill Blewitt
- North Sea
- The Foreman Went to France
- Nine [Men (film)|Nine Men]
- Johnny Frenchman
- ''Painted Boats''